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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
The Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. J, S. Anderson, of Seward, 
Nebraska, being absent, Dr. J. J. Drasky, of Crete, Nebraska, 
was duly elected Secretary and Treasurer pro tem. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and after 
some corrections were approved. It was moved, seconded and 
carried that the minutes should read that the committee on or¬ 
ganization recommend that the temporary organization be made 
permanent, and that the members of the Iowa and the Nebraska 
associations in good standing were eligible to membership in 
this organization on paying a membership fee of fifty cents. 
The President appointed the following Committee on Reso¬ 
lutions : Dr. A. T. Peters, of Lincoln, Nebraska ; Dr. H. E. Tal¬ 
bot, of Des Moines, Iowa, and Dr. M. V. Beyers, of Osceola, 
Nebraska. 
Under the head of new business Dr. Peters made a most able 
speech in regard to the elevation of the army veterinarian. 
This question was discussed by other members present and it 
was the opinion of them all that the association should use its 
influence, and that the individuals should use their influence 
upon our congressmen and senators in behalf of the army vet¬ 
erinarian. It was moved, seconded and carried that the Com¬ 
mittee on Resolutions be instructed to draw up a set of resolu¬ 
tions to be be sent to the representatives in congress asking 
them to use their votes and influence for the elevation of the 
army veterinarian. 
Dr. Ramacciotti, of Omaha, Nebraska, president of the 
clinics,, announced that the subjects would be ready on the after¬ 
noon of the following day and that the clinics would take place 
in his infirmary. 
It was moved, seconded and carried that Dr. Ramacciotti be 
empowered to choose any of the members of the association to 
assist him in the clinics. He chose Dr. Talbot, Dr. Brown, 
Dr. Drasky, Dr. Peters and Dr. Gibson to operate on such sub¬ 
jects as he might assign to them. 
The annual address was delivered by President Dr. Brown * 
in an able and pleasing manner and was commented upon by 
Dr. Talbot, Dr. Miller, Dr. White, Dr. Parstow, Dr. Drasky, Dr. 
Leslie, Dr. Vincent and Dr. Everat. 
Dr. J. G. Parstow, of Shenandoah, Iowa, read two papers, one 
on “ Hypo-Sulph. Soda Poisoning,” * which elicited from quite 
a number of the doctors present a lively discussion, and the 
other one, entitled “ Caesarean Section in a Cow.” 
* Will be published in an early number of the Review. 
