SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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tiful specimens were obtained in Kansas City, under the direc¬ 
tion of Secretary Stewart. The members lingered about the 
tables, many going around time and again to view them and to 
discuss them with their colleagues. We append a list of the 
specimens : 
Cattle .—Actinomycosis : 2 heads, 2 tongues, lung, 2 livers 
and glands. Tuberculosis: lungs, pleura, liver and lymph 
glands. Texas fever: spleen, liver, skin showing ticks, urine. 
Disease of liver : fluke, 2 carcasses of calves. 
Swine. —Cholera; 2 carcasses, bowel, kidneys, lungs and 
spleen. Tuberculosis : lung, pleura, bone, lymph glands, tongue 
and heart. Abscess : by kidney worms, i carcass. Disease of 
kidneys : liver, hob-nail, echinoccus, inflammation. Pneumonia : 
lung, liver, and heart. Skin : tinea (ringworm diamond), i 
extra-uterine pregnacy (pig’s head.), i bladder, i hog stomach 
(filled with nails). Measles liver, lung and heart, tenderloin. 
Cirrhosis : liver of distillery-fed hog (one of 400, all more or 
less affected). 
Sheep. —Liver, lungs and heart, caseous diseases. 
At 9 P.M. about 70 guests sat down to a delightful banquet 
in the large dining-hall of the Millard Hotel, among the invited 
guests being ex-Secretary J. Sterling Morton, President Spauld¬ 
ing, of the Omaha Board of Health ; Editor Heath, of the Ne¬ 
braska Farmer; Dr. Gilmour of Omaha, and others. The 
Governor of Nebraska had accepted an invitation to be present, 
but sent his regrets at the last moment. Dr. W. H. Hoskins 
acted as toastmaster, and felicitous speeches were made by ex- 
Secretary Morton, Drs. Salmon, Stalker, Pearson, Clement, Gil¬ 
mour, Robinson, Carey, Editors Heath and Bell ; but it was 
not until the toastmaster called upon Dr. Ramacciotti that vest 
buttons began to fly, for his rendition of the New York aider- 
men’s visit to Boston was really convulsing, while Dr. Peters 
kept the good cheer going by describing the German method 
of setting hens. It was half past one when the guests arose, 
having passed a delightful evening. 
At 10.30 A.M. on the 8th the members assembled in the eon- 
vention hall, when the President announced the deaths of Drs. 
D. P. F'rame, of Colorado, and Thos. Giffeii, of New York, 
which were referred to the Resolutions Committee. 
Acting upon the recommendations of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee, it was unanimously voted to change the name of the 
assoeiation from the “ United States Veterinary Medieal Asso¬ 
ciation ” to “ The American Veterinary Medical Association,” 
