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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
waiting until we have twenty, or perhaps two in evei} State. 
Dr. Osgood is afraid we cannot get the same protection 
granted by every State to members of the profession ; that is 
why he thinks graduates of different schools will carry differ¬ 
ent weights. 
Dr. Winchester thinks that everything must have a be¬ 
ginning, and that any advance is generally brought about by 
a few men. He also believes that some schools, by means of 
many teachers, can teach more in two years than otheis with 
a few instructors can teach in three or four years. 
Dr. Osgood asks if more time is not desirable. 
Dr. Liautard thinks more time is desirable, if possible. 
Dr. Saunders compares students’ heads upon entering 
college with empty spaces, and the instruction they receive 
with material to fill these spaces, and is of the opinion thaij 
“ if you put out the stuff you will fill up the room.” 
Dr. Bunker likes Dr. Liautard’s paper, as it has taken ut 
out of our usual rut. He is proud to be a graduate of th( 
American Veterinary College. 
The “ Frenchman ” has always been square and honest 
and if his medicine is sometimes bitter, still it agrees w ith us 
Dr. Bunker moves that the essayist be accorded a vote o 
thanks for his interesting paper. Seconded by Dr. Saunders 
Carried. 
Dr. Bunker then read a paper reporting several cases h) 
had had during the winter, in his practice, as follows: 
Case of paralysis of the throat, in a horse. 
Case of cancer of the liver, in a dog. 
Case of tuberculosis of the liver, in a bull; specime. 
shown. 
Case of mummified foetus, in a cow, specimen shown. 
Meeting adjourned. 
Austin Peters, Secretary. 
EASTERN IOWA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary Medical Association held ii 
regular meeting at the Grand Hotel, Ceder Rapids, Mardj 
31, 1892, Drs. J. W. Scott, J. D. Inger, P. Malcotn, W 
Drinkwater and J. T. Kennedy being present. 
