PROFESSIONAL ITEMS. 
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PROFESSIONAL ITEMS. 
' By N. N, S. 
The last annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Medical 
Association proved to be one of unusual interest, and many 
were the important topics considered. [We know it was, though 
we were favored with only one of the interesting papers read 
there.—E d.] 
Secretary Lee, of the State Board of Health, favored by his 
presence the recent annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Asso¬ 
ciation, and warmly encouraged them in their efforts to promul¬ 
gate better laws for the control and suppression of contagious 
and infectious diseases among live stock. 
Pennsylvania veterinarians will consider the wisdom of urg¬ 
ing the passage of a State Veterinary Examiner's bill, which 
will examine and pass upon the qualifications of all future 
veterinarians desiring to enter practice in that state. 
Wisconsin veterinarians have fallen into line and are agitat¬ 
ing the question of better laws to control and eradicate 
tuberculosis. 
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There is a distinction without a difference between a resig¬ 
nation requested and a dismissal from office. It eases one’s 
feelings, perhaps, to have the privilege of resigning, but when 
there is something added that it is expected within a few days, 
one might as well be decapitated peremptorily. 
The semi-annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Vet¬ 
erinary Medical Association will be held in September next at 
Harrisburg, the capital seat. 
President Hoskins has called to the vacancy caused by the 
resignation of Dr. Gadsden on account of illness, Dr. C. C. 
Lyford, of Minnesota, to a position on the committee having in 
charge the Congress of Colleges. In higher veterinary educa¬ 
tion Dr. Lyford has been a pioneer. 
