SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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We extend to all veterinarians a hearty invitation to be with 
us at Franklin, Venango County, on September 21st. 
Dr. W. D. Rhoads, Cor, Secretary,, P. S. V. M. A. 
NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY MEDICAE SOCIETY. 
The annual meeting of this association will be called to 
order at 10 A. m., September 14th, at the Vanderbilt Hotel, 
Syracuse, and will be in session for two days. It is very earn¬ 
estly desired and expected that there will be a very large 
attendance of members from all parts of the State. 
While the programme is not thoroughly completed, enough 
is announced to guarantee that those who attend will be repaid 
a hundredfold for their journey, and the diversion from the 
humdrum of perpetual practice will be a deserved recreation 
before the arduous duties of the fall and winter set in. 
Many cannot spare the time to go such a distance as Nash¬ 
ville, but all can run away for two days to profit by the great 
advantages the State Society offers. 
We append a list of papers which the Secretary has kindly 
forwarded, and others are promised. If no more were to be 
presented there is plenty here for interesting discussion and 
thought. 
Prof. James Law, ‘‘ How to Prepare Contagious Products for 
Shipment to the Pathological Laboratory.” 
Dr. George H. Berns, Osteo-Porosis.” 
Dr. W. L. Baker, “The Use of Cold in the Treatment of 
Laminitis and Parturient Apoplexy.” 
Dr. Claude D. Morris, “The Veterinarian in the Jury Box.” 
Dr. Roscoe R. Bell, “ Infectious Catarrhal Fever of Horses.” 
Dr. Charles Cowie, subject not given. 
Dr. William Henry Kelly, subject not given. 
Caeieornia Pure Food Law and Ordinances. —Through 
the courtesy of Dr. H. A. Spencer, Veterinary Inspector and 
Health Officer of Santa Clara County, California, we have be¬ 
fore us a copy of a pamphlet bearing the above title, which gives 
the full laws concerning contagious diseases in animals and 
regulating the private inspection of the same; creating the 
office of Veterinary Inspector and Health Officer and prescrib¬ 
ing his duties. A hasty inspection of the ordinances shows 
them to be more exacting than in the Bast, 
