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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Dr. West was elected a committee to look after our Reg¬ 
istration bill before the legislature next winter. 
Drs. Choate and Salley were appointed to read papers at the 
next meeting. 
Voted to adjourn to meet at Belfast in July. 
I. L. Salley, D. V. S., Secretary. 
MASSACHUSETTS VETERINARY ASSOCIATION. 
The regular monthly meeting of the Massachusetts Veter¬ 
inary Association was held at 19 Boylston Place, Boston, Jan¬ 
uary 25, 1898. President Winchester in the chair. Members 
present: Drs. Beckett, Cronon, Cutting, Emerson, Frothingham, 
Hamilton, Fee, Lewis, McLaughlin, Parker, Pierce, Soule, and 
Winchester. 
Dr. McLaughlin reported for the Legislative Committee, 
that he thought with the co-operation of each member of the 
association the veterinary bill would become a law at this ses¬ 
sion. 
The essayist for the evening was Mr. Daniel S. J. Murphy, 
a student in the Veterinary Department of the Harvard Medi¬ 
cal School, who read^a valuable paper on “Roaring.” A gen¬ 
eral discussion followed. Adjourned at 11.30 p. m. 
Henry S. Lewis, Secretary. 
NEWS AND ITEMS. 
A Dog Ambulance has been added to the hospital of the 
Veterinary Department of the University of Pennsylvania. 
Dr. J. B. Wright, recently located at Atchison, Kans., has 
accepted appointment as Inspector and has been assigned to 
duty at St. Joseph, Mo. 
Dr. John S. Meyer, graduate of the American, class ’87, 
formerly located at St. Joseph, Mo., is now practicing human 
medicine at Pocatello, Idaho. 
A Specialty Dog Show of bull-dogs and bull-terriers was 
held in April at the American Horse Exchange, New York, 
Dr. H. D. Gill being the veterinarian. 
The corps of Inspectors in the Bureau of Animal Industry 
stationed at Kansas City has recently been increased by the ap¬ 
pointment of Dr. C. H. Canfield and Dr. H. B. Chaney, of Akron, 
Ohio, and Dr. E. vS. McCurdy, of Philadelphia, Pa. 
