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When the committees had made their reports and the business of a 

 routine nature had been disposed of, tlie following clinics were witnessed: 



Dr. Thomas M. Hall performed peroneo-pharj'ugeal tenotomj-; oophor- 

 ectomy, by Dr. G. H. Roberts; Dr. W. B. Craig performed the operation 

 of peronea-tibial neurectomy, median neurectomy and supei'-carpal teno- 

 tomy; Dr. A. N. Gurley, of Martinsville, trephined a case for nasal 

 catarrh; Dr. O. L. Boor did some very nice work in capouizing. 



Meeting adjourned to meet at State House at 7:30 p. m. 



On reassembling, the routine business was again taken up, and Drs. 

 Harry E. Smock, Franklin, Ind.; J. B. Archer, Spencer, Ind.; H. L. 

 Coote, Michigan City, Ind.; J. L. Axby, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; C. F. Collins, 

 Bellmore, Ind., and O. C. Newgent, Russellville, Ind., were elected to 

 membership. A number of interesting papers by different members were 

 read and discussed. Dr. A. N. Gurley read a paper on '"Atrophy of Postea- 

 spinatus Muscles." Dr. O. C. Newgent, a paper on ''Hemorrhage of the 

 Bladder in a Colt." Dr. W. B. Craig's subject, "The Hock." Dr. G. H. 

 Roberts on "Dislocation of the Fetlock Joint, with Favorable Recovery." 

 Dr. R. F. Craig on "Infectious Abortion." Dr. J. B. Mitchell on "Frac- 

 ture of Sesamoids and Open Joint, Followed by Favorable Recovery." 



Meeting adjourned to meet in September. 



F. N. ANDERMAN, President. 

 G. H. ROBERTS, Secretary. 



THE VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT. 



By act of the General Assembly of 1901, it was intended that a person 

 should be possessed of certain qualiQcations before being permitted to 

 practice veterinary medicine or surgery. These qualifications are that 

 the applicant for a certificate to practice veterinary medicine and surgerj' 

 shall be a graduate of a reputable veterinary college or shall have prac- 

 ticed veteriuaiT medicine or surgery as a livelihood in this State for 

 five consecutive years immediately preceding the passage of the act. The 

 act further provides that any one may practice upon his own animals, 

 that any one may castrate, spay, or dehorn, or render assistance in 

 emergencies without having a certificate to practice veterinary medicine 

 or surgery. These requirements are certainly as low as could be 

 expected, and have any regard for the interests which a veterinarian is 

 expected to protect. In almost any trade it is recognized that it requires 

 some experience or training before one can become proficient. If such 

 be the case for a person working with wood, metal, or other matter, 

 the same rule should apply much more forcibly in the training for the 

 treatment of animals possessed of life and all the attributes which that 

 term implies. Ignorance in cutting a boai'd or fashioning iron means 



