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SOCIETY MEETINGS 
pose horse. An interesting discussion followed, in which some 
of the members considered that the Percheron Norman horse 
was superior to the Clyde as a draught horse. After votes of 
thanks had been passed to the readers of the papers, the meeting 
adjourned. 
At the next meeting Prof. Osier and Mr. A. W. Clements 
will give the results of some experiments they have been con¬ 
ducting with regard to the life history of the Tcenia medio canu- 
latas , and Mr. C. B. Robinson will read a paper on “ Septi¬ 
caemia.” 
The regular fortnightly meeting of this Association was held 
in the lecture room of the Montreal Veterinary College, on Thurs 
day evening, February 2d, the second Vice-President, Dr. Win. 
McEachran, in the chair. 
Mr. C. B. Robinson read an essay upon Septicaemia,” giving 
a full description of that interesting disease, and the best means 
to be adopted for its prevention and cure. It was listened to with 
marked attention throughout, and, at its close, a lively discussion 
ensued. 
Prof. Wm. Osier then read an account of an experiment re¬ 
cently conducted by himself, with the assistance of Mr. Clement, 
at the Veterinary College, in which fifty segments of the Soenia 
mediocauellata, or common tape-worm of this country, had been 
fed to a calf three days old. Accurate observations of the tem¬ 
perature and pulse of the animal were taken daily for seven 
weeks, at the end of which time the symptoms indicated that the 
parasites had entered upon the cystic stage, or were “ measled.” 
The calf being slaughtered, the post mortem revealed the presence 
of the entozoa in various parts of the body, but particularly in 
the voluntary muscles, where they appeared as little translucent 
cysts, about one-eighth of an inch long, with an opaque spot in 
the centre, which was the parasite or “ measle.” Specimens of 
the muscles containing the cysts were exhibited, and the speaker 
referred to the curious fact that although the tape-worm derived 
from measly veal was far more common in this country than that 
derived from measly pork, yet measly veal was rarely if ever de- 
