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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
W. Fisher, J. A. Genung, Carl W. Gay, Ithaca, and C. D. Mor¬ 
ris, Binghamton. 
NOTES N. Y. S. V. M. S. MEETING. 
Never again a meeting without a surgical clinic. 
It was a practitioners’ meeting throughout. 
With such a meeting we predict that next year veterinarians 
from far and near will be falling over each other to get there. 
Prof. Huidekoper as a bull-tamer was a success, but in a fast 
race with the bovine his avoirdupoise reacted sadly against him. 
Weighty subjects of State medicine did not characterize the 
meeting ; it was helpful to busy practitioners. 
The active practitioners of the membership should illustrate 
easy methods of performing simple operations, as gained through 
ingenious experience. 
“ It was a grand meeting,” was the verdict of every one as 
they left for home. Yes, probably as good as was ever held by 
any association in any country. 
Secretary Morris counted 102 people in the hall during the 
reading of papers. What a contrast to the 25 or 30 of a few 
years ago. 
The various sections of the State were well represented — 
the most conspicuous exception being Buffalo, and they were 
the losers. Her practical men cannot afford such a loss another 
year. 
The spirit of surgery ran high, and the two instrument 
houses represented did a fine business. They were John Reyn- 
ders & Co., and James F. McCune, of New York, both adver¬ 
tisers in the Review. 
The trolley ride “ around the circle ” gives a magnificent 
view of grand, wild and weird scenery—but the proximity of 
the road-bed to the edge of a bewildering precipice sends a ro¬ 
mantic thrill through one’s nervous system. 
Dr. Cowie’s casting harness caught the favorable opinion of 
all practical men. The doctor kindly laid them out so that 
any one who wished could take measurements and duplicate 
them if they wished. One veterinarian who did so kindly 
agreed to have his harness-maker take orders from those who 
wished a set, reducing thus the cost by making many. 
When two such heavy weights as George H. Berns and R. 
S. Huidekoper occupy the same bed, something is liable to hap¬ 
pen—and it did, about 2 A. m., the whole structure giving way, 
precipitating the occupants in a hopeless confusion of mat- 
