SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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UNITED STATES V. M. ASSOCIATION. 
Preparations for the thirty-fifth annual meeting, which takes 
place in Omaha, Neb., Sept. 6, 7, and 8, are progressing satisfac¬ 
torily, and advices from the officers in charge of the programme 
are very hopeful that this session will be superior to all its prede¬ 
cessors. 
Secretary Stewart has issued the following circular letter to 
members, which gives a good general outline of the details of the 
programme : 
Kansas City, May 20th, 1898. 
Dear Doctor : —-The annual meeting of the U. S. V, M. A. to be 
held at Omaha, Nebr., September 6 to 9, 1898, will be one of larger in¬ 
terest to our members and others than any held heretofore, and by this 
letter you will get in outline, some hint of the richness of the scientific 
feast in preparation for those who attend. 
Meat Inspection, especially as applied to municipalities, will be dis¬ 
cussed, and the following several phases will be presented by special pa¬ 
pers : Methods of Cultivating Public Opinion in Favor of Municipal In¬ 
spection ; The Necessity for Consolidation of Municipal Slaughter- 
Houses into Targe Abattoirs under Municipal Control; Reasons for Meat 
Inspection ; Slaughter-House Inspection ; Retail Market Inspection ; 
Disposition of the Flesh of Tuberculous Cattle. 
As veterinarians everywhere are interested in and desire to help bring 
about meat inspection in their respective cities and towns, this discus¬ 
sion must certainly prove very helpful. To make the discussion still 
more interesting and helpful, a large variety of specimens of diseased 
tissues and organs, found in slaughter house inspection, will be exhibited 
in the fresh state. 
Many papers will be read which relate to general practice, and some 
of them will be illustrated by clinical demonstration. The Nebraska 
^Association will provide a number of animals requiring surgical opera¬ 
tions for relief from abnormal or diseased conditions. These operations 
will be performed by well-known members of this Association. The 
clinical feature of this meeting cannot fail to be very interesting, and 
you are given this timely notice that you may plan to attend. The fol¬ 
lowing operations will probably be demonstrated : Methods of Securing 
Animals for Surgical Purposes ; Methods of Producing Anaesthesia; 
Ovarectomy in the Mare ; Cryptorchid Castration ; Arytenoidectomy ; 
Median-Neurectomy ; Caudal Myotomy (straightening, setting up, dock¬ 
ing) ; and some dental operations. 
The Local Committee of Arrangements has planned to make attend¬ 
ance at this meeting most agreeable, the arrangements providing for 
special entertainment for the ladies accompanying members and visitors 
(and the ladies are especially invited). The Trans-Mississippi Expo¬ 
sition will be at its best, and will nearly approach the Columbian World’s 
Fair in character and extent of display. This Exhibition will add 
greatly to the pleasure of the sojourn at Omaha. 
Three proposed amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws will 
come before the Association for its consideration and adoption or rejec¬ 
tion : 
