SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
The regulary monthly meeting of the New York State Vet¬ 
erinary Society was held at the American Veterinary College, on 
Tuesday, April 8th, at 8 p. m. 
The President, Dr. Liautard, in the chair. 
Members present were, Drs. Burden, Field, Robertson, Coates, 
L. McLean, Kemp, R. McLean, Dixon, Johnson, Bath, Pendry, 
Bretherton, Walton, Denslow, and Char am. 
Minutes of last meeting read and adopted. 
The Chair stated the Society would, for the present, continue 
to enjoy the hospitality of the College, and hold its meetings in 
the Lecture-Room of that institution, and obviate the expense of 
meeting elsewhere. 
Dr. J. S. Kemp, being called upon to read his promised pa¬ 
per, stated that he had concluded to read upon a subject they no 
doubt were well acquainted with. He called it “ Mud Fever,” 
but had been able to tind but little or no information on the sub¬ 
ject in the text books, so, consequently, would have to give his 
own experience. His paper, therefore, would naturally be short, 
yet he trusted it would serve the requisite purpose, of drawing 
out the ideas and opinions of those present. 
He read as follows : 
FROST BITES—“MUD FEVER.” 
Under this heading, which I have adopted for the want of a 
more suitable one, I shall attempt to describe a peculiar affec¬ 
tion of the phalangeal region of the horse, which I have had 
the opportunity to observe during the winter just past. Possibly 
“ Sloughing and Healing ” would be a more appropriate heading 
under which to write on this subject, for this is precisely what 
occurs in the course of an attack of so-called “ mud fever,” which 
has prevailed epizootically during the past winter. 
lc Mud fever ” might be defined as an inflammation affecting 
one or more circumscribed portions of the phalangeal region ; an 
inflammation which, although it has no tendency to spread later- 
