SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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The minutes of the last meeting having been read and ac¬ 
cepted, the report of the committee on tuberculosis was sub¬ 
mitted. 
The recommendation of the committee embraced the follow¬ 
ing points: 1st. That the March meeting be devoted to the con¬ 
sideration of the subject of tuberculosis. 
2nd. If the previous recommendation be adopted by the as¬ 
sociation, that the members of the association invite any person 
interested in the subject of tuberculosis to be present. 
3rd. That the association employ a stenographer for the eve¬ 
ning of the March meeting. 
4th. That the association pass a resolution putting them¬ 
selves on record as recommending that, as bovine tuberculosis 
has been placed under the “Contagious Diseases of Animals” 
Act, we believe that certain forms of the disease in man should 
be so recognized. 
The first recommendation that the March meeting be devoted 
to the discussion on the subject of “Tuberculosis,” received a 
good deal of discussion. It was finally decided that the time 
before the March meetirig was too short for the preparation of 
papers on such a subject, and it was thought best to delay the 
discussion till the month of May. 
The second recommendation that members invite any person 
interested in tuberculosis to be present, was unanimously 
adopted. 
The consideration of the third recommendation was post¬ 
poned till later. 
The fourth recommendation created a lively discussion; Drs. 
Bryden, Howard, Osgood, Winchester, and others taking part. 
Dr. Bryden objected to the passage of such a resolution 011 the 
ground that tuberculosis is neither so widespread nor so serious 
as has been represented. Finally Dr. Howard offered the fol¬ 
lowing resolution which was seconded by Dr. Winchester. 
Resolved ,■ That as bovine tuberculosis is recognized by the 
“Contagious Diseases of Animals” Act as a contagious disease, 
in our opinion that, being due to the same germ, certain forms 
