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Jefferson House at 8 A. m., when carriages would be in waiting 
to show us the city. 
Tuesday^ July 12. —Members and wives met at Jefferson 
House at the appointed hour, when we entered carriages and 
were taken a good ride around and about the city, reconvening 
at the Court House at 10 A. m., with Dr. W. Shaw in the chair. 
A communication was read severely commenting upon an ad¬ 
vertisement appearing in the American Veterinary Review 
of “ Red Ball Stock BVod,” wherein it reads : “ It prolongs 
the treatment of acute indigestion and other diseases * * * 
enabling the practitioner to secure adequate credit for the cure,” 
a principle in opposition to the feelings of all honest veterina¬ 
rians and an advertisement not in accord with the views of a 
veterinarian’s patrons. 
Dr. B. H. Shepard, of Cleveland, now read an able paper on 
“ Acute Indigestion ” ; * a time-worn subject, but ever apparently 
new, as was plainly shown in the very lengthy and general dis¬ 
cussion which followed its reading. 
Dr. J. H. Blattenburg gave a clinical report of an operation 
for roaring and its results. 
Dr. Hawkins gave a very interesting report of a case of bi¬ 
lateral paralysis, with almost complete recovery. 
Adjournment was now had until 2 p. m. 
Afternoon Session .—Session called to order by Dr. Shaw, 
who stated he must soon leave, and asked to be relieved as chair¬ 
man. 
Dr. Newton moved and Dr. Wight seconded a motion that 
Dr. Hawkins act as Chairman. Carried. 
Dr. Dumphy (who is State Veterinarian of Michigan) gave 
us a history of his experience in the use of tuberculin as a di¬ 
agnostic agent. Gave history of a case wherein tuberculosis was 
feared and a diagnosis asked for; tuberculin did not react, 
while physical appearance would indicate the disease. The cow 
was nevertheless destroyed, when pus-sacks and sinuses were 
found about the rumen, liver, diaphragm and heart. The liver 
adhered to peritoneum, the peritoneum to diaphragm, the dia¬ 
phragm to pleura, and so on upward and forward to the heart, 
where a nail without any head was found. 
The debate following led into a discussion of meat and 
milk inspection, which the Chair stopped by calling on Dr. 
Gribble to read a paper on that subject.f A general discussion 
* Published elsewhere in this issure. 
t Will be published in September Review. 
