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rather than a theoretical point of view, he explained the reactive 
phenomena occurring in nature during the process, by some 
original illustrations. In the argument which then followed, it 
was suggested that the benefit derived from applying counter¬ 
irritation to a diseased articulation, might in part be due to the 
prolonged rest and degree of inability such an agent enforced on 
the part. 
Mr. Wallis then reported a severe case of pneumonia in a 
race horse, his object being to advocate the use of some preven¬ 
tive treatment during convalescence against the disastrous 
whistling and roaring that were so frequently commemorative 
of diseases of the respiratory organs situated in the thoracic 
cavity. For this purpose he suggested a course of potassium 
iodide and mix vomica, the former to hasten the absorption of 
inflammatory products, whilst the latter might correct any 
defective nervous power. 
The President then appointed Messrs. Paquin and Spanton 
as essayists for the following meeting, and Mr. lyambert to 
report a case. 
Messrs. Bell and Spanton were appointed as acting members 
on the experimental committee. 
There being no further business, the meeting then adjourned. 
W. B. Wauuis, Secretary-Treasurer. 
NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Dr. F. P. Williamson, formerly of Raleigh, N. C., has 
located at Velasco, Texas. 
M. R. Trumbower, D. V. S., late State Veterinarian of 
Illinois, has removed to St. Louis, Mo., his address beiug 508 
Holland Building. 
Hog Cholera in Delaware. —Hog cholera is epidemic 
in the northern part of Kent County, Delaware, scarcely a sin¬ 
gle animal escaping infection. 
Dr. N. S. Mayo, formerly Professor of Veterinary Science 
at the Kansas Agricultural College, has accepted a chair in the 
Connecticut Agricultural College, Storrs, Conn. 
Dr. S. Glasson, Jr., D. V. S., of Middletown, N. Y., has 
removed to Newburgh, where he has succeeded his brother-in- 
law, the late Dr. James Johnstone, whose death is announced 
elsewhere in this issue. 
