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ADDRESS OF DR. C. B. ORVIS. 
;he latest agents, methods and appliances whereby we may be¬ 
come proficient and most skilled in our profession. Hetein lies 
the secret of large membership and good attendance, but is 
second to the main object of our association, viz. : To advance 
the standing of the veterinary profession and to obtain positions 
and recognitions that rightly belong to it. The plans for pro¬ 
cedure to this end can best be discussed at our association 
and committee meetings, but I will make no reference to them 
here. 
In the past nine years—for that is the length of time I have 
been identified with the work in this State—the common people 
have been greatly enlightened as to the mission of the veteri¬ 
narian. There is no longer a place for the empiric who says 
glanders is unknown here, or the man who went through the 
country armed with a saw who contended that nearly all horses 
could be greatly benefited by the use of that instrument applied 
in shortening the incisor teeth. While there are a few who 
still succeed in disposing of their so-called sure cures, they are 
becoming more scarce all the time and the qualified veterinarian 
is being consulted as to the reliability of said nostrums before 
purchases are made. 
While there are many things to be proud of for the recog¬ 
nitions we have received and the advances we have made, yet 
we have many hindrances and oppositions that will require our 
most earnest and continued efforts to overcome. 
During the past year we have been more than commonly 
recognized by our medical brothers. They are recognizing the 
advisability of having skilled veterinarians as meat and daily 
inspectors and recognizing their ability as sanitarians. 1 hey 
have invited us and we have become members of the State 
Sanitary Board, and our essays, remarks and resolutions have 
received courteous attention and favorable mention. 
Dr. Ruggles, President of the State Board of Health, has 
shown not only to me personally, but to the profession, many 
favors and courtesies. This same spirit has been more generally 
felt throughout the State of late, all of which shows to my mind 
