SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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Dr, Kmipp: I call to mind one bunch of cattle fed in a 
brewery, in which the fat was white. 
Dr, Peters: I am much interested in Dr. Forbes’ comments 
on tuberculosis in hogs, and would like to know what percent¬ 
age of hogs were affected, and also the organs affected. Our 
literature is very scarce on this subject. Dr. Heck made some 
remark about cystic kidney. He did not say much about them, 
and they are a source of merriment to the farmers. I have re¬ 
ceived a good many letters from farmers of Nebraska about this 
condition, and I would like to know the relation of the kidney 
worm to these cysts. I liked the comment on ptomaines^ in 
Dr. Forbes’ paper. This has been one of the most interesting 
meetings that I have ever attended. It is the first time since 
leaving the old country that I have had an opportunity of dis¬ 
cussing meat inspection. 
Dr, Stewart: There are several points that have^ not ^et 
been discussed, amongst them cystic kidney and lung disease in 
sheep. Of cold abscesses there is a chance to say considerable. 
They are often met with in cattle located in region of the kid¬ 
neys and liver. A cold abscess seems to consist of a dense limit¬ 
ing membrane, the cavity filled with laudable pus. The area 
around does not show active inflammation. Cystic kidney is 
very common, and 1 may say that it is not due to a worm. Mr. 
Stiles, the zoologist of the Bureau of Animal Industry, who 
probably knows as much about worms as anybody, while in 
Kansas City, had his attention drawn to this, ajrd he was inclined 
to think it due to’ the echinococcus, but he failed to prove this 
in two demonstrations. He thought that it was due to a serous 
micro-organism. I think that the classification of meats will 
never be applied in this country. 
Dr. Bennett: Like a former speaker I am proud to be an 
American citizen. A meat inspector should have no sentiment. 
It is not a disease and should be eliminated from his mind. He 
is informed as to his duty, and if he cannot work in accordance 
with the rules laid down he has no business there. _ With refer¬ 
ence to actinomycosis there is no case or record of it being com¬ 
municated to man from animals. ^ Ostertag, one of the greatest 
pathologists of the day, regards it as a local disease. Human 
cases of actinomycosis are brought about in the same way as in 
the bovine animal. We freouently have cases of actinomycosis 
of the lung, and if sentiment has anything to do with it, the 
animal should be condemned, when there is no reason for con¬ 
demning it. When interfering with mastication it causes 
