SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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the following gentlemen were elected to membership by acclama¬ 
tion : Drs. G. G. Grundy (C.V.C., 1890), Morrisonvilie, Ill. ; 
vouchers, Drs. Albert Babb and N. P. Whitmore ; and B. J. 
List (C.V.C., 1892), Havana, Ill., vouchers, Drs. Albert Babb 
and M. R. Trumbower. 
The President appointed a committee of three, consisting of 
Drs. Welch, Alverson and Quitman, to draft resolutions in re¬ 
gard to the death of Dr. J. W. Parkinson, late of El Paso, Ill. 
They made the following report: 
Whereas, The all wise providence has seen fit to remove from our midst our profes¬ 
sional brother and former co-laborer, J. W. Parkinson, late of El Paso, Ill., an enter¬ 
prising and conscientious veterinarian, whose studious and gentlemanly qualities placed 
him in the front rank of our profession, be it hereby 
Resolved, That we, the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, deeply deplore 
his loss to the association and profession at large, and sincerely sympathize with his family 
in their bereavement. 
Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of this society and that a 
copy be forwarded to the family of the deceased. W. H. Welch, 
A. G. Alverson, 
E. L. Quitman. 
Dr. Trumbower then gave the society a very entertaining 
and instructive discourse on “ State Work.” 
On motion society adjourned to meet in Chicago, in Novem¬ 
ber, at the call of the President. 
Aebert Babb, A.B., M.D.C., Secretary. 
MASSACHUSETTS VETERINARY ASSOCIATION. 
The regular monthly meeting of this association was held at 
19 Boylston Place, Boston, on Wednesday evening, Jan. 27, 
1897. 
The President, Dr. John M. Parker, called the meeting to 
order at 8 p. m., and the following members were present: Drs. 
Beckett, Blackwood, Burr, Cronon, Frothingham, Howard, Lee, 
Lewis, Pierce, McLaughlin, Parker, Peters, Rogers, Winslow, 
Winchester, and Stickney. 
Dr. McLaughlin reported the malformation of a tooth met 
with recently in practice. 
Dr. Winchester reported a case where he had found adhesion 
of one testicle to the peritoneum. 
Dr. Cronon reported the successful removal of a prolapsus 
uteri by ligature. Also had presented at clinic a dog with half 
a dozen twists of off forward leg. 
Dr. Beckett reported a case of bastard strangles which made 
a good recovery. 
Dr. Howard reported an interesting case of a pony that ran 
