NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Notes on A. V. M. A. 
In the neighborhood of 270 new members were elected at 
the Indianapolis meeting. 
Treasurer Whitens report shows a balance in bank of 
$3,207.09 at the opening of the 1912 meeting. 
Association of Faculties and Examining Boards held 
two important sessions on Monday, August 25. 
Telegram Received From Dr. Liautard. —Drs. Winches¬ 
ter and Dougherty appointed to send cable of acknowledgment. 
Dr. J. W. Connaway stated in his paper on “ Hog Cholera,” 
that the Missouri Legislature in 1911 voted $25,000 for the man¬ 
ufacture and distribution of hog cholera serum. 
At the Clinic.— Dr. John W. Adams operated on a sucking 
colt—doing the tenotomy to overcome “ knuckling.” The condi¬ 
tion was an exaggerated one and the immediate results were re¬ 
markable. 
Largest Clinic in the history of the association held on 
“ Poges Run ” (at Indian Veterinary College) ; fifty-six cases 
were operated upon during the three clinical sessions. A com¬ 
plete account of clinic will be published in our next issue. 
President Brenton in his address paid a tribute to Secretary 
Marshall and to Chairman Hoskins of the Legislative Committee. 
He recommended an increase in the Secretary’s salary, in keeping 
with the continued increase in membership and in the Secretary’s 
duties. 
Army Veterinary Bill Defeated. —While the Army 
Veterinary Bill had the full support of both houses, it, with a 
number of other bills acted upon the same day, were declared 
illegal because a quorum was not present. So that while the un¬ 
tiring and vigilant work of Chairman Hoskins of the Committee 
on Legislation is not lost, the measure is defeated for this ses¬ 
sion. We say the work is not lost, because Dr. Hoskins has con¬ 
ducted a campaign of education that will not be soon forgotten by 
the legislative bodies with whom he labored, nor by the War De- 
partment. 
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