726 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
and conditions by which each might be known ; he then told of 
the treatment and possible chances of recovery, explaining the 
different operations and the many appliances from which one 
might choose. 
Dr. Pearson now read a paper on “ Methods of Meat Inspec¬ 
tion Now in Vogue throughout the Civilized World,”* and he 
offered many valuable suggestions for the improvement of the 
inspection of Philadelphia’s meat supply. 
During the general discussion which followed he suggested 
that the killing here be done at a central abbatoir, or that all I 
killing be done at certain hours, so the inspectors might more , 
thoroughly cover the ground. 
Dr. Schrieber, one of the present inspectors, told of the : 
work they were doing. He explained the present method of 
inspection, and told how and why they were greatly handi¬ 
capped by the present conditions. | 
Dr. Hoskins said the people of New York City owed much 
to their Woman’s Health Association, who had been fighting 
for seven or eight years to improve their inspection of meat and I 
milk, which is now done under a high standard, while the sur- , 
rounding towns are satisfied to take any and all meats dumped i 
upon their market stalls. 
Drs. Otto G. Noack and W. S. Kooker thought we should i I 
give special attention to market inspection. Dr. Adams thought , 
we should first control the killing through central abbatoirs, j 
then look after the markets for tainted and otherwise unwhole- | 
some meat. ^ ; 
Dr. Allen spoke of the delivery of milk in glass jars, saying | 
the milkman would fill the jar coming from a pest-house and 
give it to the next customer. Dr. Morris says this was not the 
proper method of serving in glass jars. His method was to have i 
all milk bottled at the dairy and sealed with a label bearing | 
date of milking and address of owner. It could then be traced i 
at all times, and if these jars were properly sterilized when re- | 
turned home disease could not be carried. ; 
An exceedingly interesting report from Dr. B. Mayhew j 
Michener on ‘‘ Intussusception ” * two feet three inches in length i 
of small intestines of colt, operation and recovery. I 
Dr. J. Cheston Morris now told of the post-mortem held | 
upon Chief Utan, who had so lately died at the Philadelphia j 
Zoo, he having an invagination of four inches. ! 
Dr. Hoskins, as chairman of committee appointed to confer | 
* Printed elsewhere in this issue. ! 
