SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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NEW JERSEY STATE VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
Tlie annual meeting of the New Jersey State Veterinary Society was held 
in New Brunswick, Thursday, August 6th, 1891, in White Hall Hotel. 
The [meeting was called to order at 2:80 p.m. President E. L. Loblein oc¬ 
cupying the chair. 
On roll call the following members answered to their names: Drs. Jos- 
Hopkins, J. C. Corlies, I. N. Krowl, E. L. Loblein, W. H. Lowe, E. R. Mercer, 
L. K. Sattler, A. T. Sellers. 
The minutes of the previous session were read and approved. 
The address of the President followed. 
The Board of Censors recommended the admission to membership of the fol¬ 
lowing : Drs. E. R. Ogden, E. C. Batten, W. F. Harrison and T. H. Ripley. 
The report was received and the doctors named were duly elected to member¬ 
ship. 
The following applications for membership were received and referred to 
the Board of Censors for action : Drs. E. Landes, Camden; W. Gray, Newton ; 
E. D. Bachman, Phillipsburg; J. M. Whitt.pan, Jersey City; J. P Lowe, Pat¬ 
erson; S. C. Tremaine, Bridgeton. 
The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Dr. James Hopkins ; 
Vice-President, Dr. W. H Lowe; Treasurer, Dr. A. H. McIntosh; Secretary, 
Dr. A. T. Sellers; Board of Censors, Drs. E. R. Mercer, I. M. Kiowl, E. R. 
Ogden, E. C. Batten, E. L. Loblein. 
The newly elected President was then escorted to the chair, and made an 
address of interest to those present. 
The following resolution was then adopted, which is intended to probe the 
supposed existence of contagious pleuro-pneumonia in and around Newark, 
where it is reported cattle are being condemned because of the disease, and af¬ 
terward sold to the public for food. 
Whereas , The alleged existence of pleuro-pneumonia among the cattle 
around Newark, N. J., and the action of the Bureau of Animal Industry in 
quarantining and destroying herds, has induced much hardship among the small 
owners of cows, and, 
Whereas , Many complaints have been made to veterinarians by owners of 
cattle that no such disease exists in that vicinity; therefore be it 
Resolved , That this Society shall appoint a committee of five to investigate 
the methods pursued by the Bureau of Animal Industry, and if deemed advis¬ 
able call a special meeting to consider necessary action. 
Drs. E. C. Batten, E. L. Loblein and L. R. Sattler were appointed essay¬ 
ists for the next meeting. 
Drs. E. R. Mercer, W. H. Lowe and James Hopkins were appointed dele¬ 
gates to the next annual meeting of the United States Veterinary Medical Asso¬ 
ciation. 
The essayists for the meeting being unavoidably absent, several hours were 
consumed in discussing colic in its different forms and its treatment. Many in¬ 
teresting and valuable points were brought out, notably the eserine treatment for 
flatulent colic. Congestive colic, the newly recognized form, received lengthy at- 
