June 6, 1913] 



SCIENCE 



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In view of this and the consideration that 

 the annual meeting of the American Vet- 

 erinary Medical Association will not take 

 place until September, 1914, it was deemed 

 advisable to organize without delay a national 

 committee for the United States. At the 

 advice of Dr. John E. Mohler, president of 

 the American Veterinary Medical Association, 

 Dr. L. Van Es, who was the oiEcial representa- 

 tive of the Ninth International Veterinary 

 Congress at The Hague, was asked to accept 

 the chairmanship, to which he willingly con- 

 sented, at the same time requesting me to act 

 as the secretary of the national committee. 



Dr. Van Es named the following vice-presi- 

 dents for that committee: Dr. A. D. Melvin, 

 Washington, D. C; Dr. K. F. Meyer, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. ; Dr. C. J. Marshall, Philadelphia, 

 Pa.; Dr. J. E. Mohler, Washington, D. C; 

 Dr. J. Hughes, Chicago, HI.; Dr. W. H. 

 Dalrymple, Baton Eouge, La.; Dr. E. C. 

 Schroeder, Washington, D. C; Dr. V. A. 

 Moore, Ithaca, N. T.; Dr. E. C. Cotton, Min- 

 neapolis, Minn.; Dr. J. S. Anderson, Seward, 

 Nebr.; Dr. S. Brenton, Detroit, Mich.; Dr. 0. 

 A. Gary, Auburn, Ala.; Dr. D. S. White, 

 Columbus, Ohio; Dr. S. B. Nelson, Pullman, 

 Wash.; Dr. M. Francis, College Station, 

 Texas ; Dr. W. F. Crewe, Devils Lake, N. Dak. 



With the organization completed, the com- 

 mittee now desires to conunenee their work 

 and to create a wide interest among the vet- 

 erinarians of the United States, thereby se- 

 curing a creditable delegation from our pro- 

 fession. 



Sir Stewart Stockman, honorary secretary 

 of the organizing committee, in a letter ad- 

 dressed to Dr. A. D. Melvin, expressed his 

 desire to obtain at an early date the names 

 of those who desire to act as reporters for the 

 various subjects to be discussed at the con- 

 gress, also at the same time enclosing a copy 

 of the list of subjects which are to be dis- 

 •cussed at the Tenth International Veterinary 

 Congress. The list is prepared as follows: 



GENERAL MEETINGS 



1. Foot and mouth disease. 



2. Tuberculosis, including the relationship of the 



so-called types of tubercle bacilli. 



3. Epizootic abortion. 



4. Public control of the production, distribution 



and sale of milk in the interests of public 

 health. 

 Section I.- — Veterinary science in relation to public 

 health. 



1. Meat poisoning — its pathogenesis and the 



measures necessary to guard against it. 



2. General principles to be observed in the in- 



spection of the carcasses and organs of tu- 

 berculous animals with a view to deter- 

 mining their safety as articles of human 

 food. 



3. Disinfection of wagons. 



Section II.- — Pathology and bacteriology. 



1. Johne's disease. 



2. Bovine piroplasmoses (European), with spe- 



cial reference to their etiology. 



3. Ultra-visible viruses. 



4. Distemper — etiology and vaccination. 

 Section III. — Epizootiology. 



1. Anthrax. 



2. Swine fever. 



3. Glanders. 



4. Sarcoptic mange of the horse. 



Section IV. — Veterinary medicine and surgery. 



1. Anesthesia — local and general. 



2. Laminitis. 



3. The surgical treatment of roaring. 



4. The use of drugs in the treatment of disease 



caused by nematode worms. 

 Section V.— Tropical diseases. 



1. Diseases transmitted by ticks; their classifi- 



cation, treatment and prevention. 



2. Diseases transmitted by winged insects; their 



classification, treatment and prevention. 



It is also planned to arrange in connection 

 with the Tenth International Veterinary Con- 

 gress a study tour for veterinarians, under the 

 auspices of the Bureau of University Travel, 

 the itinerary of which will include a trip 

 through Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, 

 Hungary, Austria, Germany, Holland and 

 England, thereby affording the veterinarians 

 desiring to attend the congress a splendid op- 

 portunity of studying all phases pertaining to 

 veterinary medicine in the different countries. 



Such a tour will be the first undertaken by 

 a body of veterinarians from this country and 

 would afford splendid advantages to members 

 of the profession, affording not only pleas- 

 urable but also educational advantages; be- 



