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ment of science and the union of the profession throughout our 
broad land, we would be strong to withstand attack and be 
able to accomplish more than the most sanguine might prophesy. 
At stated and reasonable times union meetings could be held at 
central points, which would be executive in part, and also as 
now, for the discussion of papers, etc. These meetings would 
be convenient times for the calling of Congresses of the profes¬ 
sion of the United States. Already our constitution provides for 
the admission of delegates appointed by the various State and 
county societies; so that in the early organization of our institu¬ 
tion we see some such plan as this foreshadowed. Our Associa¬ 
tion should continue to foster the State and county societies, but 
let its membership permeate all, and by this means we may some 
day see one grand union of the profession in this country, and 
the United States Veterinary Medical Association the central 
society. 
TWO CASES OF COMPLETE OBSTRUCTION OF THE 
STENON DUCT. 
By J. C. Meyer, Jr. 
(A Paper read before the Ohio State Yeterinary Medical Association.) 
This accident, if I may designate it as such, is one of compar¬ 
atively rare occurrence, but every practitioner of any reasonable 
amount of practice encounters this condition of things every now 
and then. At any rate, so frequently as to warrant special atten¬ 
tion on the part of the veterinary profession, so that we may be 
enabled to detect and remove the cause at once, thus arresting an 
extensively destructive process. This is easily accomplished, as 
will be seen by the following report of two cases that have come 
under my observation within an interval of fifteen months. 
Case No. 1 is a chestnut gelding aged nine years. He is 
brought to me June 10, 1883, with an extensively diffused swell¬ 
ing reaching from his left ear along the left parotid and buccal 
regions to the lips. It is rather firm and tender to the touch. 
His appetite is suspended, owing to the difficulty in mastication. 
