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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
our fellow-members that they emulate the example he set before us, and 
try to follow closely the precepts he always endeavored to teach and 
practice. 
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved 
family, and be filed in full in the records of this association. 
[Signed] Drs. W. B. E. Miller, E. P. Hurley, R. O. Hasbrouck, 
J. W. Hawk, and S. Lockwood, Committee. 
Moved that the same be accepted. 
The meeting then adjourned for dinner and to continue 
Feb. 2, 1899, at i P. M. in Newark. 
Meeting reconvened at the Arlington Hotel, Newark, on 
Feb. 2d, at i o’clock. The President, Dr. W. H. Arrowsmith, in 
the chair. After dinner, the meeting proceeded with the regu¬ 
lar business. The election of officers resulted in the following : 
President, L. P. Hurley ; First Vice-President, R. O. Hasbrouck, 
Second Vice-President, H. W. Read ; Secretary, S. Lockwood ; 
Treasurer, B. F. King; Trustees, W. B. E. Miller, W. Runge, 
J. W. Hawk, J. M. Everitt and M. M. Stage. All were elected 
for two vears. 
Dr. Arrowsmith made a lengthy address and introduced Dr. 
Hurley, the new President, who responded in a short and forci¬ 
ble speech. He was followed by Drs. Miller and Hawk. Dr. 
Read, the essayist, was excused from reading his paper, as it was 
time for his train. 
Essayists for next meeting, Drs. Arrowsmith, Miller, and 
Hasbrouck. Delegates to the New York Associations, Drs. 
Hawk and Lockwood; to the Pennsylvania Associations, Drs. 
Hurley, Hasbrouck and Brown. Adjourned to meet at same 
place in May. S. Lockwood, Sedy, 
PENNSYLVANIA STATE V. M. ASSOCIATION. 
The annual meeting will be held in the Veterinary Depart¬ 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania, 360 Pine St., Philadel¬ 
phia, March 7 and 8. 
The programme follows : 
Papers. —Dr. J. C. Michener, “ Prognosis ” ; Dr. A. N. Lush- 
ington, “ Stock Farm Veterinary Practice as a Post-Graduate 
Course ” ; Dr. J. F. Butterfield, “ Castration of Cryptorchids 
(Ridglings) ” ; Dr. W. S. Phillips, “Tracheotomy in Laryngitis 
and Choking” ; Dr. Otto Noack, “ Azoturia ” ; Dr. N. E. Rein¬ 
hart, “ Tuberculosis in Dairy Cattle and How Shall We Get Rid 
of It?”; Dr. Leonard Pearson, “An Argument for Municipal 
Slaughter-Houses ” ; Dr. R. G. Rice, “ The Use of Chloral Hy¬ 
drate in Indigestion and Colic ” ; Dr. J. B. Irons, “ Fracture of 
