SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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September 19. Wound looks well. Same dressing. The 
wound was dressed every other day until September 27, when 
the shoe, which had been removed, was replaced by a plain shoe, 
with the inside quarter a little shorter than the outside. 
The wound has filled up gradually with even healthy granu¬ 
lations, and any tendency to the formation of false quarter is 
checked by paring the secreted horn. 
The animal is dressed as before, and on October 17 is shod 
with a bar shoe, the inside quarter pared off, so as to relieve the 
pressure. The wound has entirely closed up and presents now 
only a granulating surface half the size of a silver five cent piece. 
October 19. The horse is sent home with a simple bandage 
on the foot, with directions to the doctor to put him at slow 
work and send him to be dressed in a week. 
October 22. Animal brought back to be dressed. Is not 
lame, and wound entirely healed. The horse resumes his work 
after 35 days. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
The regular monthly meeting of the New York State Veteri¬ 
nary Society was held at the American Veterinary College Tues¬ 
day evening, Oct. lltli, 1881, with President Dr. Burden in tiie 
chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted 
Dr. W. J. Coates read a paper on the pathology, causes, symp¬ 
toms and differential diagnosis of acute catarrhal bronchitis, on 
which quite a lively discussion ensued, especially in regard to the use 
of percussion and auscultation, as to which was the better in detect¬ 
ing atelectasis of the lungs from localized pneumonia as a com¬ 
plication, also on the value of the thermometer when the physical 
signs give negative results; then a discussion arose as to whether 
it was proper to apply the term expectoration to the discharges 
which were expelled from the air passages, and if there is ever a 
discharge into the mouth from larynx in inflammations. A vote 
