SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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operated on by making an opening into the nostril, and the 
tears drained away, but did not know whether the result was 
permanent or not, as the case was lost sight of. 
The discussion having been prolonged it was getting late, 
so the meeting adjourned, to meet again the following morn¬ 
ing (January 16th) at 8 o’clock. 
Wednesday, January 16, 1895. 
Meeting called to order at 8:15 A. M., President J. D. Fair in 
the chair, who called upon the Committee on Contagious Dis¬ 
eases for their report. 
The committee had no regular prepared report, but the 
chairman (Dr. Cotton) gave an interesting account of a so- 
called outbreak of hydrophobia in the city where he resides 
(Mt. Vernon), detailing the number bitten and sent away for 
treatment, etc. 
Dr. G. W. Butler at this point read reports of a few interest¬ 
ing cases coming under his own observation, which he thought 
was also this much dreaded disease. 
The Committee on Veterinary Education was next called 
upon, and rendered the following report, to wit: 
We, your Committee on Veterinary Education, respectfully submit these few sug¬ 
gestions and recommendations relative to educational requirements and other channels 
for exalting the veterinary profession. 
1st.—That a higher and uniform matriculation examination, embracing all studies 
of graded schools, should be prescribed by all recognized veterinary schools or 
colleges. 
2d.—That the course of study at all schools graduating veterinary physicians 
and surgeons should be not less than three sessions of full six months each, with a 
Faculty embracing no less than ten professors, five of whom should be veterinarians. 
3d.—That a final examination be prescribed, exacting no less than seventy-five 
( 75 ) P er cent, average in all studies. 
4th.—That the State examining board recognize as qualified practitioners only such 
graduates as above, and such others as have been in actual practice for a term of not 
less than ten consecutive years. 
3th.—That a committee be appointed to press the claims and respective qualifica¬ 
tions of veterinarians to positions on live stock boards, also to recommend their ap- 
