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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
MASSACHUSETTS VETERINARY ASSOCIATION. 
The regular November meeting of the Massachussetts Veterinary Association 
was held on the 5th ult., and called to order at 8 p. m., when twelve members 
answered the roll call, and the minutes of last meeting were read and adopted. 
The executive committee reported on an order of business, was accepted. 
Dr. Soule’s, of Hyde Park, application for membership was unfavorably re¬ 
ported upon by the executive committee, and the Secretary was notified to com¬ 
municate the fact to him. 
Dr. Byrne was appointed the next essayist. Subject, “Indigestion.” 
Adjourned. 
The regular monthly meeting of the Massachusetts Veterinary Association 
was held December 3d, 1884, and called to order at 8 p. m., with W. Bryden in 
the chair, when the minutes of last meeting were read and accepted. Twelve 
members answered the roll call. 
Dr. Soule was present, and anxious to find out why he was rejected. It was 
moved by Dr. S. Kally and seconded that a special investigating committee of 
three be appointed by the chair to inquire into the standing of the Columbia Vet¬ 
erinary College, and report at an early date. Drs. Skally, Housard and Osgood 
were appointed as this committee. A letter from Dr. Soule to the Secretary was 
then read, and it was moved and seconded that it be placed on file. 
Dr. Byrne read an article on “Indigestion in the Horse,”* and after a general 
and heated discussion by the members, a vote of thanks was tendered him. 
Dr. Bunker was appointed next essayist. Adjourned. 
W. Bryden, V.S., President. J. F. Winchester, Secretary. 
MONTREAL VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The regular fortnightly meeting of the Montreal Veterinary Medical Asso¬ 
ciation was held in the lecture room of the college on the 27th of November, at 
eight p. m. Mr. Wilcocks of Guelph, Ont., was elected a member. 
Mr. Mayor communicated a case of flatulent colic which came under his no¬ 
tice last summer, and was treated by the operation of enterotomy, and proved 
successful. This treatment though not often resorted to in Canada, is frequently 
made use of by some American practitioners in the treatment of flatulent colic, 
and also by many English practitioners. If properly performed, there is little risk. 
Mr. E. Wallis Hoare then read an interesting and well prepared paper on 
“ Observations on the Examination of Horses as to Soundness.” He first ex¬ 
plained the difference between soundness in the legal sense and in a practical 
sense, showing that the veterinary surgeon lias also to decide what interferes with 
the usefulness of the animal. He next described the method of examination 
which was made use of by the late Professor Dick, and proved the most success¬ 
ful of all. Also the defects and blemishes likely to be met with, and the impor¬ 
tance of each, dwelling specially on spavin and coarse hocks, showing that they 
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