SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
405 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
THE MONTREAL VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
This association held its usual fortnightly meeting in the lecture 
room of the Veterinary College, Union Avenue, on Thursday 
evening last, the president, J. C. Alloway, Esq., V.S., in the chair, 
and a full attendance of members was present. After the usual 
preliminary business had been disposed of, the members proceeded 
to ballot for the candidates proposed for membership at the last 
meeting, which resulted in the election of the following gentle¬ 
men :—Messrs. A. W. Clements, R. T. Whittlesey, T. J. O’Connell, 
Alfred W. Mears, James Brodie, J. A. Duncan, B. A. Pomroy, 
W. Lemay, George W. Goetz, C. B. Robinson, L. H. Bergeron, 
P. Paquin, T. Paquin, Pierre Gadbois and V. T. Danhigny, V.S. 
Messrs. E. Crevier and Philias Labell were then proposed as mem¬ 
bers to be balloted for at the next meeting. The Chairman then 
announced that a very interesting communication had been re¬ 
ceived from M. J. Tracy, Esq., M.R.C.V.S., of Milwaukee, Wis., 
of a case of “ intestinal umbilical fistula,” which had been suc¬ 
cessfully treated by that gentleman, and called upon the Secretary 
to read same to the meeting, which was listened to with marked 
attention, followed by an interesting discussion, the members 
complimenting that gentleman upon the skill with which he had 
treated the case. The Chairman then called upon Mr. C. H. 
Ormond to read his communication on the subject of “ Purpura 
Hoemorrhagica.” The reader described several cases, being part 
of a large number successfully treated by him during an epizootic 
attack at Milwaukee, Ill., last summer. He described the symp¬ 
toms, which were variable, and his mode of treatment, which was 
peculiar to the different phases of the disease. He could not 
assign any definite cause of the outbreak, bnt thought it arose 
from some septic matter contained in the atmosphere. The com¬ 
munication gave rise to an interesting discussion. 
Prof. McEachran then addressed the meeting on the subject 
