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SOCIETY MEETINGS: 
carried, that a vote of thanks be presented to Mr. Elliott for his 
able conduct in the Chair during his two years occupancy of it, 
and for his strenuous exertions for the welfare of the Association 
and the profession at large. 
And the meeting adjourned to meet again in August. 
Condensed report of meeting for publication. 
C. H. Sweet apple, 
Secretary and Register. 
KEYSTONE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 2nd, 1884. 
The regular monthly meeting of the Keystone Veterinary 
Medical Association was held on the above date, the President, 
Dr. Zuill, presiding. 
The name of Dr. Jas. McCoart was proposed for member¬ 
ship, and laid upon the table; after which the President appointed 
a committee of two to examine into his credentials. 
Under reports of cases, Dr. Miller cited one occurring in a 
road mare, the result of a kick on the anterior portion of the 
hock joint, producing an open joint at the lower portion of the 
articulation, from which escaped a discharge of pus and synovia: 
the lower portion of the limb was loose from suppuration of the 
tissues, and was held from the ground. The Doctor advised her 
destruction, but she being of considerable value, the owner de¬ 
sired to keep her for breeding purposes. A plaster of paris dress¬ 
ing was then adjusted, with window openings for the escape of 
discharge, and the mare placed in slings. After three weeks the 
wound was found to be healing, discharge ceasing, ankylosis 
taking place, and the animal bearing a certain amount of weight 
upon the limb, and giving every evidence of recovery. 
Dr. Hoskins then brought up the point as to whether impres¬ 
sions upon animals, at the time of coition, might not be impressed 
upon the young: citing in this light a case where in a four-year-old 
colt there now existed a true hare lip, which was present when 
foaled: it allowed the upper incisors and gums to be exposed, 
and made the opening of one nostril appear very large. At the 
