SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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The origin he thought was in heaps of manure under the barns 
in each instance. Then followed some spirited but good- 
natured criticisms of the author’s theories, questioning some¬ 
what the diagnosis. In defense the author went carefully over 
the train of symptoms and post-mortem lesions ; he had been in 
practice since 1878, and had seen much anthrax, and felt justified 
in making a diagnosis of anthrax. Those who took the nega¬ 
tive side of the question went into the bacteriological aspect of 
the disease and stated that even a microscopical examination will 
not always substantiate a suspicion. 
Dr. B. F. Kaupp read a carefully prepared paper on “ Cal¬ 
culi,” going into their construction and formation, supplement¬ 
ing his remarks by the exhibition of a fine collection. 
Dr. Cook created considerable merriment by relating the 
story of the Irishman who insisted that calculi are contagious. 
Dr. Hunter cited a case where a leather shoe-string was ex¬ 
tracted from the bladder of an old man 5 the patient could not 
explain how it came there. 
Dr. Stewart’s paper on “ The Advantages of Active Member¬ 
ship in a Veterinary Association” was well received. The au¬ 
thor is one of the most capable of our modern veterinarians, and 
anything from his pen is always first-class. 
Dr. Moore reported several cases: Case No. i .—A biiH’s 
penis was injured in some unknown manner, not bad at first, 
but soon grew to be alarming 5 tissues adjacent swelled and 
finally sloughing of the parts took place. Patient was ordered 
destroyed. Some one suggested the cause might be snake-bite. 
Symptoms of snake bites were thoroughly discussed. Case No. 
2 ,—Gangrenous dermatitis in a horse. Had seen several cases 
in past few vears, all of which proved fatal. 
One of the interesting features of the meeting was the ex¬ 
hibition of a new thermo-cautery, an invention of one of our 
own members, which for simplicity and cheapness has no equal. 
It is so constructed that the operator can hold it all in one hand 
and pump it while in use. Its cost is not more than five dollars. 
By a vote of the association it was agreed to hold the next 
V meeting in St. Joseph, Mo. 
W. A. Heck, D. V. M., Secretary. 
^ TENNESSEE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The third annual meeting was held in Chattanooga, Monday, 
ROctober 24, 1898. The President, Dr. Jos. M. Good, occupied 
jithe chair, and in his introductory remarks touched briefly on 
