SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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inarian would profit by. There seems to be such a difference 
of opinion among practitioners as to what constitutes soundness 
and what constitutes unsoundness. 
We have here with 11s a veterinarian who has given a 
great deal of special study and thought to normal and patholo¬ 
gical horse shoeing, who could instruct and interest us. I 
refer to our friend, Dr. McDonough. There are others who 
perhaps could add to Dr. McDonough’s experience, and so 
on. 
Other members would be better qualified to discuss dental 
and general surgical manipulations and operations. In this 
connection I would like to say I can see no good reason why we 
cannot have surgical clinics at our meetings; they are already 
becoming quite a feature at the meetings of the National Asso¬ 
ciation. 
Sanitary medicine, State medicine, veterinary inspection of 
the meat and milk food supply, and a proper veterinary in¬ 
spection of the animals that produce the supply, are questions 
that concern the health, as well as the wealth, of the people of 
the State, and it is a body of this kind that is essentially 
qualified to study and deal with the many complex problems 
that are connected with this important subject. I could go on 
indefinitely indicating scientific work that we as an organiza¬ 
tion must take account of, but I must pass on to another ad¬ 
vantage that a strong State organization is to the profession 
and to the public alike. I refer to veterinary legislation. 
We can only expect to get such legislation as the profession 
should have by being united and by earnest and persistent effort 
of the association as a body as of its members individually. 
Our veterinary law passed in 1889 will have to be amended. 
This can be done if we stand together. We should have a 
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners in this State 
similar to the Boards in Pennsylvania and New York. It is a 
notorious fact that men who cannot pass before these Boards 
come over to New Jersey and set themselves up as veterina¬ 
rians. Is the profession going to stand quietly by and allow 
New Jersey to become the u dumping ground ” of professional 
incompetents? I think not. 
There is an illimitable amount of professional work for the 
veterinarian who has the true interests of the profession at 
heart. The field is ever broadening; the extent to which the 
health and wealth of the people depend upon the application 
of veterinary science is becoming more appreciated day by 
