SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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Members present answering roll call were Drs. A. Joly, I. L. 
Salley, C. L. Blakely, G. F. Wescott, H. L. Stevens, W. H. Rob¬ 
inson, E. E. Russell, C. W. Watson, W. H. Lynch and W. L. 
Mebane. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and 
approved. 
At our January meeting there was a discussion upon “ A Uni¬ 
form Interpretation of Existing Sanitary Laws in Maine.” At 
this special meeting there was also further consideration of this 
subj ect. 
A committee of three was appointed by the president to draw 
up resolutions in regard to applying the mallein and tuberculin 
tests in the State of Maine, consisting of Drs. Cleaves, Salley 
and Lynch. 
The conclusions arrived at by the committee were read by the 
chairman, Dr. L. S. Cleaves, and the following methods were 
approved by the M. V. M. A.: In applying the tuberculin test 
to cattle in this State one initial temperature at the time of in¬ 
fection, followed by subsequent temperatures at the tenth, twelfth, 
fourteenth and sixteenth hours thereafter, and that said associa¬ 
tion does not approve of the mallein test as now applied to horses 
with shipping fever, influenza or any other disease that causes a 
rise of temperature. - 
The motion was made and seconded that this association send 
five dollars toward the erection of a monument to Prof. S. Ar- 
loing. 
Dr. A. Joly read a very interesting paper on “ What Are the 
Positions in Maine Which Should Be Filled by the Veterinar¬ 
ian?” First, the livestock sanitary commissioner; second, one 
member of the State Board of Health should be a veterinarian; 
third, all cities should have a veterinarian on their Boards of 
Health; fourth, milk inspectors should be veterinarians; fifth, 
judges of livestock at our State fairs should be veterinarians; 
sixth, agents for the prevention of cruelty to animals should be 
veterinarians. 
Dr. Joly’s paper was followed by a long discussion by all the 
members present. 
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Next meeting to be held at Portland, West End Hotel, in 
July, with papers to be read by Drs. Pope, Blakely, Mebane and 
Lynch. Meeting adjourned at io p. m. 
C. W. Watson, Secretary. 
