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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
MINNESOTA STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The regular annual meeting was called on Tuesday, Jan. 
iith, at the Merchants’ Hotel, St. Paul, with Dr. G. A. Dalli- 
more in the chair, and Dr, R. Price as Secretary pro tern. An 
adjournment was taken until the following day, when the meet¬ 
ing was called to order by Vice-President Anderson. After 
transacting a little routine business, the meeting was adjourned 
until 2 P. M. at the State Experimental Farm. 
At the farm the meeting was called to order by President 
Brimhall. Reports of Secretary and Treasurer read and adopted. 
Drs. J. W. Gould, of Fairmount; B. A. Pomeroy, of St. Paul, 
and J. J. McEaughlin, of Blue Earth City, were elected mem¬ 
bers of the association. 
A number of interesting operations were then performed at 
the college veterinary hospital. First, Dr. C. C. Eyford, of 
Minneapolis, gave a demonstration of “ ovaridectomy,” on two 
pigs, which was much appreciated. Two shorthorn heifers 
were then brought in and secured for the operation of ovaridec¬ 
tomy, which was very skilfully performed by Dr. M. H. Rey¬ 
nolds, of the State Experimental Farm. A case of dentistry 
was then produced, and Dr. J. P. Anderson, of Rochester, was 
invited to take charge of it, which he did, manifesting consider¬ 
able skill in handling a horse’s mouth while operating on the 
teeth. 
Meeting then adjourned till 6.30 p. M., when Dr. G. A. Dal- 
limore, of St. Paul, gave a short report on legislative effort to 
control the practice of veterinary medicine in the State. 
The association rules and by-laws proposed at the last meet¬ 
ing were read and adopted, and the association proceeded to the 
election of officers, with the following result: Dr. N. S. Erb, 
Faribault, President; Dr. M. H. Reynolds, St. Anthony Park, 
First Vice-President; Dr. Geo. McGillivray, Spring Valley, 
Second Vice-President; Dr. E. Hay, Faribault, Secretary and 
Treasurer. Drs. Erb, Hay, Amos, Brimhall and Dallimore were 
elected as members of the Board of Trustees. 
Dr. E. Hay then read a paper on an obscure case of lame¬ 
ness, which called forth a lively discussion. An adjournment 
was then taken till the following day. 
On January 13th the meeting was called to order by Presi¬ 
dent Erb. The programme was opened by Dr. Eyford reading 
a paper on “ Posterior Eameness due to Obstruction of Blood 
Vessels,” which was thoroughly discussed. 
Dr. Amos then made a report on a case at Owatonna, which 
