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dent Hoskins then read his annual address, which was one of 
the strongest ever made by this zealous association worker. 
Then the regular programme was taken up and the reports 
of the committees on intelligence and education and on dis¬ 
eases were heard. The reading of these required so much 
time that adjournment was taken without discussion on them 
• having been entered into. 
The second day was booked for the reading of papers, but 
was almost wholly taken up by the discussion of tuberculosis. 
This subject has become of such great practical importance, 
that there seemed to be no end of inquiry, and several attempts 
to close the discussion were made fruitless by the enthusiasm 
of those who have become experts in all that pertains to this 
disease. The freshness and brightness with which this sub¬ 
ject was discussed has deeply impressed the Western veterin¬ 
arians, and several of them expressed to the writer their 
appreciation of the high degree of intelligence displayed by 
some Eastern speakers. The subject finally wound up in a 
resolution indorsing the tuberculin test and condemning the 
physical diagnosis only as unreliable and microscopical exam¬ 
ination of dairy milk as deceitful and unwise in the present 
day. 
The election of officers resulted in the re-election of 
President W. Horace Hoskins for a third term, an honor not 
bestowed before on any one President. Drs. Osgood, Meyers 
and Harrison were elected Vice-Presidents, Dr. Stewart, of 
Kansas City, Secretary, and Dr. Robertson, New York, 
Treasurer. 
The closing session was devoted principally to the reading 
of papers on pertinent subjects and little or no time was left 
for their discussion. They were as follows : “The Horse as 
a Producer of Antitoxines,” by Prof. Olof Schwarzkopf; 
“ Accidents Incident to the Casting and Confining of Animals 
for Surgical Operations,” by Dr. Tait Butler; “Roaring, 
and its Operative Treatment,” by Dr. S. J. J. Harger; “An 
Improved Method of Plantar Neurotomy,” by Dr. M. H. 
McKillip; “The Therapeutics of Colics,” by Dr. W. L. Wil¬ 
liams; “ Hypodermic Cathartics,” by Dr. M. H. Reynolds, and 
