SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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McLean, of Brooklyn. “Veterinary Associations ” was the 
theme assigned to Dr. Williams, of Indiana, who briefly 
spoke of their duties to the profession, their usefulness to in¬ 
dividual members and to the profession as a whole, and ex- 
piessed the wish that they should grow in numbers, useful¬ 
ness and thought. 
Dr. Faville, of Baltimore, as one of “ Our Hosts ” assured 
the members of the great pleasure it had given them to do 
what lay in their power to render our stay in Washington 
pleasant and profitable. The venerable Dr. Michener, Sr., 
spoke of the early days of our Association, and Dr. Winches¬ 
ter, of Massachusetts, closed the list, who, as one of “ Our 
Visitors,” paid due compliment to the excellent arrangements 
and entertainment provided by the local Committee of Ar¬ 
rangements, after which the various members bid each other 
adieu until a year hence, and so was ended one of the most 
enjoyable and profitable meetings in the history of the United 
States Veterinary Medical Association. W. 
NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
The semi-annual meeting of the New York State Veterin¬ 
ary Medical Society was held in the parlors of the Grand Cen¬ 
tral Hotel, New York, on Wednesday August 12th, 1891. 
Owing to the delay of the members in reaching the city, the 
hour for calling the meeting to order was extended. 
President Morris called the meeting to order at 10.10 A. m. 
A limited number of members responded to the roll-call, but 
' several members came in later in the day. Letters and tele¬ 
grams of regret were received from members of the Society, 
and the profession generally. 
There were also present, W. Horace Hoskins, Secretary 
United States Veterinary Medical Association; Prof. A. 
Liautard of New York ; Roscoe R. Bell, D.V.S., President, and 
Geo. H. Berns, D.V.S., ex-President of the Long Island Vet.eri- 
nai > Society, and other prominent members of the profession 
from New York and Brooklyn. 
President Morris delivered an address of a few well chosen 
