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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
was as follows : S. Brenton, 58 ; W. H. Dalrymple, 51 ; J. F. 
Winchester, 45 ; F. Torrence, 44 ; M. E. Knowles, 37 ; E. M. 
Ranch, 36 ; R. C. Moore, 33 ; W. J. Martin, 26. The first five 
were declared elected, their seniority to be governed by the 
number of votes received. 
When nominations for Secretary were called for every voter 
in the hall yelled the name of “ Stewart,” and he was elected 
by acclamation, his protests being drowned by the shouts of the 
members. 
The same action was taken in the election of a Treasurer, 
Dr. Eowe being the only nominee, and the Secretary was in¬ 
structed to cast the ballot of the association for him. 
The President thereupon announced that the election of 
officers had resulted as follows : 
President—Tait Butler, of Indianapolis, Indiana. 
Vice-Presidents—S. Brenton, of Detroit, Mich. 
W. H. Dalrymple, of Baton Rouge, Fa. 
J. F. Winchester, of Lawrence, Mass. 
Fred. Torrence, of Manitoba, Can. 
M. E. Knowles, of Helena, Mont. 
Secretary—S. Stewart, of Kansas City, Kansas. 
Treasurer—Win. Herbert Lowe, of Paterson, N. J. 
READING OF PAPERS. 
Following the selection of officers the literary programme 
was continued by the reading of a paper by Dr. Win. Herbert 
Lowe, of New Jersey, entitled u The Relation of Veterinary 
Medicine to the Public Health,” which was a forcible and prac¬ 
tical presentation of the well established facts of progressive 
sanitary medicine. 
Dr. M. E. Knowles, of Montana, presented the results of his 
investigations and discoveries upon “ The Psoroptes Communis 
Equi and Bovis in Montana and Northwest Territory,” and it 
proved to be an interesting addition to our literature upon par¬ 
asitic diseases. 
Dr. Tait Butler, of Indiana, next read a carefully compiled 
paper on “The Relation of Lymphatics to Meat Inspection.” 
Dr. G. Ed. Leech, of Wisconsin, presented “ Notes on the 
Tuberculin Test in Wisconsin.” 
Dr. D. E. Salmon, of Washington, D. C., contributed a vig¬ 
orous presentation of the subject of “ Rabies and Hydrophobia,” 
deducing unmistakable evidence not only of the existence but 
of the prevalence of the disease in many sections of the conn- 
