85B 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
north-west corner of Broad and Filbert streets, December ioth, 
1901, with the following members of the profession in attend¬ 
ance : Drs. Houldsworth, Pearson, Eves, Goentner, Hoskins, 
Marshall, Rhoads, Underhill, Ridge, Williams, Powell, Lintz, 
Sellars, Harger, Carter, Gilliland and Seidel of veterinary profes¬ 
sion, and Dr. M. P. Ravenel of medical fraternity. About 35 
students of the Veterinary Department of University of Penn¬ 
sylvania were also in attendance. After the regular business 
was transacted Dr. Pearson delivered an address on u Observa¬ 
tions from Foreign Veterinary Colleges,” giving all the details 
of the buildings, business management, students’ homes, as well 
as the connections with State or Government. He took as a 
basis the Berlin school, which is the oldest in Germany, being 
founded no years ago. It stands on the ground on which it 
was founded, a tract of ground 25 acres on the outskirts of the 
town, but since its foundation the city has grt>wn so that resi¬ 
dences and stores are built all around the college. They are at 
present building a new structure to be used exclusively for 
teaching anatomy. O11 the first floor are rooms for janitor, 
storage and freezing. On second floor are rooms for dissecting* 
these rooms are supplied with large skylights and stationary 
tables. The third floor is used for a museum of anatomy. 
Another new building is used for department of hygiene under 
Professor Ostertag, who teaches meat and milk inspection and 
bacteriology. Every appliance is to be found here, and this de¬ 
partment is directly under the Professor and six assistants. 
Connected with this building stable accommodations for experi¬ 
mental animals for antitoxins and other diseases not due to 
bacteria, helminths, etc. A large dog hospital also on upper 
floors, used as a pharmacy, contains rooms for clinic, operating 
and ward. A large cow stable built on model plans for 40 cows 
of the most improved types and breeds. This is kept and man¬ 
aged as a model dairy and the milk is sold to the neighborhood. 
The clinics and hospitals for large animals are all one story 
buildings arranged in a court, consist of blacksmith shop, opera¬ 
ting room, clinical rooms, special rooms for surgical cases, rid¬ 
ing school, exercise rooms, isolation wards; there is also pro¬ 
vided a ward for animals suffering from internal and infectious 
diseases. The courtyard is covered with soft sand, through 
which horses are led to test for soundness. The capacity of 
hospital is about 100 horses. From twenty to fifty animals are 
treated in clinic daily. A large dormitory building for m li- 
tary students is provided and supported by the government. 
