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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
MARYLAND STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL 
SOCIETY. 
The regular tri-monthly meeting was held at Frederick, 
Maryland, on Tuesday, July nth, 1899. The morning was 
spent by the members in enjoying a drive about the suburbs of 
this beautiful mountain city as the guest of Dr. R. V. Smith. 
. After dinner at the City Hotel the meeting was held in the 
same building, and, although the attendance was very small, yet 
it proved to be an enjoyable and profitable meeting. 
Dr. A. W. Clement read a short paper on “ Roaring in 
Horses,” in which he gave his results obtained after operation 
and from medication alone ; the latter giving a larger percent¬ 
age of cures. His treatment is Donovar’s solution and sulphate 
of strychnia in moderate doses three times daily. 
Dr. Clement also expatiated on the beneficial results obtained 
by using the therm-ocautery with brush effect, claiming unusu¬ 
ally good results from repeated firings at an affected part instead 
of one good punch or line firing. 
Discussion on general topics of interest to all present ensued, 
to which each member contributed his quota, one giving his 
experience in curing acute laminitis with that odoriferous friend 
of the empiric, oil of sassafras. 
Train time having arrived, we regretfully closed our meet¬ 
ing. Wm. H. MarTENET, Secretary. 
ASSOCIATION OF B. A. I. VETERINARIANS. 
The employes of the Bureau of Animal Industry at Indian¬ 
apolis, Ind., met recently and organized a society for mutual 
improvement along the lines of work in which they are engaged. 
The following officers were elected to serve six months : Presi¬ 
dent, Dr. Tait Butler; Vice-President, Dr. T. L. Armstrong; 
Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. F. T. Dolan ; Programme-Committee, 
Dr. R. W. Tuck, Dr. S. G. Hendren, and Martin Grady. 
It is proposed to held meetings on the first and third 
Wednesday nights of each month. The first regular meeting 
will be held October 4th, for which an interesting programme 
has been prepared. 
It is believed that such an organization, embracing all the 
members of the force at this station, will not only serve as a 
means of bringing the members closer together socially, but 
will also serve as a healthy incentive to more systematic and 
profitable study. 
