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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
“ Navicular Disease ” ; Dr. Cooper Curtice, Eradication of the 
Cattle Tick.” Dr. W. H. Harbaugh also read an interesting 
paper, the title of which was u Report of a Subnormal Temp r 
ature.” 
All the papers were fully discussed. # 
The veterinarians of the State are actively engaged m a brisk 
fight against bovine tuberculosis. The disease was fully dis¬ 
cussed, after which the following resolutions were passed. 
We the Virginia State Veterinary Medical Association, fully endorse the work being 
done in’this State in regard to the prevention of products of tuberculous animals being sold 
as human food, and we desire to inform the public that the tuberculin test is the only reliable 
means of diagnosing tuberculosis in cattle, and we further assure the public that when 
tuberculin is properly used it has positively no deleterious effect on healthy cows or their 
mi1 We further declare that milk or meat from tuberculous animals is impure and unfit for 
human food, no matter to what extent the animal may be affected. 
It is the opinion of this association that the national government should adopt radical 
methods to exterminate this disease and prevent any more of it being introduced from 
abroad by the importation of thoroughbred or other stock, and, in the meantime, we 
strongly urge our State authorities to quarantine against other States and allow no cattle to 
be shipped into this State for breeding or dairy purposes, unless accompanied by a clean 
bill of health, based on the tuberculin test, or to have them tested by a veterinarian satis¬ 
factory to the Board of Control at point of entry at owner’s expense. 
Next subject brought before the association was the anti¬ 
vivisection bill, which was introduced in the last Congress. 
After the subject had been fully discussed the following resolu¬ 
tions were adopted: , 
Whereas, There is before the Senate of the United States a bill which would check 
all vivisection and experiments directed toward the amelioration oi disease among t e 
lower animals and man; and, . . . , , j t 
Whereas, Such experiments as are conducted by the Bureau of Animal Industry are 
of in :alculable value to the live-stock industry of the country ; and, ... , 
Whereas, This bill in our opinion is a misdirected philanthropy, which b nds to pro¬ 
tect the few at the expense of the many, be it . , 4 . . , c 
Resolved That the Virginia State Veterinary Medical Association request the members 
of the Senate and House of Representatives from this State to oppose to their utmost any 
measure tending to curtail the usefulness of the Department of Agriculture m the District 
of Columbia in its investigations of the diseases of live-stock. # . 
The report of the officers showed the association to be m a 
most flourishing condition, and it now includes in its member¬ 
ship all of the legitimate veterinarians in the State, with the 
exception of three, and we hope to have them as members at 
our next meeting. _ . . - 
After adjourning, the association, as a body, visited the tine 
old Virginia resort, Ocean View, and enjoyed the luxuries 
thereof. 
The association adjourned to meet at Staunton, Va., January 
5, 1897, thereby bringing to a close one of the most successful 
meetings ever held by the association. 
Thomas M. Sweeny, Secretary . 
