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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
“ Control of Cattle Ticks,” by Dr. Cooper Curtice, Raleigh, 
N. C. 
“ Difficulties in the way of Municipal Meat Inspection m 
the South,” by Dr. C. A. Cary, Auburn, Ala. 
“ Experimental Tuberculosis, Human and Bovine, in Domes¬ 
tic Animals,” by Dr. R. R. Dinwiddie, Fayetteville, Ark. 
THE CRINICAE PROGRAMME. 
A series of surgical clinics will be held on Wednesday and 
Friday mornings at the Detroit Veterinary Sanitarium, rear 121 
W. Alexandrine Ave. The clinics will begin promptly at 8.00 
o’clock and continue two hours. A number of well-known 
surgeons expect to be present and demonstrate one or more op¬ 
erations each. The list of clinicians includes : Dr. E. A. 
Merillat, of the McKillip Veterinary College; Dr. W. E. La 
Baw, of the Veterinary Department of Harvard University; 
Dr. W. E. Williams, of the New York State Veterinary College; 
Dr. A. H. Baker, of the Chicago Veterinary College ; Dr. J. W. 
Adams, of the Veterinary Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania ; Dr. H. D. Gill, of the New York-American 
Veterinary College; Dr. R. C. Moore, of the Kansas City Vet¬ 
erinary College. 
A large variety of cases requiring surgical interference 
will be provided by local veterinarians, the kinds of cases 
which practitioners are often called upon to treat, and which 
frequently prove troublesome, such as fibroma of the elbow, 
tumors of head and face, roaring, crooked tail, lameness due to 
diseases of the extremities, etc. The following special opera¬ 
tions have been promised :—Ridgling castration under antisep¬ 
tic precautions with expectation of healing without suppuration, 
by Dr. W. E. Williams; arytenoideraphy for cure of roaring, 
by Dr. E. A. Merillat; operation for tumor on elbow (shoeboil), 
by Dr. W. E. EaBaw ; immediate and permanent closure of 
alveolar opening into maxillary sinus following removal of 
tooth, by Dr. R. C. Moore. 
PROGRAMME OE ENTERTAINMENT. 
Tiiesday , September 4. —Morning: Visit to Convention 
Hall to witness the opening excercises. Afternoon : —Trolley 
ride to Palmer Park and visit to ex-Senator Palmer’s celebrated 
Log Cabin. 
Wednesday , September 3. —Morning: Visit to the Detroit 
Museum. Afternoon : Ladies will be entertained at luncheon 
