SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
583 
Resolved , That experiments showing the difficulty or the 
impossibility of transmitting human tuberculosis to cattle in 
a fatal form, cannot be accepted as evidence that the bovine 
bacillus, which is far more virulent and fatal for many animals, 
cannot infect man. On the contrary, the greater disease produc¬ 
ing power of the bovine bacillus would appear to make it more 
dangerous for human beings as well as for lower animals. 
Resolved , That if it is admitted that human tuberculosis is 
not communicable to cattle under ordinary conditions, this 
should be a great encouragement for the eradication of bovine 
tuberculosis, since it would prove that the danger so often 
feared, that cattle if freed from the disease would be immedi¬ 
ately reinfected from mankind, does not exist in fact, and need 
not be considered. 
Resolved. That even if it were true that bovine tuberculosis 
is not communicable to man, it would nevertheless be to the in¬ 
terest of cattle and swine growers to have the disease eradicated 
as an economic measure ; and such eradication would also be to 
the interest of the public, since it would have great effect as a 
means of preserving the food supply of the nation, and of pro¬ 
tecting consumers from the unwholesome products of diseased 
animals. 
Claude D. Morris. 
Whereas, Dr. Claude D. Morris, a member of this associa¬ 
tion, wrote a letter to the Secretary of War against the passage 
of the Army Veterinary Bill, which was widely quoted, at the 
time it was written, in the press of the country, and 
Whereas, It misrepresented the views of nearly all the 
members of our profession and may have produced harmful re¬ 
sults, which may even have an effect in the future, if this asso¬ 
ciation does not take a strong stand against such behavior ; 
be it 
Resolved , That this Committee recommend the immediate 
expulsion of Dr. Claude D. Morris from this association ; and 
be it further 
Resolved , That the by-laws of this association are hereby 
suspended in order that the said Dr. Claude D. Morris can be 
immediately expelled, and that he is hereby expelled from mem¬ 
bership in this association ; and be it further 
Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions be hereby entered 
on the records of this association. 
Thanking Dr. Reynolds. 
Whereas, Dr. M. H. Reynolds has taken much pains and 
