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SOCIETY MEETINGS 
VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY, UNIVERSITY OF 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Meeting called to order, October 20th, 1899, by Secretary 
Nolan. Mr. Bender was appointed Secretary pro tem. Mr. 
Young was appointed critic. It was carried to dispense with 
the regular order of business and to proceed with the proposal 
and election of new members, as follows : Messrs. Weitzel, Bur¬ 
rows, Bigelow. McClintock, Nicholas, Zollinger, Rothermel, 
Cole, Glass, Paget, Feigenbaum and McCloskey. The election 
of officers resulted as follows: President, Mr. Nolan, ’00; Vice- 
President, Mr. Young, ’00 ; Secretary, Mr. Bender, ’01 ; Treas¬ 
urer, Mr. Davison, ’oo; Librarian, Mr. Hayman, ’01. Executive 
Committee.—Mr. Powell, ’00 ; Mr. Carlisle, ’01 ; Mr. Shore, ’01 ; 
Mr. McCloskey, ’02. The critic had no report to make. Ad¬ 
journed at 9.30 P. M. 
Meeting was called to order Nov. 3, at 8 P. M. Mr. Horner 
was appointed critic. Carried, that the names of persons no 
longer in attendance at this school, and whose names are still on 
our roll, be stricken off the roll. Dr. Adams then addressed the 
meeting on u The Method of Fitting Bits in a Horse’s Mouth.” 
Dr. Adams made his lecture very interesting by the way in 
which he described the various forms of bits and the positions 
they should occupy in the mouth. A vote of thanks was ex¬ 
tended to Dr. Adams. The critic had no report to make. Ad¬ 
journed at 9.15 p. m. 
Meeting called to order Nov. 17, at 8 p. M. Mr. Mayer was 
appointed critic. The chair appointed the following members 
to serve as the Room Committee : Messrs. Hughes, ’01, Bassler, 
’01, and Paget, ’02. 
Carried, that the librarian be authorized to determine cost 
of having 100 copies of the Constitution and By-Laws of the 
Society printed. 
Mr. Cornman then read a paper entitled u Ectopia Cordis,” 
which was very interesting. He also had on hand a specimen 
which showed it very nicely. A vote of thanks was extended 
to Mr. Cornman. Critic had no report to make. Adjourned at 
9.15 P. M. 
Meeting called to order Nov. 24, at 8 o’clock p. m. Mr. 
Tallman was appointed critic. Carried, to dispense with the 
regular order of business. 
Mr. Young then read an excellently prepared paper on u Ir¬ 
regularities of the Dental Apparatus.” 
