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-SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
the army of my country , this effort to increase the standing and reputa¬ 
tion of my profession. (Signed) D. B. Salmon. 
R. S. Huidekoper, 
W. Horace Hoskins, 
A. W. Clement. 
At the close of the chairman’s report the Secretary of the 
committee, Dr. R. S. Huidekoper, gave an exhaustive address 
bearing upon every phase of the subject, giving a history of 
the efforts to effect legislation, the difficulties encountered, the 
successes achieved, and the failures recorded. He pointed out 
the methods employed by the committee, and the work yet to 
be done, urging the utmost unity of action, and finishing with 
a tribute to our friends in Congress who had ever stood by the 
committee, and who rendered possible the achievements of the 
two past sessions, and without whose valuable aid but little can 
be done at the approaching session. At the banquet Dr. 
Huidekoper added a foot-note by proposing the health of former 
Secretary Alger, the first Secretary of War to affix his signa¬ 
ture and endorsement upon a veterinary bill. 
The Committee on Intelligence and Education made a short 
report through Chairman Baker, who toward its close depre¬ 
cated the action of a college in good standing in accepting non¬ 
graduate students for a term of a month or two with the inten¬ 
tion of making them better men, but rendering to each a certifi¬ 
cate, which he claimed was framed and made to do duty as a 
diploma. A lively discussion followed, and it was regretted 
that there was no representative of the school present to prop¬ 
erly explain the matter. 
Librarian Williams rendered his annual report, and thought 
more good could be accomplished by a more general distribu¬ 
tion of back reports among the new members. 
There were very few State Secretaries present, and many of 
the absentees did not send in reports. When Illinois was 
reached, Dr. E. M. Nighbert, of Mount Sterling, came forward 
with an interesting resume of the year’s occurrences. He re¬ 
ferred to the workings of the new practice act, showing that 
665 had been licensed, of whom 288 only are graduates. In 
speaking of the prevalence of periodic ophthalmia he endorsed 
the treatment given by a correspondent of the Review some 
time since—the injection of dilute iodine into the orbital fossa, 
which is followed by swelling and a rapid clearing up of the 
disease. 
State Secretary Dunphy rendered a vigorous report for 
Michigan, in the course of which he roundly scored a veteri- 
