SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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by Dr. J. B. White, member of the New York Board of Health, 
and also by Dr. J. H. Raymond, of Brooklyn, who have wit¬ 
nessed our experiments with great interest and anticipate much 
benefit therefrom We are entirely of opinion that all possibility 
of communicating the disease by decomposing and steamed ani¬ 
mal matter at or near stations is not to be feared in any degree ; 
and in this opinion Prof. C. F. Chandler has expressed to us his 
concurrence, at a deliberation in which he was kind enough to 
take part. 
Signed by L. McLean, M.R.C.V.S. ; Wm. B. E. Miller, 
D.Y.S.; Ch. B. Michener, D.Y.S.; Thomas J. Herr, M.D., 
D.Y.S.; James W. Hawk, D.Y.S., and T. C. Whitfield Row¬ 
land, D.Y.S. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
The regular monthly meeting of the New York State Veterinary 
Society was held at the American Veterinary College, on Tuesday, Nov. 11th, at 
8 p.m.; Dr. R. A. McLean, Vice-President, in the chair. 
The following members were present: Drs. Kemp, Cattanach, Newman, 
Robertson, Burden, Both, Coates, R. McLean, Dixon, Pendry, Bretherton, Ryder, 
Charum, Allen and Foote. 
Minutes of last meeting read and approved. Dr. Dixon read a paper on 
Equine Purgatives, in which he referred at considerable length to the different 
purgatives and laxatives that are used for the horse, giving their respective actions 
and general results. The paper was the means of drawing the whole of the mem¬ 
bers present into a very general and highly interesting discussion, during which 
Prof. Robertson spoke of the several new purgatives that were being brought into 
veterinary practice, stating that podophyllum had been used with bad results as 
a rule. The administration of mild laxatives in inflammatory trouble was held by 
many present to have had good results. As to the danger of repeating purgatives 
was shown by Dr. R. McLean, who reported that he had one case where purgation 
did not set in till after the sixth day; as did also Dr. Pendry, one where a very 
free purgation set in after seventy-six hours. The different doses, preparation 
before purging, when they should be given, and when not, were subjects widely 
and thoroughly entered into by the whole of the members present, closing by 
a vote of thanks to the essayist. 
In executive session, the Board of Censors reported favorably on the appli 
cation of Dr. W. G. Hollingsworth, which resulted in his election to membership. 
John H. Jacobus, V.S., and W. H. Jackson, D.V.S., both of New York City, 
were proposed as members, both propositions being referred to the Board (J 
Censors. 
