SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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arcl, of Massachusetts ; Vice President, Dr. J. B. Hopper, of New 
Jersey; Secretary, Dr. Otto Faust, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; 
Treasurer, Dr. F. R. Hanson, of New York City ; Librarian, 
Dr. W. V. Beiser, of New York City. 
The next order of business was the election of members to 
the board of trustees. 
Drs. L. H. Howard, Chas. Burden, and W. H. Lowe were 
elected as members to the board of trustees. The Secretary was 
instructed to notify the board of trustees as to the members 
elected. 
The report of State Secretaries being next in order, Dr. 
Wray, of England, sent a lengthy report, which was read by 
Sec. Dr. Dair. .Also reports of Dr. Fenimore, of Tennessee, and 
Dr. Faust, of New York. 
Dr. Doepel moved to adjourn, seconded by Dr. Kaiser, and 
carried. M. J. Dair, ex-Secretary. 
Otto Faust, Secretary. 
VETERINARY MEDICAU ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK COUNTY. 
The regular meeting of this Association was called to order 
at the Academy of Medicine, Tuesday evening, May 5th by the 
President, Dr. Huidekoper, at 8.45 p. m. On roll-call the fol¬ 
lowing members responded : Drs. J. S. Cattanach, J. S. Cattan- 
ach, Jr., Delaney, Ellis, Ferster, Giffen, Gill, Huidekoper, 
Hanson, MacKellar, Neher, O’Shea, Robertson, Sherwood and 
Turner. (15) The minutes of the previous meeting were read 
and approved. 
The Board of Censors having no business to report, and 
there being no papers, the time was given to discussions, which 
was opened by Dr.- Robertson, who asked whether the Board of 
Health had a right to take possession of, and to destroy animals 
that show a reaction to the use of mallein, without any other 
outward signs of glanders. A general discussion followed on 
that point, and on the symptoms of glanders in its various stages, 
and finally the following resolution was offered : 
Resolved , That the chair appoint a committee of three to communicate with the Boards 
of Health of the City of New York and of the State of New York, and to investigate 
the value given by law to the inoculation of glanders by mallein, and the extent of au¬ 
thority of the Boards of Health in the quarantining and condemning of suspicious cases 
of glanders. 
The chair thereupon appointed the following committee : 
James L. Robertson (Chairman); H. D. Gill, Robert W. Ellis 
(Recorder). 
