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list of the papers to be read, and we again publish a revised 
synopsis of those that have been announced, and, although 
there will undoubtedly be more, as there always are, there are 
plenty of subjects for intellectual delectation and profitable 
discussion if these were all that will be presented to the meet¬ 
ing. Great questions of sanitary economy of the most vital 
interest to the country are thus opened up for consideration, 
the control and eradication of the numerous contagious and 
infectious diseases that not only depopulate our herds and our 
flocks, thereby causing great losses to our stock-raisers, but 
many of them transmit their infection to the systems of the 
members of the human family, causing in some instances 
so much disease as to almost approach an epidemic. These 
questions are live ones, and are everywhere engaging the 
attention of scientists, and surely the representative body of 
American veterinarians is to be in the van. Meat, milk, and 
dairy inspection is not less important, and the always-present 
topic of higher education will not be allowed to pass without 
some action to stimulate our colleges to even greater exertion 
than they are now putting forth. Veterinarians in almost 
every state are struggling for legal recognition, and the parent 
association can assist them by her powerful influence and her 
earnest sympathy. Her members will, beyond this, be inter¬ 
ested in the subject of the many sporadic diseases that will be 
brought forward for consideration and discussion. And then, 
o 
with social pleasures and good fellowship to be experienced by 
the reunion of old friends and the making of new ones, mingled 
with all the delights that are briefly outlined in the programme 
of temporal entertainment, it is hard to conceive how one can 
force himself to remain at home during that week, if his going 
is within the pale of possibility. 
We subjoin the list of papers already announced, and feel 
assured that many others will be in the hands of the Secretary 
before the day of convocation : 
S. B. Nelson, Washington, “Nail Wounds of the Foot.” 
T. A. Peters, Nebraska, “Serum-therapy in Hog Cholera.” 
