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society MEETINGS. 
sure that any instructions were given, but it was there, and he 
did not want it ignored. 
The Michigan Association entertained the visitors, includ¬ 
ing the ladies, with a delightful steamer ride up the St. Claire 
flats, where a fish-and-frog supper was served. It was a happy 
event, permitting of charming social diversions, the enjoy¬ 
ment of entrancing scenery and a luscious repast, the guests re¬ 
turning to the city at 8.30 p.m., feeling that their hosts had 
been generous and untiring in their efforts, and had succeeded 
most admirably. 
An exhibition of rapidity and dexterity was given by Dr. 
W. J. Torrence, of Columbus, Ohio, at Thursday’s clinic. With 
a simple scalpel and a butcher’s skewer he performed high 
plantar neurectomy upon a fifteen-hand gelding in one minute 
and fifty-eight seconds (1:58), which included the turning of the 
animal at different angles so that all might see the procedure. 
The inside operation was completed in 30 seconds. The in¬ 
cision was three-eighths of an inch long, and one inch of the 
nerve was excised. 
The banquet was a perfect success. Three long tables and 
a cioss table, artistically decorated with beautiful flowers, with 
flags and bunting arranged in artistic festoons, made an ideal 
banquet hall. . More guests sat down to this splendid repast 
than on any r similar occasion, and there was unalloyed enjoy¬ 
ment throughout the evening. The music was of the popular 
order, and elicited continuous applause—“The Holy City” be¬ 
ing rendered three times in response to vigorous encores . When 
the feast was completed the felicitous toastmaster, Dr. Salmon, 
introduced his speakers in the most entertaining manner, and the 
responses were in every case well delivered and happy in concep¬ 
tion. The following is a list of the toasts and their sponsors: 
“ State Sanitary Work,” Dr. H. B. Baker; “ Our Relation with 
Agriculturists,” Hon. L. D. Watkins; “Army legislation,” 
Dr. R. S. Huidekoper ; “ Our Local Committee,” Dr. G. W. 
Dunphy; “Our Officers,” Dr. S. Stewart; “Our Sphere in 
Politics,” Dr. W. Horace Hoskins; “ Our Guests,” Dr. Leonard 
Pearson ; “ Our Canadian Confreres,” Dr. D. K. Smith ; “ State 
Veterinary Sanitary Work,” Dr. M. H. Reynolds ; “ Our Pro¬ 
fession,” Dr. James L. Robertson ; “ Amalgamated Associations 
of New Jersey,” Dr. Win. Herbert Lowe; “Mr. Dooley,” Dr. 
M. K. Knowles. 
The Veterinarian who does not read the Review is to be pitied. 
