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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
DISCUSSION. 
Dr Bennett: About how long was it after firing of these 
cases till they recovered ? 
Dr. Moore: That will depend on the amount of sloughing 
that has taken place, usually twenty-four hours after firing. 
Dr. Bennett: Do you think it is due to some specific 
cause ? 
Dr. Moore: I believe it is. 
Dr. Bennett: You did not notice it in wet weather? 
Dr. Moore: Yes. 
Dr. Bennett: Was it more prevalent in dry weather ? 
Dr. Moore: I believe it is more prevalent in some stables 
than in others. 
Dr. Bennett; Do you suppose that this is due to the un¬ 
healthy condition of the stable? 
Dr. Moore: I do not know ; I could not say that. The 
stables that I found it in were not particularly unhealthy. 
Dr. Bennett: What was the condition of these animals you 
have noticed ? 
Dr. Moore ; Some have been horses in good condition, some 
were hard worked animals. I have met with those conditions 
ever since I have been in practice, but never understood them. 
Moller has given the first light I have been able to obtain on it. 
I do not believe it is confined entirely to heavy horses, yet 1 
think we find more of it amongst them, probably there is more 
cause in that class of horses. I think'the larger majority of the 
cases was in Clyde horses or in horses of similar build. Refer¬ 
ring to horses that have worked on coal wagons, while I have 
seen one or two cases of that kind, yet I have seen one case in 
particular in an animal that had been in town a short time in 
the spring of the year, and had not been worked more than a 
day or two. I do not believe that those conditions have very 
much or anything to do with it; I think it is infectious entirely. 
(To be continued.') 
CHICAGO VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
The regular monthly meeting was eonvened on Thursday 
evening, April 13th. President Robertson presided and the follow¬ 
ing members were present: Drs. Frank Allen, A. H. Baker, L. 
Campbell, A. M. Casper, Jos. B. Clancy, C. F. Griiner, W. E. 
Howe, Jos. Hughes, C. G. Nelson, H. D. Paxson, and Jas, 
Robertson. 
