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say that if deglutition is not complete the case is one having a cerebral 
complication in special meningitis the temperature will rise to 103 deg¬ 
rees F., and the pulse will be full hard and strong whilst with the cere¬ 
bral form the temperature will rarely rise above IOO5 degrees F., and 
the pulse will be soft in character. Are Paraplegia or Azutoria forms 
of either the cerebral or special meningitis ? In Azoturia, paraplegia 
is but a symptom: can it be that nitrogeneous urine exists and is brought 
about in the way set forth by Professor Williams; if this is the case 
why are not all horses fulfilling these special conditions affected. It 
cannot be proved that urea exists in great abundance and if it were so 
its non-elimination would simply produce uraemic poisoning. Is it 
not that this train of symptoms is simply due to a reduction of the 
quantity in the system? It certainly u is not an inflammatory disease in 
any sense of the word.” A very interesting discussion of this subject 
or subjects followed, which was participated in by Doctors Bryden, 
Thayer, Very, the President and others. Dr. Liautard suggested that 
the ohpthalmoscope may be found useful as an aid to differential diagno¬ 
sis between Cerebral and Spinal Meningitis in some cases. Doctors 
Thayer and Bryden communicated interesting cases of plugging of 
the illiacs as causes of paraplegia. 
Dr. Wood communicated the case of a horse which had been 
treated empirically for the reduction of splint, he was found with a 
great amount of oedema of both fore legs and breast and in a highly 
febrile state and with great excoriation in the flextures of the joints of 
the diseased limbs; he ordered a dose of cathartic medicine, the sores 
to be cleaned with a solution of adgl carbol oz. 1, and glycerine oz. 6: 
in the course of the next twenty-four hours he was 011 the road to re¬ 
covery, and two weeks after the hair had started fairly over where the 
abrasions had been; ten days after this the Doctor received an urgent 
call to see the same horse. This time lie was found cedematous from 
head to foot; the hair stood up and whenever touched it would come 
off in large mat-like pieces, leaving the skin as bare as one’s hand. 
Ordered chloral hydrate oz. ss, warm water gals. 2; horse to be dressed 
all over with the wash and covered tightly. The first application took 
off four-fifths of the hair which was on the whole body; but the inch¬ 
ing stopped and now the horse was apparently doing well. 
The society then ordered that two hundred more copies of the 
Constitution and By-laws of the Association be printed with an ap¬ 
pendix, containing the names of all past and present members, after 
which the meeting adjourned. 
Chas. P. Lyman, Cor. Sec'y. 
