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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
It was decided not’to hold any June meeting this year; also the semi-annual 
meeting to be held in July instead of September, as formerly done. It was also 
decided to hold it the second Tuesday in July in the city of Cleveland. 
T. B. Cotter, of Mt. Vernon, D. L. DeVoe, of Ripley and S. H. Kent, of 
Cadiz, were appointed to read a paper at the next meeting. 
A vote of thanks was tendered Dr. Butler for securing cases for operation, 
etc., also to Drs. Meyers, Hillock, Yonkerman and Newton, for very able papers. 
The thanks of the meeting were also tendered Dr. Tiffany, of Jacksonville, 
Ill., for his efforts in trying to have his operating table here for exhibition, but 
owing to the railroad being so slow, it did not arrive. 
A vote of thanks was also tendered Mr. Collins, of the Bassett House, for his 
kindness in furnishing a place for the meeting, and other favors. Meeting then 
adjourned. 
W. A. Labkon, V.S., Recording Secretary. 
SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MISSOURI ASSOCIATION OF 
VETERINARY SCIENCE AND COMPARATIVE MEDICINE. 
The semi-annual meeting of the Missouri State Association of Veterinary 
Science and Comparative Medicine was held at the State University, Columbia, 
Mo., December 6th. The Association was complimented by the presence of 
Professors McAlister and Moss, members of the medical faculty of the Univer¬ 
sity. Balloting for officers for the ensuing year resulted in the re-election of 
Paul Paquin as President; T. E. White, First Vice-President; James Johnson, 
Second Vice-President; H. B. Adair, Treasurer; H. F. James, Secretary; JI. B. 
Platt, C. W. Crowley, A. Ronif, Censors. Professor McAlister delivered a short 
and impressive speech on the importance of comparative medicine. At this stage 
the meeting adjourned for a few hours, and the visitors were invited to the study 
of Dr. S. S. Laws, President of the University, who welcomed them to Columbia, 
and afterwards manifested the kindliest feelings towards the veterinary profession 
in the long and interesting conversation that ensued. The members next enjoyed 
the hospitality of Dr. Paquin, who proved himself as accomplished a host as he is 
a bacteriologist. 
The meeting was called to order again at 2 p. m. by the President, with a few 
appropriate remarks. We were pleased to have with us Drs. McAlister, Moss and 
Gordon, several resident physicians and a number of students. 
H. F. James, of St. Louis, read a paper on pleuro-pneumonia, in which he 
quoted some words from a letter which he had lately received from Professor 
Smith, of the Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto, Can., to the effect that the 
Professor believed we would be forced to resort to inoculation to successfully 
combat pleuro-pneumonia, and stating that from what he had seen of it in Edin¬ 
burgh with Mr. Rutherford, its results were beyond the range of speculation. 
This opinion, coming from such a widely known and eminently practical 
authority, carried with it due weight. The discussion which followed shifted to 
tuberculosis, on which subject Dr. Adair, of Kansas City, was to have read a 
paper. 
Dr. T. E. White, of Sedalia, in answer to some inquiries of Drs. McAlister 
and Moss, gave an instance of the transmission of consumption or tuberculosis 
