SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
689 
The scope of sanitary science is rapidly extending and much of it should 
fall to the care of veterinarians. Let us but acquaint the physicians of our State 
■with the fact that we are prepared and ready to do our own share of sanitary 
labor, and they will aid us to assume the responsible share that our special train¬ 
ing has fitted us to do. 
The number of graduate veterinarians in our State is about one hundred, of 
which sixty-one are members of this Association, and twelve more have filed ap¬ 
plications for membership. Our present prosperity should stimulate our enthu¬ 
siasm and zeal to make each succeeding annual meeting more profitable and en¬ 
joyable than any previous one, and prove sufficiently attractive to compensate 
for the expense and time incurred by the attendance of members from remote 
portions of the State. 
There have been between seven and eight hundred communications issued 
from the Secretary’s office during the past year. The necessary labor attached to 
the proper conduct of that office is now becoming considerable and has been 
done in the past without expense to this Association. As I expect to transfer 
the burden of this office to some one to be selected during this session, I would 
recommend that you at least make provision for defraying his necessary expenses 
incurred by attendance at these meetings. You are aware how important it is 
that the Secretary should be promptly on hand at the opening of each session. 
He must consider the Association first and his business interests second, while 
you may reverse this order. If his expenses be defrayed it will prove a stimulus 
to acceptance of the trust which otherwise might be declined by some young 
man well qualified to fill the office acceptably, and who by so doing would pro¬ 
bably be in attendance at your next session. 
I am gratified for the kind encouragement and cordial support you have ex¬ 
tended to me as your Secretary, and I trust you will extend the same courtesies 
to my successor, for I hereby give you notice that I cannot undertake the onerous 
duties of this office another year. I hereby submit my final report for your con¬ 
sideration. 
S. Stewart, Secretary. 
The President: The Secretary’s report is before you. What 
is your pleasure ? 
Moved by Dr. Norton, seconded by Dr. G. A. Johnson, 
that the report be received and discussed ; carried. 
Dr. Edwards: Do you understand that the Veterinary 
Department of the Vis Medicatrix is offered for the use of this 
society, and if so, are you to continue in charge of it ? 
Secretary : Yes ! The limited space of four or five pages 
are at our command, but as to who shall have editorial charge 
of it remains for you to determine. Of course the Vis ex¬ 
pects this department to be managed in the interest of com¬ 
parative medicine, and in that spirit which will tend to unite 
the two professions in our State in a bond of common fel¬ 
lowship. 
