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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
was appointed chairman of the committee, with power to select 
the other two members. 
There were no regular papers presented. Dr. Stickney re- 
poi ted a most interesting case of osteo-malacia, occurring in an 
old pony. Almost all the bones were affected, it being possible 
to cut them with a knife. Some of the muscles had undergone 
fatty degeneration, and were loosened from their attachments, 
with small plates of bone adhering. 
Dr. Miller, of Camden, reported a very similar case in a fif¬ 
teen months old colt, the property of Dr. Aguew, of Philadel¬ 
phia. In this case, the limbs became enlarged and painful one 
after the other, and finally the head presented swellings. Before 
the; death of the colt, and while dovVn and unable to get up, Dr. 
Miller asserts that the limbs could be tied in knots, as one would 
a string. All the bones were soft and pliable. Dr. Miller haz- 
aided the opinion tiiat syphilis existed in the system of this colt, 
and that it was contracted from a groom. The dam of the colt, 
while being suckled, was suffering from a fracture of the femur, 
being in slings for about three months. 
Other reports of cases were denied the Association owing to 
the lateness of the hour. The society adjourned to a banquet at 
Delmomco’s, where the evening was passed in the most social 
and pleasant manner. The next meeting will be at Young’s 
Hotel, Boston, the third 1 uesday in March. 
C. B. Michenek, Secretary. 
NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
The regular monthly meeting of the New York State Veteri- 
nai} Society was held at the American Veterinary College on 
Tuesday evening, Sept. 12th, with the president, Dr. Liautard, in 
the chair. 
After calling the roll and reading the minutes of the previous 
meeting, the secretary read a communication from Dr. Bunker 
of Newton, Mass., reporting a case of strangulated hernia in a 
cow, as follows: 
“About a week ago Dr. Thayer was called to see a cow which 
