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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
THE IOWA STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 
Held its seventh annual meeting at the Savery Hotel, Des 
Moines, on November 15th and 16th. 
The meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. W. 
B. Niles, at 10 A. M. Roll-call by the Secretary, Dr. J. E. 
Brown, showed about twenty members present, consisting of 
Drs. Brown, Edwards, Heck, Hammond, Austin, Johnson, 
Morse, Lincoln, Niles, Miller, Paine, Stalker, Sayers, Starkey, 
Stewart, and others. Drs. Adams, Day, Geddes, White, Mc¬ 
Carthy, McCall, Peters, Wake, and a few others were present 
as visitors. 
Letters of regret were received from Dr. Kennedy, M. D., 
Secretary of the State Board of Health, from Dr. W. L. 
Williams of Montana, and from two or three others whose 
names are not at hand. 
The President, in his annual address, called attention to sev¬ 
eral things seemingly of importance to the advancement of the 
profession. The following extracts show the tenor of the 
paper: 
“ Our Secretary has truly said, in his circular letter, that 
1 he veterinarian should be a sanitarian.’ How many of us in 
the past have paid much attention to sanitary medicine ? Very 
lew, indeed. It is true that but few people ask for sanitary ad¬ 
vice. Is not this condition largely the fault of the veterinarian ? 
As he in many cases is not prepared to give such advice, and 
has not impressed his patrons as having a knowledge of sanitary 
medicine, is it any wonder that he is not thought of in connec¬ 
tion with such matters ? 
“ The future veterinarian must be a sanitarian ; of all med¬ 
ical men he is best fitted for a sanitary officer, not only to guard 
the health of animals but the public health as well. Being 
more familiar than the human physician with comparative med¬ 
icine, he better understands the animal plagues which are 
communicated to man, and thus oetter understands the laws 
necessary tor their prevention. The question of sanitation is 
exceedingly important, not only from an economical standpoint 
