SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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and if he can send me others, I think he had better put in the 
box some damp moss instead of wadding. 
Yours truly, 
Avenue de V Opera. A. Liautard. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW 
YORK COUNTY. 
The regular monthly meeting was called to order on Wed¬ 
nesday, November 2 , 1898, at 8.45 p. m., with the President, 
Dr. Robertson, in the chair. The following members responded 
to roll-call: Drs. Amling, Ackerman, Bell, J. S. Cattanach, J. S. 
Cattanach, Jr., Dickson, Ellis, Foy, Gill, Grenside, Hanson, Mac- 
Kellar, O’Shea, Robertson and Ryder (15). The minutes of 
previous meeting were read and approved. 
Report of Board of Censors. —Dr. Gill (Chairman) offered the 
following report: “ Charges have been preferred against Dr. 
J. S. Lamkin, for violation of Article VII of the Code of Ethics, 
he having connected himself with a live stock insurance com¬ 
pany. On motion of Dr. Bell, seconded by Dr. Cattanach, the 
Chairman was requested to notify Dr. Lamkin to present him¬ 
self to the Board of Censors at their next monthly meeting to 
answer said charges. Carried. [Signed : Drs. Gill (Chairman), 
Bell, Cattanach, and McKellar.] ” Moved and seconded that 
the report of Board of Censors be accepted and placed on file. 
Carried. 
Judiciary Cormyiittee. —Dr. O’Shea (Chairman) stated that 
although it was a little early for legislative work, the commit¬ 
tee had been advised that several bills at variance with our 
present State veterinary laws were on foot, but that the Judici¬ 
ary Committee were on the alert to attack them when intro¬ 
duced. 
Papers. —Dr. Grenside read a very practical and interesting 
paper entitled ‘‘ The Horse’s Mouth,” as follows: 
Under this somewhat ambiguous title I do not purpose discussing 
the ordinary diseases of the mouth so fully treated of in text-books, but 
rather wish to direct your attention to this important organ of the horse, 
and view it to some extent from the practical horseman s standpoint. 
It may be asked, why introduce a subject that conies within the 
province of the practical horseman at a meeting of veterinarians ? In 
reply I may say I think I can show that when the mouth is studied 
from the standpoint of an organ by which the horse is controlled and 
