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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
ARMY INTELLIGENCE. 
By the resignation of Dr. Wogt, lateiy of the 8th .Regiment 
of Cavalry, the position of senior and junior veterinary surgeon 
to that regiment is vacant. The pay of the senior is $100 and of 
the junior $75 per month. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
MASSACHUSETTS VETERINARY ASSOCIATION. 
The regular monthly meeting of the Massachusetts Veterinary Association 
was held at 19 Boylston Place, Boston, Wednesday evening, September 2, 1885. 
Dr. F. S. Billings presided, and there were present Drs. Blackwood, Bryden, 
Bunker, Byrne, Harrison, Howard, Osgood, Peters, Skally, Winchester, Wins¬ 
low ; also as visitors, A. Marshall, M.R.C.V.S., of Glasgow; Mr. Webber and 
Mr. Allen of Boston. 
After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and accepted, Dr. 
Bunker moved that all further business be suspended until after the reading and 
discussion of the paper. Motion carried. 
Dr. Austin Peters then read a paper, having for its title “An American Vet- 
rinarian’s Impressions of the Profession in England.” The essayist, a graduate 
of the American Veterinary College, supplemented his course of study at this 
institution with a year’s study at the Royal College, Loudon, having conferred 
upon him the degree of Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
Later he visited the different veterinary institutions of England, and also some of 
those in France and Germany. 
His descriptions of the different institutions, their buildings, grounds, mu¬ 
seums, etc., his interviews with their prolessors, and his experiments both with 
students and general practitioners were very intertaining. 
None the less interesting were his criticisms of the course of study pursued 
at some of the schools, of their pupilage system, the granting of Fellowship de¬ 
grees, etc., etc., all together forming a novel and interesting paper. At its con¬ 
clusion a unanimous vote of thanks was tendered the essayist. 
A quorum of the Executive Committee not being present, Dr. Osgood was 
appointed a member pro tem. 
On motion of Dr. Winchester it was voted that the Chair appoint three mem¬ 
bers who shall constitute a delegation to represent this Association at the annual 
meeting of the United States Veterinary Medical Association, to be held in New 
York City, September 15tli. The Chair appointed as that committee, Drs. 
Bunker, Osgood and Howard. 
Dr. Bryden was appointed essayist for the next meeting, and announced as 
his subject, “ The Horse’s Foot.” 
