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asked “ In inoculation, may not a blood poisoning sufficient for 
protection against further infection be induced without having 
any perceptible local manifestations ?” 
L. McLean thought the pulmonic and pleuritic lesions were 
an essential—an invariable accompaniment of inoculation, for he 
had lost all cases upon which he had experimented. He believed 
no animal would thrive after having the disease, unless the seeds 
of the disease had entirely left the body. 
A vote of thanks being tendered the essayist for his interest¬ 
ing paper, and Dr. Liautard appointed to read at the next meeting 
a paper on “ Inoculation,” the meeting adjourned to meet at the 
lecture room of the American Veterinary College, April 11th, at 
eight o’clock. 
J. D. Hopkins, D.V.S. 
Secretary. 
The regular monthly meeting of the New York State Veter¬ 
inary Society, was held at the American Veterinary College, 
Thursday, April 11th, 1878, at 8 p. m. The President, Dr. .Rob¬ 
ertson, occupied the chair. Members present: Messrs. Liautard, 
Lockhart, Burden, Coates, Holcombe, McLean, Fields, and Hop¬ 
kins. Minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. 
The following gentlemen were elected to membership: S. S. 
Field, D.V.S.; W. H. Ray, D.V.S.; and Alvord H Rose, D.V.S. 
Dr. Lockhart proposed for membership Edward Heard, V.S., 
graduate of Edinburgh. 
It was moved and seconded, that no vote of thanks shall be 
tendered an essayist until after the discussion. Moved and sec¬ 
onded that the members of this Society exert themselves to induce 
all regular veterinary surgeons to join this Society. Carried. 
Dr. Liautard read a paper giving the statistics of continental 
veterinarians during a series of experiments on inoculation of cat¬ 
tle to prevent the spreading of epizootic contagious pleuro-pneu- 
monia. After stating first, that he did not wish to be understood 
to be looked upon as the champion of inoculation, as he never had 
an opportunity to test it by himself, he could not, however, ignore 
the magnificent results obtained in Europe in late years. Giving 
