SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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of the association or not, are cordially invited to attend this 
meeting and. take part in the discussion concerning the best 
methods of elevating the standard of our calling. 
W. J. Martin, 
Pres. Ills. State Vet. Med. Assh. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
MISSOURI VALLEY VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCL 
ATION. 
The regular quarterly meeting of this association was held 
in the Y. M. C. A. rooms, St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 12, at 8 p. M., 
with the following members present : Drs. Burgess, Bennett,, 
Stewart, Kaupp, Moore, Wright, Kelly, Forbes and Heck. 
Professional visitors were Drs. J. S. Anderson, Seward, Neb.;; 
A. T. Peters, Lincoln, Neb.; J. S. Buckley, U. B. McCurdy^ 
Kansas City, Mo.; Henry Washburn, James Wilson, E. J- 
Netherton, and Thomas H. Ripley, St. Joseph, Mo.; city 
physicians, the Mayor, and several members of the Board of 
Health and City Council of St. Joseph. 
Great interest was taken in the programme, and the meeting 
was by far the most important and valuable ever held by the 
association. 
The following resolution was read and adopted by the as¬ 
sociation : 
“ Whereas This association has been asked to express its 
ideas as to the feasibility of the organization of a trans-Missis¬ 
sippi veterinary association, be it 
“ Resolved^ That it is the opinion of this association that 
the profession of this section is not sufficiently enthusiastic and 
prosperous to attend and properly support such an organi¬ 
zation.” 
DISCUSSION OE DR. STEWART’S PAPER ON SEAUGHTER-HOUSE 
INSPECTION. 
The Chairman called upon Dr. John Forbes to lead in the 
discussion upon the paper presented to the Omaha meeting of 
the U.S.V.M.A. by Dr. S. Stewart on the subject of “ Slaughter¬ 
house Inspection,” and Dr. Forbes responded as follows : 
Dr. Forbes'^ Paper. 
When the subject of discussing Dr. Stewart’s paper was first 
suggested to me by the Secretary, we had some difficulty as to 
the method of procedure. We thought of dividing into infec¬ 
tious and non-infections diseases, diseases of cattle and diseases 
