SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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did not the audience yes I am all Ways Satisfied too let the 
Peopel Know the truth that Is the Reason I am answering thear 
article, that article that they sayed Was copied from Flemings 
\ eterinary obstetrics Could be found on page 656 nothing but 
the earliest History Can be found thear the rest of the article 
Can not be found in that Book or in eny other Book that I have, 
they say that I sent the same too the American Veterinary Re¬ 
view too be Published I never sent it thear too be Published 
they Wanted to have the Peopel Know that they Wher Intel¬ 
ligent and Fair minded bnt they did not have judgment good 
enough too Know What the farmers Wanted bnt they exposed 
thear Ignorance by Writing thhat Article bnt that Is nothing 
New for them to Write Fals Statements for they Wher Natural 
Born Impostors this is the advise of the Farmers too me not too 
put my Remedy for Milk Fever in too eny Veterinary hands 
like the one that helped too get np the article in the Hillsboro 
Gazette for he lackes Judgement bnt pnt it in too the honest men 
hands so that Farmers Will Get the benefit of It 
Leesburg Ohio W. H GILBERT, V. S. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
VIRGINIA STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The fourth animal meeting of this association was called to 
order by the President, Dr. George C. Faville, in the office of 
Dr. W. H. Harbangh, at Richmond, on Wednesday, June 23, 1897. 
After the roll-call the President addressed the association as 
follows : 
Gentlemen of the Association :—Another year has 
rolled around and it becomes yonr duty to elect those officers 
who shall have the welfare of yonr organization in their keeping 
for one more year. The activity displayed during the first two 
years of onr existence as an organization makes the last year 
seem like a vacation by comparison. Considerable has been 
accomplished by many of onr members working in individnal 
lines. Much remains yet undone. The professional standing 
of onr association and the standing of each member individually 
depends upon onr professional activity largely, and largely upon 
onr desires. That the educated veterinarian should stand npon 
the same footing socially, professionally and every other way is 
axiomatic. That in many places he does is a fact, bnt in Vir¬ 
ginia he too many times is placed by those employing him npon 
the same footing as the blacksmith, the old time horse doctor 
