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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
College, from which he graduated in 1883 i n ^ ie cl ass with Dr. 
Critcherson, and together they occupied the positions of house 
surgeon to the hospital in 1884. Following the termination of 
that service, he and Dr. Hamilton Vreeland entered the Univer¬ 
sity Medical College. After receiving his degree from this 
school, he married Miss Esther Quail, of New York, and entered 
the employ of the Broadway Railroad Company, remaining 
there several years, and then became attached to the staff of the 
Board of Health, thence serving for several years upon the in¬ 
spection corps of the Bureau of Animal Industry. The latter 
years of his life were spent in private practice on the west side 
of New York. He leaves a widow and one son, twelve years 
old. The funeral services were held on the 5th, interment being 
in Cypress Hills Cemetery. Masonic services, conducted by 
Excelsior Dodge, No. 195, E. and A. M., were also held. He 
was a member of the U. S. V. M. A. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
MISSOURI VALLEY VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSO¬ 
CIATION. 
The nineteenth regular meeting was held in Kansas City, 
Mo., on Monday evening, February 27, 1899, at the Kansas 
City Veterinary College. On account of the absence of the 
President, the association was called to order by the Vice-Presi¬ 
dent, Robert C. Moore. The following members were present : 
Drs. John Forbes, James S. Kelly, John B. Wright, Janies L. 
Otterman, E. J. Netherton, William A. Heck, St. Joseph, Mo. ; 
Drs. R. C. Moore, J. B. Black, S. Stewart, B. F. Kaupp, C. J. 
Sillier, F. C. McCurdy, Janies S. Buckley, Kansas City, Mo. ; 
E. H. Biart and John Ernst, Leavenworth, Kas. ; J. H. Cock, 
Ottawa, Kas. The following visitors were present: Drs. H. B. 
Chaney, C. H. Canfield, R. T. W. Carnachan, H. H. George, 
Albert Long, D. W. Patton, W. R. Cooper, and A. C. Ewart, of 
Kansas City, Mo.; Janies Wilson, J. E. Blackwell, and Thomas 
H. Ripley, of St. Joseph, Mo.; O. Nickson, Cameron, Mo.; G. R. 
Conrad, Sabetha, Kas.; W. N. Hobbs, Holton, Kas.; W. A. 
Porter, Sedalia, Mo. There were also present about thirty vet¬ 
erinary students and several laymen. 
The censors reported favorably upon the following applica¬ 
tions for membership, and upon motion the rules were sus¬ 
pended and the Secretary instructed to cast the vote of the asso- 
