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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
PENNSYLVANIA STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The fifteenth annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State 
Veterinary Medical Association assembled in Odd Fellows’ 
Hall, Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, March 2 and 3, ; 
1897, at II o’clock. The meeting was called to order by the 
President, Dr. Ridge. The following members were present 
during one of the sessions :—Drs. Adams, Allen, Benner, Bland, ^ 
Bridge, Collins, Conard, Collins, Felton, Farley, Formad, Glad- i 
felter, Goentner, Harger, J. R. Hart, W. F. Hart, Hartman, i 
Hoskins, Houldsworth, Keelor, Kooker, Kahn, Larycled, Lentz, ^ 
Lusson, Marshall, McAiiulty, J. C. Michener, W. B. B. Miller, j 
Noack, Oyler, Pearson, Phipps, T. B. Rayner, John B. Rayner, i 
Reinhart, Rhoads, Ridge, Schauffler, Schreiber, Tintzman, j 
Turner, Underhill, Webster, Williams, and Koenig. There 
were present as visitors Drs. Budd and Nice, of New Jersey, and 
Dr. Baves, of Wilmington, Del. There, were also a large num¬ 
ber of attendants from the Veterinary Department of the Uni- ; 
versity of Pennsylvania. Messrs. Barnes, Chief of Milk In¬ 
spection of the city ; Dr. Chester Morris, of Chester, and H. : 
Abbot, Morris, Garrett and Gravenstine and others. - 
The minutes were read and approved as corrected. 
The President then delivered his address, dwelling at some 
length upon the changes that have taken place in the practice • 
of veterinary medicine during the past ten or twelve years. He 
pointed out how comparatively easy it had been in years past 
for the veterinarian to acquire sufficient knowledge to enable J 
him to give satisfaction to his clients. Not so to-day. He who 1 
would keep in the front rank of his profession must continue -J 
his studies and press on, owing to the rapid strides made in 
sanitary science, and the growing demand for his services in 
that direction. It is in this field that the veterinarian must 
prepare himself for future work. 
The election of officers was laid over for a time. 
The application of Dr. B. M. Underhill was then presented 
to the Board of Censors. In the absence of Drs. Znill and Mc¬ 
Neill of the Board of Censors, the Chair appointed Drs. Glad- 
felter and Turner to act in their place. There was then a re¬ 
cess of fifteen minutes, that the Board of Censors might transact 
necessary business. 
Dr. Underhill’s name was favorably recommended ; also the 
