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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
the Review man talked were firmly convinced that they formed 
the best part of the entertainment—that they did more to in¬ 
struct and make one feel that he had been well repaid for his 
visit ; that he had learned something which he could only get 
by being present and seeing it with his own eyes; that the rea¬ 
son they have not always been as entertaining was because the 
arrangements were not properly perfected. Of course, it is not 
often that permanent facilities can be secured as at a college, 
but they can be made to very nearly approach them, and we 
commend to associations the adoption of such facilities as will 
make the clinics of the greatest importance, and they can take 
our word for it that the better the surgical clinics the more in¬ 
terest there'will be to their members, ensuring large attendances 
and the production of much good. Below will be found a com¬ 
plete list of the subjects and the operators: 
Median Neurectomy—E. B. Ackerman, of Brooklyn. 
Sciatic Neurectomy—C. H. Jewell, of Dunkirk. 
Casting a Horse—Charles Cowie, of Ogdensburg. 
Castration by Torsion—Charles Cowie, of Ogdensburg. 
Casting a Foal—C. L. Barnes and J.. W. Corrigan. 
Casting a Cow—R. S. Huidekoper. 
Casting a Cow—C. B. Potter, of Elmira, and C. W. Gay, of 
Ithaca. 
Confining Earge Animals by Stocks and Operating Table— 
W. E. Williams and assistants. 
Chloroform Anaesthesia (Horse)—G. T. Stone, of Bingham- 
ton, and C. E. Barnes. 
Vaginal Ovariectomy (Mare)—G. T. Stone. 
Vaginal Ovariectomy (Mare)—A. H. Ide, of Utica. 
Vaginal Ovariectomy (Cow)—C. H. Jewell, of Dunkirk. 
Vaginal Ovariectomy (Cow)—C. H. Jewell. 
Caudal Myectomy for Gripping of Reins—J. W. Corrigan, 
of Batavia. 
Caudal Myectomy for Gripping of Reins—Carl W. Fisher. 
Aseptic Castration (Horse)—C. W. Gay. 
Repulsion of Diseased Molar, Removal of External Alveolar 
Plate, Artificial Drainage of Maxillary Sinuses through the 
Nostril (Horse)—W. E. Williams. 
Peroneal Tenotomy (Stringhalt Operation)—A. H. Ide. 
Application of Plaster of Paris Bandage to Hock—J. W. 
Corrigan. 
THE SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENT 
consisted in a reception tendered to the guests by the faculty of 
