SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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PENNSYLVANIA STATE VETKINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The semi-annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Veterinary Medical As¬ 
sociation was held on Sept. 3rd, 1889, at Pottsville. 
The meeting was called to order by the Vice-President, Dr. Jas. B. Raynor, 
in the absence of the President. 
On roll call, the following members responded : Jas. B. Raynor, Thomas 
B. Raynor, Kooner, Harger, Sallade, Hoskins, Schaufler, John B. Raynor, Cus¬ 
ter, Phillips, Webster, Hart, Blank, Weber, Collins. 
The minutes of last meeting were, after a few minor corrections, adopted. 
The following names were proposed for membership : Drs. D. C. Stanton, 
Factory vide; John C. Foelker, Allentown; Geo. Magee, Union town; W. H. 
Larrabee, Susquehanna; Henry Pierman, Mahanoy City; W. G. Friederiic, 
West Pennsylvania. 
The Board of Censors favorably reported Drs. D. C. Stanton, John C. Foel¬ 
ker, and George Magee, and they were elected members. 
The Legislative Committee, through its chairman, Dr. Hoskins, reported the 
scope of their work and the successful passage of the bill in the State Legis¬ 
lature. He further reported the work of notifying every veterinarian in the 
State to register, so entitled, and to each prothonotary of the several counties 
of the State, the manner and just construction of the law. The decision of 
Prothonotary Mann, of Philadelphia, was mailed to every officer in the State, 
and every means adopted to secure a fair registration. He reported already 
numerous false registrations in different counties of the State, and gave notice of 
the Committee’s intention to prosecute. He advised the raising of a large sum 
of money for this work after the last day of registration on October 11th, when 
the Committee proposed to secure able counsel, and county by county to en¬ 
deavor to have the lists purged of all false registrations. The Association agreed 
to be responsible for the sum of five hundred dollars for this work, and more 
if it was needed. 
Dr. W. S. Hooker, Corresponding Secretary then in perfect detail, gave a re¬ 
port of the work done, the number registered in each county of the State. He 
exhibited in tabulated form every county in the State, and spread before the As¬ 
sociation the results of the most exhaustive work ever done in the management 
of veterinary legislation. The report was received, ordered to be spread 
upon the minutes, and a hearty vote of thanks tendered him for his services. 
Plans were matured for very aggressive work in the matter of registration 
during the coming six months. 
The day having been almost entirely consumed in the consideration of 
legislative work, but little time was left for the consideration of papers and 
reports. 
Dr. C. J. Blank, of Easton, Pa., reported a very peculiar case. The animal, 
a gelding, was found suffering with colicky pains, for a number of hours, and 
many attempts to urinate, which was relieved by passing the catheter, only to 
recur again in a few hours. After some time the attempts at micturtion re¬ 
curred, and a closer examination revealed in the urethra a worm, some five or 
six inches long, resembling in appearance the intestinal round worm which in¬ 
fest the small colon. 
The report gave rise to many conjectures as to this unique case, and to its 
method of reaching the point named. The worm was exhibited in a bottle, and 
the writer of the report was advised to place it in the hands of an expert, for the 
purpose of studying its proper classification and family. 
After some other minor work the meeting adjourned. 
W . Hokaoe Hoskins., Sec’y. 
