SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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Are we to understand that the foetus dropped through the 
uterus at least 6p2 months prior to this date (he states it was of 
normal volume) and all connection between uterus and foetus 
ceased, while the membranes retained their vitality and the 
uterus its volume without foetal relations ? 
And did the foetus, without uterine connection, proceed to 
develop a new sac about it and the broken umbilical vessels be¬ 
come newly attached ? It would add greatly to the interest of 
the case if Dr. Perley could tell us if the foetal membranes ex¬ 
pelled October 16 belonged to the extra-uterine foetus or to an 
interloper, the result of a second impregnation which might 
have occurred several months prior to the death of the mare, 
and the expulsion of a small foetus might have escaped notice', 
especially if the mare was allowed to run at pasture or pigs were 
admitted to the premises where the patient was kept. Certainly 
there should be some amendment to the apparently paradoxical 
relations between the placenta within the uterus and the foetus 
without the uterus being wholly closed. Truly yours, 
W. L. Williams. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
MISSOURI VALLEY VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSO¬ 
CIATION. 
((Continued from page 150.) 
Dr. James S. Kelly, of St. Joseph, Mo., was next called upon, 
and responded by reading the following paper, entitled 
TUBERCULOSIS IN SWINE. 
In the preparation of this paper regarding the general char¬ 
acteristics of tuberculosis in swine, it is not my purpose to in¬ 
troduce new discoveries, neither will I elaborate'on the general 
pathological changes produced by the the presence of the bacil¬ 
lus. But I hope to plainly state the facts as they have occurred 
to me during my limited experience and to define the macro- 
scopical appearances as seen upon the killing floors, together 
with whatever I can gather from sources regarding the preva¬ 
lence and nature of the disease. 
We as sanitarians or preservers of the public health, being- 
compensated from the coffers of a generous people who in a 
measure place their lives as well as the lives of their children 
confidingly in our hands, cannot deal too rigidly with this 
most dreaded disease and when confronted with a condition of 
so grave importance should not give it passing consideration. 
