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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
which should be guilty of such an unjust act; Dr. Reynolds 
spoke in the same strain ; Dr. Berns paid a glowing tribute to 
the earnest work done by Dr. Morris in building up the profes¬ 
sion of New York State, where he had been a bulwark of 
strength to the State association, and was largely instrumental 
in obtaining the protective laws now on the statute books, while 
he could be always relied upon to fight the attacks which are 
annually made upon these laws at each session of the legislature. 
He acknowledged that the accused may have erred in his judo-, 
ment, but he believed that he did so with honest intent, and for 
what he conceived to be the best interests of the profession. 
Many others spoke in a similar strain, but the pursuit of the ac¬ 
cused man’s scalp was so hot that his hirsute was taken amidst 
great applause by a narrow margin, the vote standing 36 for ex¬ 
pulsion, 30 against. 
The resolution to assist in placing veterinarians upon State 
and local boards of health and live stock commissions through 
educating the public to the importance of the subject and the 
special qualification of the veterinarian for such work was very 
earnestly discussed by Drs. Hoskins, Turner, Salmon, Stewart, 
Laddey, Budd, Rhoads, and Huidekoper. The Committee 
created to press this subject was given $100 for expenses. 
The discussion drifted off upon the recent outbreak of in¬ 
fluenza, which was so prevalent in the East during June and 
July, with special reference to the use of serums, and was en¬ 
tered into by Drs. Berns, Bell, Ranck, Eyman, Eoblein, Ruhl, 
Dalrymple, and Kelly. 
The resolutions adopted are as follows : 
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. 
Tuberculosis . 
Resolved , That the interest now manifested by the general 
public in the subject of bovine tuberculosis is fully justified by 
the prevalence of the disease, and the tendency to rapid increase 
among cattle and extension to swine which it has shown during 
recent years. 
Resolved , That the evidence of accidental inoculations and 
clinical observation apparently demonstrate that bovine tuber¬ 
culosis may be communicated to man, and that in the opinion 
of this association the British Congress did well in finding that 
u medical officers of health should continue to use all the 
powers at their disposal, and relax no efforts to prevent the 
spread of tuberculosis by milk and meat.” 
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