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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
submitted through its chairman, Dr. A. W. Clement, a very 
comprehensive analysis of the condition of education at the var¬ 
ious colleges of the country, showing the number of veterinari¬ 
ans in the faculties, the course of instruction, and the length of 
the period of attendance. The result as a whole was most satis¬ 
factory to the association, and showed a healthy state of educa¬ 
tional matters. 
The resident State Secretaries responded more generally than 
ever before, showing a more thorough knowledge of the condi¬ 
tion of sanitary medicine in their respective States than previ¬ 
ously and most of the reports gave a general synopsis of the 
status of the profession in the several States. 
The report of the Committee on Diseases was delayed until 
the afternoon of the last day, and was very far from being an 
ideal collection of statistics and interesting data. The reading 
of the report from Alabama, dealing with insignificant data, was 
provocative of much merriment. 
The discussion of the subject of tuberculosis in its various 
aspects was possibly the most interesting, instructive, and scien¬ 
tific debate that has ever engaged the National Association, and 
certainly the most comprehensive of this meeting. The discus¬ 
sion embraced the subject in the following aspects : u Syste¬ 
matic Examination by the State,” “ After Effect of Tuber¬ 
culin on Healthy Cattle,” “ Danish System of Controlling 
Tuberculosis,” u French System of Controlling Tuberculosis,” 
“ Virulence of Milk from Tuberculous Cows,” “ Viru¬ 
lence of Flesh from Tuberculous Cattle,” “ What Should be 
done with Tuberculous Cattle,” “If the Flesh of the 
Slightly Affected may be Used, Where Draw the Line.” 
Prof. Osgood led the discussion, basing his argument as to the 
systematic examination of cattle by the State largely upon the 
methods and experiences of the Massachusetts Cattle Commis¬ 
sion, of which he is a member, and his exposition of the prac¬ 
tices there employed was very interesting. Dr. D. E. Salmon, 
of the Bureau of Animal Industry, spoke upon the same as¬ 
pect of the subject, and dwelt upon the difficulty of the govern¬ 
ment in being able to cope with such a widespread and insidi¬ 
ous disease at the present time. Prof. Leonard Pearson made a 
most lucid description of the Danish and French systems of con¬ 
trolling the disease, and showed how their methods, while suit¬ 
ing those countries admirably, were untenable in the United 
States. He also dwelt upon the disease as it exists in his State 
(Pennsylvania), and showed how the great number of cows— 
