SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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Dr. A. T. Sellers, of Camden, a graduate of the American Veterinary Col¬ 
lege, was proposed for membership of the Society, and it was referred to the 
Board of Censors, who will report at the next meeting. 
> The Secretary read Senate Bill No. 12, to regulate the practice of veterinary 
medicine and surgery, which is now before the Legislature; a very lively discuss¬ 
ion followed, after which the members present approved the bill. Dr. Lowe 
thought that the proposed bill could be enacted as a law if the veterinarians would 
unite to concerted action. 
The delegates appointed to attend the meeting of the Alumni of the Ameri¬ 
can Veterinary College are as follows : Dr. J. C. Corlies, Dr. W. H. Lowe, Dr. 
A. H. McIntosh, Dr. J. F. Autenrieth and Dr. C. Kuehne. 
The paper read by Dr. J. F. Autenrieth on ‘ ‘ The Operation of Tenotomy, 
its application in Sprung Knee and Knuckling,” was a very able one and brought 
forth some very interesting facts; the author spoke highly of the operation in 
these diseases, and the discussion following was very instructive. 
Dr. W. H. Lowe made a motion to make an amendment to the Constitution 
(Article V) which reads : “ There shall be four regular meetings of this Associa¬ 
tion every year ; one in August; one in November ; one in February, and one in 
May. Each meeting shall be held on the first Thursday of the respective 
months, with a banquet once a year at the annual meeting in Angust,” to have 
but two meetings each year, the annual meeting to be held the first Thursday in 
August, and the regular meeting to be held on the first Thursday in February. 
The matter was submitted to the Board of Trustees, who will report at the next 
meeting. 
It was decided to hold the next meeting in Newark on Thursday, May 2d, 
at 2:30 p. m., and the Board of Trustees to meet at 2 p. m. 
The meeting then adjourned. 
Charles Kuehne, Ph. G., D.V.S., Secretary. 
MASSACHUSETTS VETERINARY ASSOCIATION. 
At the regular meeting of this Association, held at the rooms of the Boston 
Medical Library Association, December 26th, 1888, the President, Dr. J. F. Win¬ 
chester presided, and there were present Doctors Blackwood, Bryden, Stickney 
and Howard of Boston, Marshall of Brookline, Osgood of Springfield, Simpson 
of Charlestown and Pierce of 5th Cavalry, Fort Reno, Indian Territory. 
After reading the minutes of the previous meeting and the transaction of 
some minor business, Dr. J. F. Winchester read a paper on Tuberculosis. (*). 
At the conclusion of the paper Dr. Winchester said that the particular point 
he had endeavored to make was, that tuberculosis is a contagious disease and in 
his opinion tubercular phthisis is more contagious than contagious pleuro-pneumo- 
nia in cows , or glanders in horses , and that this point had been fully demonstra¬ 
ted by the many cases he had detailed, where an affected herd had been entirely 
destroyed, the barn disinfected and empty for a year, and when a new herd, free 
from disease, had been brought in, tuberculosis was again set up. 
(*) This paper is published among the original articles of this issue.—Ed. 
