SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Tait 
Butler, Davenport; 1st Vice-President, E. P. Niles, Newton ; 2d Vice-President, 
Joshua Miller, Ottumwa; Secretary and Treasurer, S. Stewart, Council Bluffs; 
Board of Censors, Geo. A. Scott, Independence; E. E. Sayers, Algona; M. E. 
Johnson, Red Oak. 
At the evening session Dr. G. A. Johnson of Odebolt, read an interesting 
paper on rheumatism, in which he described a peculiar form of the disease affect¬ 
ing horses’ feet, and which, he termed lamelar rheumatism. A discussion of 
considerable length followed the reading of the paper. At the request of the 
President, Dr. A. H. King, of the Ontario Veterinary College, who was present, 
addressed the Association on the subject of “ Practical Surgery as taught in our 
Veterinary Colleges.” 
Dr. F. S. Billings, of the Chicago Veterinary College, who was also present, 
addressed the society on the subject of Pathology. 
Dr. S. Stewart offered the following resolutions, which were unanimously 
adopted: 
Resolved , That Drs. Billings and King be tendered a vote of thanks for their 
addresses before the society. 
Resolved , That Dr. Thomas, of Atlantic, be tendered a vote of thanks for 
giving a clinical demonstration of rapid aneethesia with the Carlyle chloroform 
muzzle. 
Resolved , That Dr. Tait Butler, of Davenport, be tendered a vote of thanks 
for his clinical demonstration of ridgling castration and operation for fistulous 
withers. 
Resolved , That Drs. Morse and Howell, of Des Moines, be tendered a vote of 
thanks for furnishing material and place for the clinical demonstrations. 
It is only two years since the present Iowa State Veterinary Medical Asso¬ 
ciation was organized, but it already has a membership of forty-five regularly 
graduated veterinarians, which is fully seventy-five per cent, of the qualified men 
in the State. 
Iowa veterinarians seem to fully appreciate the necessity of such an organi T 
zation, and are proud of the fact that, in point of thorough organization and ac¬ 
tivity of its membership, it is second to no State Association in the Union. 
The next annual meeting will be held at Des Moines during the winter of 
1890-’91. 
Tait Butlek, Secretary , 
AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION, BROOKLYN. 
The seventeenth annual meeting of this Association will be held in the Hall 
of the Brooklyn Institute, Washington and Concord Streets, October 22d, 23d, 
24th and 25th. Addresses of welcome will be delivered by Hon. Alfred C. 
Chapin, Mayor, on behalf of the city, and by Alexander Hutchins, M.D., on be¬ 
half of the medical profession. 
The following topics have been selected for consideration at the meeting : 
1. The Causes and Prevention of Infant Mortality. 
2. Railway Sanitation. ( a ) Heating and ventilation of railway passenger 
coaches. ( b ) Water-supply, water-closets, etc. (c) Carrying passengers infected 
with communicable diseases. 
