SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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on Monday evening, Feb. 12, 1900. President Hughes presided. 
Seventeen members and Dr. Mitchell, of the B. A. I., were 
present. 
President Hughes announced the inability and cause of Dr. 
Jas. G. Fish’s absence, who intended to read a paper on “ Post- 
Mortem Inspection of Cattle,” and in its stead Dr. E. L. Quit- 
man had kindly agreed to present an essay on “ Paralysis and 
Treatment,” which when read was received with much favor 
and ended with an extended discussion of much interest to all. 
Dr. O. R. Dubia reported a case of stringhalt due to an in¬ 
jury received by having the foot caught in the car track. This 
was followed by a case somewhat similar and reported by Dr. 
Quitman in which stringhalt followed an injury to the verte¬ 
brae ; both cases were thoroughly discussed and the meeting 
adjourned. Jos. B. Clancy, Secretary . 
GRADUATES SOCIETY M’GILE UNIVERSITY. 
The second annual reunion and banquet of the graduates of 
the Faculty of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science of 
McGill University was held in Boston, at the Quincy, Feb. 17, 
1900. About twenty-four sat down to the dinner, among whom 
were Prof. M. C. Baker, representing the Faculty of Compara¬ 
tive Medicine of the University ; Prof. Colby, representing 
Principal Peterson, of the University; Dr. J. F. Winchester, 
representing New England Alumni Association, A. V. C., and 
Dr. Williams, M. D., representing the Graduates Society of 
McGill, and Drs. W. E. Williams, Ithaca, N. Y.; J. M. Parker, 
Haverhill, Mass.; B. D. Pierce, Springfield, Mass.; G. H. Lee, 
Boston; A. S. Cleaves, West Gardner, Mass.; J. H. Roberts, C. 
A. Boutelle, H. H. Neucomb, D. Cullen, J. C. Parker, J. F. 
Fahey, L. A. Paquin, D. B. Comstock and W. Lincoln 
Bell. 
After a meeting in the reception room for the purpose of in¬ 
troducing the graduates of the different years an adjournment 
was taken to the banquet hall, where after a repast in which 
the chef surpassed himself, the toasts and address of Prof. W. 
L. Williamson u Veterinary Progress” was listened to with much 
interest. In the business meeting following it was decided to 
form a permanent society under the name of the “ Graduates 
Society, Faculty of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary 
Science, McGill University,” with an annual subscription of 
two dollars, of which the surplus, after deducting current ex¬ 
penses, is to be held in trust until there is sufficient to endow a 
