SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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committees on Registration, Legislation and Judiciary was 
adopted. At two Vclock the Society adjourned for dinner 
and afterward visited the factory of Johnson & Johnson, 
where the different processes of manufacturing surgical appli¬ 
ances were explained by Mr. Kilmer. The visit proved very 
interesting to the members of the Association. 
The President, upon reassembling, appointed the following 
committees: Legislation, Dr, Miller, Dr. Hawk, Dr. Higgins, 
Dr. Cooper, J udge Kilburn. Registration, Dr. Gerth, Dr. 
'Axford, Dr. Brown. Judiciary, Dr. Hawk, Dr. Wittpenn, 
Dr. Elliott. 
Essayists for next meeting, Dr. Gerth, Dr. Elliott, Dr. 
Eisenhart. 
The following were proposed for membership: Dr. Wil¬ 
liam T. I. McLaughlin, Jersey City; Dr. C. E. Anderson, 
Elizabeth; Dr. J. P. Matthews, Princeton. 
The Tuberculosis Committee presented the following, 
which was read by Dr. Higgins: 
Whereas , The disease known as bovine tuberculosis, trans¬ 
missible to man through the consumption of meat and 
milk ; known also to be increasing among our dairy cattle, 
causing a serious financial loss to the stock growers and agri¬ 
culturists of this State, therefore be it 
Resolved , That it is the sense of this meeting that proper 
legislation authorizing the State authorities to co-operate with 
the United States Bureau of Animal Industries, in eradicating 
contagious animal diseases is absolutely necessary, especially 
as to tuberculosis, and that as a matter of policy, the super¬ 
vision of this work should be transferred to the State Board 
of Agriculture, said body being directly interested. 
The report was unanimously adopted. 
President Dustan made a short address, congratulating the 
Society upon its growth and the good it has already accom¬ 
plished. He reviewed the rise of the veterinary profession, 
and claimed that in the scientific treatment of disease and in 
pathology, the veterinary profession now stood at the head. 
The next meeting of the Association was appointed to be 
held at Trenton. 
