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NEWS AND ITEMS 
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The fifth regular meeting of the year was called to order 
December 2d, at 8 o’clock. Mr. Cheney was appointed 
critic. This meeting was entirely a business meeting, as 
there was considerable matter pertaining to different sub¬ 
jects relative to the society‘s annual banquet, etc. The 
names of Messrs. Horner, Bassler and Hart were proposed 
and duly elected to membership. The meeting adjourned at 
9.50 P. M. L. A. Nolan, Secret my, 
VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO 
VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The first meeting of this society was held on the evening 
of October 14th. Prof. A. Smith, F. R. C. V. vS., the principal, 
presiding. 
Mr. Wesley M. Goff read an excellent essay on “ Bacteria 
Mr. G. Jerome brought forward a carefully-prepared paper on 
“ The Progress of Veterinary Science ” ; Mr. V. J. Kernan 
read a paper on “ The Examination of Horses for Soundness ” ; 
and Mr. J. Lee Shorey read a communication on “ Neurectomy.’' 
The discussions following each paper were animated and in¬ 
teresting. 
The second meeting was held on the evening of October 
2ist. Mr. Wentzele read an exhaustive paper on “Open 
Joint ” ; Mr. W. A. Sproule read a paper on “ Castration,” de¬ 
scribing different methods of operating, and Mr. Charles Manning 
read a good paper on “ Parturient Apoplexy.” The papers were 
ably discussed by several of the members of the senior class. 
The one on “ Parturient Apoplexy ” elicited an interesting dis¬ 
cussion on the new treatment of that disease called “ Schmidt’s 
treatment,” and its cause ascribed to toxines developed in the 
mammary gland at that time. 
These meetings and the discussions arising at them must 
prove of much benefit to the students attending the college. 
W. M. Goff, Secretary. 
NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Pk Bovette, V. S., of Denver, Col., lost his life while fish¬ 
ing near that city in October. 
Oscar Verschelden, of St. Mary’s, Kansas, conducts an 
undertaking business as a side line to veterinary science. 
Owing to ill health. Dr. Harry V. Good, of St. Joseph, Mo., 
