SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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tresses, humanity and yells. It made no difference to the sleep¬ 
ers though ; “ they laid where they fell ” ; and Berns’ rheuma- 
tism has been worse ever since. 
New York City had very few representatives at Ithaca, which 
is in keeping with her usual history. No city in the world has 
such grand opportunities for profitable and populous associa- 
tionarwork as Gotham ; and none improve them so poorly. 
With more than 300 graduates within a radius of twenty miles, 
a quorum is about the limit, whatever the charactei of the 
meeting. Five members from Greater New \ork were pres¬ 
ent—Ackerman, Atchison, Bell, Berns, and Herr. Another 
year and it will be a miracle if there are not twenty-five or fifty 
on hand early. 
A call reaches the Review to agitate a three-days’ meeting 
for next year; but we fear for the wisdom of the proposition. 
With the American Association demanding four days’ attend¬ 
ance the week previous, exclusive of three or four days’ travel¬ 
ing to and fro , it would make too great a demand upon the 
time of those who wish to attend both, and many would feel 
that one or the other of the two events should be omitted. No, 
the State Society held a most successful two-days’ meeting, and 
it would be much better to repeat or surpass the performance 
next year than to indulge in any new experiments. We un¬ 
derstand that more work can be done in three days than in 
two ; but enough was accomplished to send all home well 
pleased with their two days’ work, and that is just what was 
aimed at. 
Prof. W. L. Williams’ • new text-book, entitled Surgical 
Operations,” arrived at Ithaca just before the convention met, 
and created a very favorable impression among those in atten¬ 
dance. A small supply had just been received from the printer, 
and they were seized upon so quickly that many were disap¬ 
pointed. Elsewhere will be found a scientific review of this 
little work, but we will simply state here that it is in the na¬ 
ture of a translation of the excellent treatise by Pi of. I feiffei, ot 
the Veterinary High School in Berlin, together with a number 
of essentially American operations, notably those of Williams 
(the technique of the majority of which has appeared in the 
Review), McKillip and Merillat, together with a preface to 
the original work by Prof. Frohner. The little volume is pro 
fusely illustrated and the technique is so plain that any one 
who is at all familiar with surgical procedures and anatomy, 
can understand the subject at a glance. All veterinarians en- 
