SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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Pottsville, Pa. June 17th. The meeting was called to order by 
President Dr. S. G. Burkholder, in the chair, at 10 a.m. On 
roll-call the following members responded : Drs. Burkholder, 
Sallade, Faughman, Friderici, Noack, Snyder, Kershner, Bie- 
ber, Moyer. 
The minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. 
Dr. W. H. Yingst, of Harrisburg, Pa., was duly elected as a 
member of the Association. 
The following officers were elected by ballot for the ensuing 
year : President, Dr. S. G. Burkholder, Denver ; Vice President, 
W. H. Moyer, Elizabethville ; Corresponding Secretary, Otto 
Noack, Reading ; Recording Secretary, U. G. Fridirici, Tama- 
qua; Treasurer, Frank McCarthy, Pottsville ; Trustees, J. W. 
Sallade, Pottsville ; P. I. Kershner, Fleetwood; U. S. G. Bieber, 
Kutztown. 
Dr. Otto Noack was appointed delegate to the State Veteri¬ 
nary Association, which meets in September, in Reading, Pa. 
Dr. J. W. Sallade was appointed delegate to the United States 
Veterinary Medical Association, which meets in Buffalo, N. Y. 
The following papers were read and discussed : “ Mange,” 
U. S. G. Bieber; “ Castration,” W. H. Moyer ; “ Emphysema,” 
Otto Noack. 
Reports of Cases. —Dr. U. S. G. Bieber was called to see a 
case May 8th ; found it to be a bay gelding, twelve years old, 
suffering from enlargement of right cheek. He at once diag¬ 
nosed the case as salivary calculi, and advised an operation, which 
was performed. Upon removal of same, found it to weigh eight 
ounces. A complete recovery was the result. 
Papers for next meeting. —J. W. Sallade, “The Social Posi¬ 
tion of the Veterinarian ” ; J. C. Baughman, “ Tetanus ” ; A. 
Pattieger, “Pneumonia”; W. H. Yingst, “ Shoeing ” ; U. G. 
Fridirici, “ Periodic Ophthalmia.” 
Meeting adjourned 3 p. m. ; next meeting‘to be held in Sep¬ 
tember, in the city of Reading, Pa. 
Dr. U. G. Fridirici, Secretary. 
MASSACHUSETTS VETERINARY ASSOCIATION. 
The thirteenth annual meeting of this Association was held 
at Young’s Hotel, Boston, April 22, 1896. 
The only business of importance was the election of officers, 
as follows: President, Dr. John M. Parker, Haverhill; 1st Vice- 
President, Madison Bunker, Newton ; 2d Vice-President, Daniel 
Emerson, Eynn ; Secretary and Treasurer, Howard P. Rogers, 
