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we feel confident that the delegates of the State societies of New 
York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut 
and Rhode Island will, with others, meet in the great metropolis 
of Ohio, those of Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Ohio. 
Let us all work harmoniously in this movement; let us do it 
not in the interest of one, nor in that of a few, but for the benefit 
of all; for the advancement and elevation of the veterinary pro¬ 
fession of America; for the destruction of the vampire of veteri¬ 
nary science—the crushing of quackery, either clad with the gar¬ 
ment of a diploma—which the holder dishonors—or covered with 
the mantle of ignorance and charlatanism. 
NOTICE. 
Will any of our readers who may know the present address 
of John Bretherton, M.R.C.Y.S., late of the 7th United States 
Cavalry at St. Paul, Minn., please communicate with the Editor. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
RUMENOTOMY. 
By C. H. Peabody, D.Y.S. 
Nov. 15, 1882, I was called four miles into the country to a 
cow on the farm of Mr. L. M. Blodget, where I found a full- 
blooded Ayrshire cow suffering from plenalvia. The history of 
the case was that the cow had been unwell for a few days, neither 
eating nor ruminating. I decided to operate at once. At 
this time the pulse was 72; respiration 28, and very laboied; 
visible mucous membranes of a bluish-leady hue; temperature 
104J°. Having secured the animal with the off side to a parti¬ 
tion, with my assistant, I proceeded to operate as follows: First 
clipping the hair from the nigh side, I made a vertical incision 
through the skin from above downwards for about 8 inches, in 
the left hypochondriac region. After stopping all hemorrhage, 
and using a carbolic solution, I separated the muscular tissue by 
dividing it in the direction of the fibers, and holding it apart by 
flattened hooks of bent steel, about one inch in width and rounded 
