SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
737 
NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL 
SOCIETY. 
The twenty-third annual meeting of this society was held at' 
Utica, N. Y., July 30 to August 1, 1912. About 80 members 
and visitors were present. 
The meeting was called to order at 10 a. m., July 30, by the 
president, Dr. J. F. DeVine. The address of welcome was given 
by the Hon. J. H. Baker, mayor of Utica. This was responded 
to bv Dr. V. A. Moore. The remainder of the morning- was 
given to the routine business of the society and reports of various 
committees. 
The afternoon was devoted to the address of the president 
and the following literary program: “My Experience of 
Twenty Years as Milk and Meat Inspector of Rome,” Dr. Wil¬ 
son Huff; “A Peculiar Case,” Dr. W. B. Switzer; “The Use 
of Arecolene in Acute Pleurisy and Some Other Troubles,” Dr. 
D. D. LeFevre. 
In the evening" Dr. V. A. Moore discussed the “ Proposed 
Amendment to the Agricultural Law Relative to Tuberculosis.” 
SECOND DAY. 
The program was continued as follows: “ Two Rare and In¬ 
teresting Cases,” Dr. R. M. Weightman; “ Complement Fixation 
in the Diagnosis of Glanders and Infectious Abortion,” Drs. V. 
A. Moore and C. P. Fitch; “ Investigations Concerning the Na¬ 
ture and Etiologv of Swine Plague,” Dr. W. L. Clark; “Auto¬ 
therapy,” Chas. H. Duncan, M. D.; “ Verminous-Arteritis in the 
Horse,” Dr. S. H. Burnett. 
During the evening Dr. W. L. Williams gave an illustrated 
lecture on “ Sterility in Cows.” 
The third day was devoted to a clinic* at the hospital of Hol- 
lingworth and Young. This proved to be one of the most inter¬ 
esting and instructive days of the meeting. An abundance of ma¬ 
terial was at hand and an opportunity for all to see many inter¬ 
esting operations. 
The society voted to hold the next meeting at New York dur¬ 
ing the same week as the A. V. M. A. The following officers 
were elected for the next year: 
President—David W. Cochran. 
Vice-President—W. B. Switzer. 
Secretary-Treasurer—H. J. Milks. 
H. J. Milks, Secretary. 
‘^Reported on page 708 of this issue of the Review. 
