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dealt briefly but forcibly on the relations existing between the veterinary practi¬ 
tioner and agriculture—his duty to humanity, to the commonwealth, to himself. 
A hearty vote of thanks was tendered the Professor on closing his remarks. 
Papers were then presented as follows : 
Tetanus, Dr. F. Booker, Carlinville; Arthritis in Foals, Dr. J. F. Reid, 
Decatur; and case reports as follows: Septicaemia after Castration, Dr. T. B. 
Newby, Shelbyville ; and Strangulated Umbilical Hernia, Dr. Jno. Scott, Bloom¬ 
ington. 
The discussions were unusually lively and beneficial. 
After the proposal in due form of an amendment to the Constitution regard¬ 
ing admission of associate members from non-residents, the Association adjourned 
until the regular meeting at Chicago in June. 
J. F. Pease, D.Y.S., Recording Secretary. 
MARYLAND STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
The third annual meeting of the Society was held in Baltimore at the rooms 
of the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry, Thursday evening, February 21st. Dr. 
William Dougherty, presiding. 
The regular business of the Society adjusted, attention was given to the elec¬ 
tion of officers for the ensuing year, with the following results: 
President, Dr. William H. Martenet; Vice President, Dr. William H. Wray; 
Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. E. C. Schroeder; Board of Censors, Dr. William 
Dougherty, Dr. T. F. Barron, Dr. J. F. Ryder, Dr. D. R. Hoffman, Dr. E. C. 
Schroeder. 
Unanimous votes of thanks were offered the retiring officers for the faithful 
and efficient discharge of their duties, after which the Society went to Tierney’s 
place on Calvert street to enjoy their annual banquet. 
Characteristic of the evening were numerous toasts, followed by speeches 
from various prominent members. 
Dr. William Dougherty, the outgoing President, made a strong and eloquent 
plea for the advancement and better enforcement of State sanitary laws. He 
related instances in his experience where he had found sanitary conditions, to say 
the least, highly deleterious to health, and then invited the gentlemen present to 
co-operate with him by the use of their personal influence and through the public 
press, in attempting to place thoroughly competent and conscientious men on the 
State sanitary staff. 
F. W. Patterson, M. D., spoke of the prevalence of tuberculosis in our large 
cities, and of its sources when engendered in families naturally free from here¬ 
ditary taint, naming, in this connection, meat and milk from tuberculous cows, 
and then outlining the necessity of milk and meat inspections, and, more particu¬ 
larly, the inspection of milk and meat producing animals. Further, he spoke of 
the relations between the human and veterinary medical professions, and their 
dependance on each other. 
Dr. George C. Faville, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry in Maryland, 
related a series of facts concerning the use and sale of milk and meat from tuber- 
