SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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MAINE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
A regular meeting of the Maine Veterinary Medical Associ¬ 
ation was held at the Elmwood Hotel, Waterville, October 10th, 
at 8 p. M., President Dr. Bailey in the chair. 
The following members answered to the roll-call: Drs. 
Bailey, Lord, Russell and Choate. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and accepted. 
The proposed amendment to the by-laws was adopted as 
follows: It is proposed that Section IV., Article 3, five mem¬ 
bers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, 
shall be amended so as to read, “ three members shall consti¬ 
tute a quorum for the transaction of business.” 
The Committee on Professional Fees was requested by the 
president to report at the next meetine 
Drs. W. D. Farnum, Rockland, Alfred L. Murch, Bangor, 
H. S. Usher, Hollis, Maine, were elected to membership in the 
association. 
Dr. Dwinal read a paper on Acute Cerebral Inflammation, 
and embracing cerebritis and meningitis, followed by discussion. 
Dr. Russell read a paper on Diagnosis of Tuberculosis, 
which was well discussed. 
A motion was made and seconded that the association ten- 
der the essayists a vote of thanks for the able manner in which 
they treated their subjects. Carried. 
Drs. Lord and Choate were appointed to read papers at next 
meeting. 
The next meeting will be held at Augusta, January, 1895. 
H. H. Choate, D.V.S., Sec. 
THE MISSOURI VALLEY VETERINARY ASSOCIATION. 
July 20, 1894, a large number of representative veterina¬ 
rians of eastern Kansas and western Missouri met at the Nation¬ 
al Hotel, in Leavenworth, Kan., for the purpose of organizing 
themselves into an association for the elevation of the profession, 
the dissemination of professional ideas and the cultivation of 
fraternal feeling. That the need of such an association existed, 
