SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
801 
. ONTARIO VETERINARY ASSOCIATION. 
The annual meeting was held in the veterinary college, 
Toronto, Canada, on Friday, December 23, 1898. 
The President, Prof. S. Sisson, called the meeting to order 
at 11.10 A. M., and, after a short address, the minutes of previ¬ 
ous meeting were read and confirmed. 
Papers and communications received by the Secretary since 
the last meeting were then read and discussed. 
The auditors reported the finances of the association in a 
healthy condition, there being funds on hand. 
The following new members were then duly elected : Mr. 
H. S. Perlev, V. S., of Ottawa ; Mr. J. H. George, V. S., of In- 
gersoll ; Mr. P. G. Button, V. S., of Stouffville; Mr. F. Bryant, 
V. S., of Sunderland ; Mr. R. E. Willis, V.' S., of Woodbridge. 
A resolution of sincere sympathy with Mrs. C. E. Smith in 
the loss of her husband. Dr. C. E. Smith, V. S., an esteemed 
member of our association, who has just been called away in 
the midst of his usefulness, was passed, and the meeting ad¬ 
journed for lunch. 
The meeting was opened again at 1.30 P. M. 
The reading and discussion of papers was the first order of 
business. 
Mr. J. W. Wilson read an interesting paper on Thrombus,” 
which was well discussed. 
Mr. Orr Graham read a good paper on “Veterinary Science 
in Relation to Public Health,” and in the course of the discus¬ 
sion that followed. Prof. A. Smith read an extmct from Dr. Mc- 
Eachran’s interview with Ostertag, the leading authority on 
meat and milk inspection in Europe. 
Professor Sisson, demonstrator of anatomy, read an excel¬ 
lent paper on the “Synovial Membranes of the Tendons.” 
These he demonstrated on the blackboard ana also by exhibit¬ 
ing some beautiful specimens from the museum of the Ontario 
Veterinary College, that were prepared by Mr. J. F. J. Black, a 
student, who graduated two years ago. 
Mr. W. Eawson brought up the subject of better legal pro¬ 
tection for the profession in Ontario, and after a long and ani¬ 
mated discussion it was ultimately resolved that the following 
clause should be submitted to the Provincial Parliament, to be 
inserted in the act of incorporation of the Ontario Veterinary 
Association : “It shall not be lawful for any person not regis¬ 
tered to practice veterinary medicine or surgery, or to perform 
any surgical operation on animals, for hire, gain, or hope 
