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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
Taylor and White. Negative, Messrs. Murphy, Miller and 
Beaver. The Judges, Messrs. Kirby, Newcomer and Hughes, 
decided in favor of the negative. 
Resolved, That the United States Government should 
give the veterinarian in the United States Army the rank and 
pay of Second Lieutenant.” Affirmative, Messrs. Spaethe, 
Jacobs and Nolan. Negative, Messrs. Murphy, Townsend and 
Reardon. 
Mr. Spindler made a report in behalf of the supper commit¬ 
tee, having paid for the supper and received a receipt in full. 
It was moved and seconded to offer a vote of thanks to the 
committee. 
It was also moved and seconded to offer a vote of thanks 
to the outgoing officers. 
The society adjourned at 10:15 P. m. 
M. Jacob, Secretary. 
VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE ONTARIO VETER¬ 
INARY COLLEGE. 
The regular weekly meetings of the society were very inter¬ 
esting during the past month. The papers were well written 
and many valuable points were brought forward during the dis¬ 
cussions. As every student is required to be with a practitioner 
during the summer vacation the methods of many eminent vet¬ 
erinarians are in this way communicated to the students. They 
therefore find the meetings of great value in obtaining both 
theoretical and practical knowledge. The following is a list of 
the papers read : 
Essays.—P. L. C. Gauntt, “ Chloroform as an Anaesthetic ” ; 
J. S. McIntyre, “ Ovariotomy in Cow ” ; L. Bailey, “ Nasal 
Gleet in Sheep ” ; A. G. Van Tine, “ Abortion ” ; E. H. Law- 
ley, “ Anthrax ” ; J. G. Cruikshanks, “ Indigestion in Horse ” ; 
H. P. Reed, “ Sanitas ” ; B. W. Powell, “Modes of Death”-, 
C. H. A. Stevanosn, “ Open Joint ” ; W. A. Campbell, “ Peri¬ 
odic Ophthalmia ” ; J. Dixon, “ Aconite ” ; W. R. Clark, 
“ Means of Arresting Haemorrhage ” ; A. H. Kaull, “ Influen¬ 
za ” ; W. G. Hyett, “ Pulmonary Emphysema ” ; A. P. Lubach, 
“ Pleuro-pneunomia ” ; D. Allen, “ Potassium Bromide ”. 
Communications.— R. D. McLachlin, “ Rumenotomy ”; A. 
Jordan, “ Fracture of Premaxilla ” ; E. C. Elwes, “ Canker in 
Foot ” ; L. T. Dunn, “ Myorrhexis ” ; C. W. Fisher, “ Phy- 
mosis in Bear ” ; E. T. Cunningham, “ Rupture of Stomach ” ; 
Hamlet Moore, “ Azoturia ” ; H. W. Stedman, “ Puncture of 
