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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
first vaccination or of the disease contracted by cohabitation pro¬ 
tects the animal for a certain time, but even sometimes and 
possibly often (point yet to be lightened) in a permanent manner. 
{To be continued.) 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The first meeting of this Association, session 1879-’80, was 
called for Wednesday evening, October 8th, 1879. The Presi¬ 
dent and Vice-President being absent, the meeting was called to 
order by the Secretary, Dr. R. A. McLain, who presided during 
the exercises. The officers elected for the ensuing year were : 
President, Prof. A. A. Holcombe; Vice-President, Mr. Geo. H. 
Bailey ; Secretary, Mr. T. C. Cowhey ; Treasurer, Mr. M. Bunker. 
It was determined to hold regular meetings of the Association 
once a week, at which some member of the senior class should 
present and defend a paper on the subject allotted him by the 
Faculty of the College at the close of the last session. The first 
regular meeting was held on Friday evening, October 10th, at 
which time a paper was presented by E. R. Wing on “Distemper 
in Dogs.” At the second meeting T. C. Cowley read on “ Hog 
Cholera.” At the succeeding meetings the following papers were 
presented in the order named : W. H. Hornblower on “Differen¬ 
tial Diognosis of Colic,” H. B. Boyd on “ Spavin,”|W. T. Zuill 
on “ Tetanus,” D. W. Cochran on “ Shoeing the Healthy Foot,” 
II. F. Foote on “Veterinary versus Human Medicine.” 
TETANUS. 
[Extracted from a paper read before the Medical Association of the American Veteri¬ 
nary College by M. Zuill, of Bermuda, W. I ] 
Tetanus in the Island of Bermuda is without doubt the pre¬ 
vailing disease amongst both man and beast, and it not unfre- 
quently takes on an epizootic or enzootic form, as was the case 
