SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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The discussion will be opened by the following members : 
Dr. W. Horace Hoskins, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. Leonard Pear¬ 
son, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. C. iV. Cary, Auburn, Ala.; Dr. C. J. 
Sillier, Kansas City, Kas.; Dr. Chas. W. Heitzman, New Or¬ 
leans, La. 
The committee in charge of the collection of diseased speci¬ 
mens hope to display these specimens in their fresh or natural 
state, and have arranged to exhibit full carcasses of sheep and 
swine and quarters of beef. They hope to display most of the 
following list of diseases : Cattle. —Actinomycosis, tuberculosis, 
Texas fever, anthrax, bruise, septicaemia, capillary haemorrhage, 
leucocythemia, cysticercus bovis, disease of liver, disease of kid¬ 
ney, disease of udder. Swine .— Cholera, swine plague, tuber¬ 
culosis, leucocythemia, cysticercus cellu, abscess, disease of kid¬ 
ney, disease of liver, disease of bowel, disease of lung, disease of 
skin, disease of uterus, extra-uterine pregnancy. Sheep. — 
Ischemia, emaciation, cysticercus T., disease of liver, disease of 
lungs, disease of bowel, disease of skin. Any other disease of 
special interest found will be included in this collection. 
The Indiana State Board of Health contemplates sending a 
delegate to Omaha to hear the discussion on meat inspection. 
Other States should do likewise. 
OFFICERS 1897-8. 
President. —D, E. Salmon, Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C. 
Vice-Presidents. —T. B. Rayner, Highland Ave,, Chestnut Hill, Phil¬ 
adelphia, Pa. ; W. C. Rayen, 189 N. College St., Nashville, Tenn. ; A. T. 
Peters, Experiment Station, Lincoln, Neb. 
Secretary. —S. Stewart, 7^ S. James St., Kansas City, Kans. 
Treasurer. —Wm. Herbert Lowe, 190 EllivSon St., Paterson, N. J. 
COMMITTEES FOR 1897-8. 
Executive. —Tait S. Butler, Starkville, Miss, (chairman); F. H. Os¬ 
good, 50 Village St., Boston, Mass. ; W. Horace Hoskins, 3452 Ludlow 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. ; W. L. Williams, Ithaca, N. Y. ; T. J. Turner, 
care of Kingan & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. ; M. Stalker, Ames, la. ; M. H. 
Reynolds, St. Anthony Park, Minn. Ex officio —D. E. Salmon, T. B. 
Rayner, W. C. Rayen, A. T. Peters, S. Stewart, and Wm. Herbert 
Lowe. 
Local Arrangements. —A. T. Peters, Lincoln, Neb. (chairman); H. L. 
Ramacciotti, 28th and Leavenworth Sts., Omaha, Neb. ; John Hall, 
Falls City, Neb. 
Emance. —M. Stalker, Ames, la. (chairman) ; M. H. McKillip, 1639 
Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. ; S. Stewart, Kansas City, Kans. 
Piblicatio7i . —W. L. Williams, Ithaca, N. Y. (chairman); N. P. Hink- 
ky. 359 Ellicott St., Buffalo, N. Y. ; Roscoe R. Bell, Seventh Ave. and 
Union St., Brooklyn, N. Y. ; W. B. Niles, Ames, la. ; S. Stewart, Kan¬ 
sas City, Kans. 
