718 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
out of ten cows affected by the disease and without lesions in 
the udder, they found the milk virulent and on inoculation pro¬ 
duced the disease ; but that we could have the disease acquired 
in utero^ as Prof. Bang had found lesions in the liver of newly- 
born calves. 
Mr. Groves was appointed essayist for the next meeting, and 
Mr. Hammond to report a case. 
There being no further business, the proceedings closed. 
Jas. IMcGregor, Secretary-Treasurer. 
VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW 
YORK COUNTY. 
The regular annual meeting of the Veterinary Medical As¬ 
sociation of New York County was called to order Wednesday, 
December 7th, in room 37, New York Academy of Medicine, at 
8.45 p. M., by President Robertson. 
On roll-call the following members responded : Drs. Acker¬ 
man, Bell, J. S. Cattanach, Clayton, Dickson, Delaney, Ellis, 
Farley, Gill, Grenside, Gonbeand, Hanson, Eellman, O’Shea, 
and Robertson. As visitors, Prof. Olof Schwarzkopf, Borough 
of Queens; Drs. Jno. J. Hayes, E. Nicholas, Win. M. MacKel- 
lar, and Chas. Hall, Borough of Manhattan; also Wm. H. 
Hayes, John Hayes, Jr., Clifford Atkins, J. William Fink, Harry 
Hamlin, Warren Fretz, and W. A. Young, students American 
Veterinary College. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were then read, ap¬ 
proved and ordered placed on file. 
The Board of Censors then recommended for membership 
in the association the names of Chas. E. Clayton, D. V. S., 
graduate of the American Veterinary College, whose application 
had come before them in regular form, with Robert W. Ellis 
and Jas. U. Robertson as vouchers, and Geo. J. Goubeaud, 
D. V. S., graduate of the American Veterinar}^ College, whose 
application was also in regular form, with E. B. Ackerman and 
R. R. Bell as vouchers. 
An application for honorary membership in the association, 
approved by the Board of Censors, was also presented as follows : 
Academy of Medicine, New York City, Dec. 7, 1898. 
According to Art. X. of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Vet. 
]\Ied. Ass’n of New York Co., we hereby propose for honorary member¬ 
ship, Hon. Timothy P. Sullivan, of New York County, Borough of 
Manhattan. The gentleman aided this Association in the passage of 
the bill exempting the veterinary" surgeons from jury duty. ’ 
