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tis and osteoporosis to be identical, a claim not heretofore 
made in English veterinary literature, although such Germans 
as Friedberger and Frohner have taken this view, while Dick- 
erhoff dissents and agrees with most English veterinary writers. 
This position will doubtless be assailed promptly by those 
believing with the mass of English veterinarians. 
Dr. Huidekoper, of New York, presented a good paper 
on “ Identification ef Animals,” the publication of which 
will give us something entirely new in English veterinary 
literature, and will doubtless receive a critical study. 
The discussion of the papers of Drs. Williams and Huide¬ 
koper, and the discussion on Dr. Liautard’s paper, postponed 
from last year, were unavoidably postponed, owing to the 
lateness of the hour, until next year. 
The papers, reports, discussions and transactions will ap¬ 
pear promptly in print in a special publication in compliance 
with the wishes of the Association. So we need only counsel 
a careful study of them all. The papers, as a collection, are 
equal to those of any meeting in the history of the Association. 
They were damaged, however, by a want of time for discus¬ 
sion. We had either too man}^ papers or too little time. It 
is becoming quite evident that the length of our meetings 
must again be increased by the addition of one or two more 
days, so that we can do our work well. The adjourned dis¬ 
cussions and unfinished business left over from this meeting 
will crowd to its utmost one day of our next meeting. Re¬ 
ports of committees, etc., will claim another day, so what will 
we do about papers for the meeting of 1892 ? Three or four 
years ago one day was ample time for all business and papers. 
Surely we are presenting encouraging signs of growth and 
prosperity. 
The banquet, which closed the twenty-eighth annual meet¬ 
ing of the Association, proved to be an event which can be 
remembered by those present only with pleasure, and brought 
to a climax the unceasing and careful work of the local Com¬ 
mittee of Arrangements, which from beginning to end passed 
along smoothly and promptly, so that the vote of thanks ten¬ 
dered it at the close of the meeting was a fitting compliment 
to a work well done. 
