SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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ton, Howard, Lee, Lewis, Parker, Pierce, Stickuey, Winchester, 
Winslow. Henry S. Lewis, Secretary. 
MINNESOTA STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSO¬ 
CIATION. 
. The fifth semi-annual meeting of the Minnesota State Vet¬ 
erinary Medical Association was held at the Merchants’ Hotel, 
St. Paul, Jan. nth and 12th, 1900. President Dr. M. H. Rey¬ 
nolds, of St. Anthony Park, called the meeting to order. 
The following members responded to roll-call :—Drs. C. C. 
Lyford, S. D. Brimhall, J. G. Annand, J. S. Butler, A. A.* 
Keyes and M. J. Sexton, of Minneapolis ; B. A. Pomeroy, R. 
Price and G. A. Dallamore, of St. Paul; M. H. Reynolds, of St. 
Anthony Park ; J. P. Anderson, Rochester ; L. Hay, Fari¬ 
bault; K. J. McKenzie, Northfield ; B. L'ambrechts, Monte- 
vidio; S. H. Ward, St. Cloud ; W. Amos, Owatonna; J. N. 
Gould, Worthington; Geo. McGillivary, Pipestone; J. W. 
Gould, Fairmont; F. J. McLaughlin, Blue Earth City ;'h. C. 
Lyons, Hutchinson ; H. C. Peters, Litchfield ; F. H. Farmer 
Wapheton, N. D. 
President Reynolds gave an address, speaking lengthily on 
how to make a State veterinary medical association a success, 
bringing out some very useful points with regard to place and 
way of holding association meetings, emphasizing the fact that 
association work should be based upon the work of its individ¬ 
ual members. 
Dr. Ward gave a report on veterinary college education, 
bringing out some very important facts in regard to graduates 
of two year colleges. 
Dr. Reynolds, as chairman of the committee on recent veter¬ 
inary literature, read a very interesting report on the great ad¬ 
vances made in veterinary surgery. 
Dr. Brimhall reported some results obtained from the use of 
potassium iodide in the treatment of parturient paresis and in 
azoturia. 
Dr. Brimhall also spoke quite lengthily on dealing with in¬ 
fectious diseases of animals. 
Dr. C. C. Lyford then made his report as chairman of the 
Committee on Legislation and Empirics, stating that the case 
against Dr. McCullock, of Minneapolis, for illegal practice, 
had been set for trial January 19th, he having pleaded not 
guilty. 
Farmer Miles, of Charleston, Ill., who was present at the 
