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operation was upon a ridgling by Dr. George A. Scott, of Inde¬ 
pendence, Iowa. The horse was thrown and secured by W. F. 
Knowles, of James, Iowa, who used his web-casting harness, 
their simplicity and efficiency commanding general approval. 
By the time Dr. Scott had brought the hidden testicle from the 
wound, a black gelding, nine years old, an extremely bad roarer, 
for which tracheotomy had been performed, was thrown by Dr. 
James Vincent, of Iowa, who used a very effective hobble, 
having the^ principle of back tension. Dr. L. A. Merillat, of 
the McKillip College, Chicago, now stepped forward and an¬ 
nounced that he would perform on this horse his new operation 
of “ arytenoideraphy,” and did so to the delight of all. He is a 
cool surgeon, and his method of sewing the arytenoid cartilage 
to the wall of the larynx, where it is afterwards held by the 
granulations cicatrizing, was very favorably commented upon. 
At the conclusion of the operation, and while the patient was 
still under chloroform narcosis. Dr. W. D. Williams, of New 
York, began the removal of the ovaries from a vicious little old 
mare, said to be especially irritable at the period of oestrum. 
The operation was through the vagina, the incision being made 
on the median line just above the os uteri, through which the 
hand is passed until the ovaries are found, when a long-handled 
ecraseur is passed in and the gland removed. 
When the Convention was called to order after the clinic, 
the Committee on Incorporation reported that the charter of the 
National Veterinary Association was obtained under the laws of 
the District of Columbia, and was no better than that of any 
other State. It was therefore not advisable to look further into 
the matter, and the committee was discharged. 
The Treasurer submitted his report for the year, the salient 
points of which are as follows : Amount received from Secre¬ 
tary, upon assuming office, $500 ; from same source, Oct. 15, 
1897, $332.22 ; total on hand Sept. 5, $832.22. Disbursements 
to all sources to Sept. 5, $566.49, leaving a balance in the bank 
of $265.73. Coming down to the close of this meeting. Sept. 8, 
the report shows that there was received from all sources 
$1202.85 (balance. Sept. 5, $265.73 ; credit given Secretary for 
bills paid by him $154.12, and cash from Secretary, $783), leav¬ 
ing a balance on hand Sept. 8, of $1048.73. 
The Secretary in submitting his report spoke of the great 
activity of his office in its efforts to make this meeting of espe¬ 
cial value, the correspondence with members and Resident 
State Secretaries being more extensive than ever before, and 
