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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
A. V. C. had been extremely fortunate in casting its fortunes 
with so powerful and progressive an educational corporation as 
the university, he wished its representatives to know that they, 
too, were to be congratulated on having allied itself with the 
flower of the veterinary profession—the pioneer and advance 
guard of progress—and taking with it a faculty the equal of any 
in any country. 
Dr. J. H. Stickney, of Boston, probably the oldest practising 
veterinarian in the country, one of the charter members of the 
U. S. V. M. A., and always on hand when anything for veter¬ 
inary advancement is at stake, responded briefly to a call upon 
him, and sat down amid great enthusiasm. 
After the formal addresses were concluded representatives of 
various classes were called upon, and responded as follows: 
Drs. Hutchinson, Clayton (secretary of the Alumni Association, 
to whom more than to any one else is due the success of the 
silver anniversary), Lowe, Ellis, Hitchings, Herr, and Drake. 
With a silent toast to those who have gone before from 
among the alumni, the celebration came to a close at i o’clock 
A. M. 
MISSOURI VAEEEY VETERINARY MEDICAE ASSO¬ 
CIATION. 
(Continued from page 451.') 
Dr. F. C. McCurdy then presented the following paper, en¬ 
titled 
“cotton seed disease.” 
Under the name of cotton seed disease,” this paper was 
prepared for the purpose of describing the acute symptoms seen 
in cattle, that have been overfed on a concentrated and exclu¬ 
sive diet of cotton seed, and also a well known lesion from the 
same cause that has been called “ cotton seed blindness.” 
During last April, while a herd of small southern cattle was 
passing through the stock yards, it was observed that all had 
sore eyes,—that many seemed partially blind and in a few there 
was a complete loss of sight. At first glance it was supposed 
they were suffering with “ contagious ophthalmia.” As they 
weie being driven it was noticed that they were very nervous, 
weak and exhausted. They moved with an uncertain, stagger- 
ing gait. Respiration seemed hurried and difficult, and there 
was a frequent u scouring” discharge from the bowels. 
On leaching the pens they showed a condition of nervous 
depression, remaining in one position either recumbent, or 
