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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
an outbreak amongst hogs in Kentucky in which the jaw was 
affected. We have not heard anything on that question. I 
would like to hear from Dr. Peters. 
Dr. Deters: That is a very interesting disease, and I think 
it is a variety of mange. We made some two hundred examina¬ 
tions of cases found in Nebraska, and we believe it is a parasite. 
Dr. Stewart: Dr. Paul Fischer, of the Kansas State Agri¬ 
cultural College, investigated a peculiar contagious disease af¬ 
fecting the external genitals of cows. Dr. Conrad saw a number 
of cases of it. Dr. Fischer reported that he was able to get a 
culture of a vegetable organism, a trycophyton. He inoculated 
it in heifers and succeeded in getting the characteristic patho¬ 
logical lesions. It occurred to me as a new role for the larger 
organisms. 
Dr. Conrad: This disease was limited to a small area. I 
saw it in two bunches of cattle and have not heard of any being 
reported from other points in Kansas. 
Dr. Peters : There was one outbreak where eight animals 
died. The peculiar part of it was, that they were all black cat¬ 
tle, and the vagina was involved. The vagina was very highly 
inflamed, but I could not tell what the disease was ; they would 
linger about three or four days and then die. I could not do 
anything with it. 
Dr. Washburn : In reference to the matter of micrococci 
multiplying in the blood stream like the anthrax bacillus I 
would say that this was demonstrated to us in our school as oc¬ 
curring when a virulent and thrifty young growth of the germ 
was inoculated into the guinea-pig. 
On motion, the meeting then adjourned. 
James S. Keeey, Secretary. 
VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW 
YORK COUNTY. 
The regular monthly meeting was called to order at the New 
York Academy of Medicine, Oct. 4, at 8.30 p. m., President 
Robertson in the chair. The following named members re¬ 
sponded to roll-call : Drs. Ackerman, Bell, Clayton, Delaney, 
Ellis, Goubeaud, Hanson, MacKeller, O’Shea and Robertson. 
The minutes of the June meeting were read and approved. 
Reports of Committees .—Dr. Clayton not having arrived at 
this time, the Board of Censors report was deferred until later. 
Reading of Papers .—Dr. Goubeaud then read a paper en¬ 
titled u A New Theory as to the Etiology of Shoe Boil,”* setting 
* Will be published in an early issue. 
