SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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Dr. Whitbeck reported beings called to examine a case that 
u would not eat.” On investigation he found the halter so 
small that the horse could not get his mouth open. 
Dr. Stewart treats choking by pumping warm water into 
the oesophagus. 
Mr. Yeoman, of the Spirit of the West , was present, and 
spoke of having a mare who sustained a rupture of the vagina 
while foaling. Under treatment made a perfect recovery. 
Would it be advisable to breed again ? 
Drs. Johnston, Shipley, Stewart, Stevens and others spoke 
on the subject, and it was generally admitted that such cases 
are generally susceptible of successful treatment, and that such 
cases might be rebred with impunity after complete recovery 
had taken place. 
Dr. D. H. Miller, of Harlan, la., was then introduced and 
read a paper on “ Surgical Interference with Actinomycotic 
Growths.” 
Dr. Parslow thinks many of the cases in which abscesses 
form around the throat are cattle distemper, and not actinomy¬ 
cosis. 
Dr. Brown has had good results from the injection of the 
hard lumps that form with tincture of iodine, using a strong 
hypodermic syringe to make the injection. 
Drs. Stewart, Miller, Titus and others spoke on the subject. 
On motion by Dr. Kingery, being duly seconded and carried, 
the election of officers was then taken up, the result being the 
election of Dr. H. Shipley, Sheldon, President; Dr. H. B. Tal¬ 
bot, Des Moines, First Vice-President; Dr. P. O. Koto, Forest 
City, Second Vice-President; Dr. Jno. F. Brown, Oskaloosa, 
Secretary and Treasurer. Board of Censors—Dr. Whitbeck, 
Decorah; Dr. S. K. Hazlet, Oelwein; Dr. H. F. Stewart, 
Oakley. 
Dr. W. H. Austin, of Newton, then read a paper on “ Dis¬ 
eases of the Udder and Teats of Cows.” 
Some of the members present thought the enlargements in 
the milk ducts due to tubercular deposits, and also the cause in 
many cases of stringy and bloody milk. 
Dr. Johnston has seen a number of such cases and made 
tuberculin tests on them, and has failed to get a reaction in any 
case. For such cases he gives Fowler’s solution and potas. 
nitrate for eight days, then skips a few days and takes up the 
treatment again. When abscesses form in the udder he extir¬ 
pates the section. 
