SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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ciatioii was organized and chartered, and later that the law reg¬ 
ulating the practice of the profession in that State ano consti¬ 
tuting the State Board of Kxaininers was passed. 
^ He was the first President of the State Association, holding 
said office for two terms, and was a member of the Hxaminino^ 
Board at the time of his death. ^ 
Dr. Harbangh was a man popular with all classes of people, 
a skilled veterinarian, an able writer, and he could not have 
been more conscientious in his work than he was. He was a 
thoroughly honorable man and one who will be missed, not 
onl} by the veterinarians of Virginia, but by the profession as a 
whole. He leaves a family, consisting of his wife, two daugh¬ 
ters and a son ; also his mother, brother and sister. 
T. M. Sweeny. 
Edward Eoomes, V. S.—On Thursday, Sept. 30, at his 
residence in New York City, this well-known veterinarian died 
of gastric carcinoma, from which he had suffered for only a 
short time. ^ He was a charter member of the Veterinary Medi¬ 
cal Association of New York County, which passed resolutions 
of regret^ and condolence at its meeting on the 6th nit., and 
which^ will be found in another part of this month’s Review. 
He enjoyed a large practice, and was about forty-five years old. 
James Johnstone, D. V. S., of Newburgh, N. Y., a gradu¬ 
ate of the American Veterinary College, class of 1889, died sud¬ 
denly in that city on Oct. 12, of cerebral hsemorrhao-e. 
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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY MEDIC AD SOCIETY. 
The eighth annual meeting of this society convened in the 
assembly room of the Vanderbilt, Syracuse, New York, Septem¬ 
ber 14, 1897, at II A. M. 
As neither the President nor Vice-President were present. 
Doctor Roscoe R. Bell, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was chosen Presi¬ 
dent pro teri.^ who offered a few remarks in expression of his 
appreciation of the courtesy the members had shown in asking 
him to preside over the deliberations of the society. 
On roll-call, the following were present : E. F. Bettino-er 
J. A. Bell, R. R. Bell, W. E. Baker, H. E. Clark, J. M. CnrHe, 
Charles Cowie, W. S. Corlis, E. M. Casey, G. C. Dean, H. D. 
Gill, M. Henderson, Wilson Huff, V. E. James, F. E. Kilborne, 
