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first appearance, and the same owner had two other cases 
afterward, but in this instance he thought it might have been 
due to some defect in the drainage. 
; Dr. Billings said we have a lot of isolated cases of infec¬ 
tious diseases from bad drainage, etc., that have as yet not 
even been named. 
Meeting then adjourned. 
Regular meeting, held at 19 Boylston Place, Boston, 
Wednesday evening, December 28th, 1892. President L. H. 
Howard in the chair. 
Members present: Drs. Bryden, Blackwood, Emerson, 
Harrington, Howard, Marshall, Winchester, Parker, LaBaw, 
Carlton and the Secretary. 
Honorary member : Dr. Stickney. 
Visitor: Mr. Brown, a student aithe Harvard Veterinary 
School. 
Minutes of last meeting read and accepted. 
Names of S. O. Fowle, M.D.V. (Harv.), end G. B. Foss, 
M.D.V. (Harv.), balloted upon for membership. Nine votes 
were cast, all in the affirmative. The President theiefoie de- 
dared the candidates elected. 
The applications of Dr. C. R. Simpson, of Somerville, and 
' Dr. T. W. Shaw, of Springfield, ‘or. membership were re- 
! ported favorably upon by the Executive Committee. Their 
names were laid upon the table, to be balloted upon at the 
next regular meeting, under the rules. 
Dr. Winchester thinks that the requirements of the Con¬ 
stitution providing for essays at these meetings should be 
lived up to. The President says that there is no clause in the 
Constitution providing for essays. 1 hey are voluntary con¬ 
tributions. Dr. Winchester says then the fact of our not hav¬ 
ing any lately must be due to a lack of ardor on the part of 
' the officers of the Association. This accusation is indig¬ 
nantly denied by the officers. 
Dr. LaBaw then volunteers a paper for the January meet¬ 
ing upon “ Punctured Wounds of the Feet. 
Dr. Blackwood offers to read at the February meeting 
upon “The Destruction of Microbes.” 
