DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



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You will note from the tabulated report of the medical and surgical 

 clinic for large and small animals, that the amount and variety of clinic 

 has been far greater than we have ever had before. This increase is due 

 in great part to the fact that the services of Dr. A. McKercher, were se- 

 cured on January 1st, to conduct an ambulatory or outside clinic. 



This ambulatory or outside clinic while entered into as an experiment 

 has proven a very great success. Last year the total number of medical 

 and surgical cases treated in the clinic was 698. This year the total num- 

 ber of medical and surgical cases treated is 1,860, a total increase over 

 last year of 1,162 cases. 



The outside clinic is a very valuable addition to the course of instruction 

 in veterinary training. Here the student not only comes in contact 

 with a much greater number and variety of cases, but he also learns how 

 to meet and handle people, which is a very important thing to know in 

 order to make a success as a practitioner, or in any other line of work which 

 he may take up after completing his course in college. 



I sincerely hope and want to urgently request that arrangements be 

 made whereby the services of Dr. McKercher will be retained to conduct 

 an outside clinic for the next school year. 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. P. HUTTON, 

 Associate Professor Surgery and Clinic. 

 East Lansing, June 30, 1919. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY. 



President F. S. Kedzie, 



Dear Sir — As we make our annual report to you this year, it is with 

 a deep sense of gratitude that the department feels its share in the joy 

 that has come to us all through the termination of the world's strife. It 

 seems hardly possible that we are now nearly back again on a pre-war 

 basis after experiencing such a complete involvement in the country's de- 

 mands for men. From our staff during the war, we furnished men as fol- 

 lows: 



H. F. Stafseth, 1st Lieutenant, V. C, Camp Custer. 



J. Frank Morgan, 1st Lieutenant, S. C, A. E. F. 



L. H. Cooledge, 1st Sergeant, S. C, A. E. F. 



I. F. Huddleson, 1st Lieutenant, S. C, A. E. F. 



C. G. Nobles, 2nd Lieutenant, S. C. 



F. W, Fabian, 2nd Lieutenant, S. C. 



