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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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College, Tuesday evening, February 12, 1884, for which Dr. 
Liautard has kindly volunteered to prepare a paper. 
H. T. Foote, 
Sec. pro tem . 
OHIO VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The Ohio State Veterinary Medical Association held its first annual meeting 
in the parlors of the American House, at Cleveland, on the 8th inst. The meet¬ 
ing was called to order at two (2) P. M., by the President W. C. Fair, V.S., 
Cleveland, who addressed the meeting at some length, giving a history of the 
Association since its organization at Columbus in September last, also the object 
of the present meeting, etc., then called on the Secretary, J. M. Waddel, Col¬ 
umbus, for the financial report, which was read and adopted. 
The Secretary was then instructed to call the roll, and the following gentle¬ 
men answered to their names, viz : W. C. Fair, V.S., Cleveland; J. V.Newton, 
V.S., Toledo; T. B. Cotton, V.S., Mount Vernon; J. M. Waddel, V.S., Colum¬ 
bus; J. S. Butler, V.S., Piqua; T. B. Hillock, V.S., Columbus; L. B. Chase, 
V.S., Berlin; W. F. Derr, V.S., Wooster; W. E. Wright, V.S., Delaware; W. 
A. Labror, V. S., Xenia; G. W. Bowler, M.D., V.S., Cincinnati; W. R. Howe, 
V.S., Dayton ; F. Z. Groff,V.S., Massillon; L. D. Blanchard,V.S., Canton; W. 
Huntsberger, V.S., East Union; J. Jeanniu, D.V.S., Canal Dover. 
The minutes of the previous meeting was then read and approved. 
The next in order of business was the election of officers for the ensuing 
year, as follows: W. C. Fair, Cleveland, President; J. V. Newton, Toledo; 1st 
Vice-President; T. B. Cotton, Mount Vernon, 2d Vice-President; W. A. Labror, 
Xenia, 3d Vice-President; J. M. Waddel, Columbus, Recording Secretary; J. 
S. Butler, Piqua, Corresponding Secretary; T. B. Hillock, Columbus, Treasurer. 
Board of Censors—W. R. Howe, Dayton ; L. B. Chase, Berlin ; G. F. Derr, 
Wooster. 
The following gentlemen was then proposed for membership : J. Crotty, M.R. 
C.V.S., Cleveland; A. H. Tanner, V.S., Ashtabula; J. H. Miller, V.S., Seville; 
R. W. Whitehead, V.S., Youngstown; J. E. Taylor, V.S., Toledo; J. Youker- 
man, V.S., and D. P. Youkerman, V.S., Cleveland; D. Hank, Orville; C. A. 
Garrison, Houston; L. C. Spidell, Newark; G. O. Harlan, Tremont, and were 
referred to the Board of Censors. All were admitted to membership except Hank, 
Garrison, Spidell and Harlan, who, being non-graduates, were requested to pre¬ 
sent themselves for examination before the Board of Censors at the next meet¬ 
ing of the Association. 
The visiting gentlemen were, L. Vandervoot, V.S., Trenton, Canada; A. 
Hummel, D.V.S., Cleveland; J. Martin, D.V.S., Cleveland, and others. 
The Corresponding Secretary then read letters of regret from Prof. A. H. 
Baker, V.S., President Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, Chicago; 
Thomas Wright, V.S., President Iowa State Veterinary Association, Daven¬ 
port, Iowa; T. E. Daniels, Esq., of the U. 8. Veterinary Journal , and others. 
Also the resignation of T. J. Martin V.S., of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, as one of 
the Board of Censors, he having left the State, which was accepted. 
T. B. Cotton, V.S., Mount Vernon, was then called upon to read an essay on 
“Veterinary Dentistry.” The paper was an exhaustive one and brought forth 
an animated discussion. 
The essayest took the ground that carious supernumerary teeth were fre¬ 
quently the causes of ophthalmia, and in some cases resulted in the loss of vision, 
and related numerous cases, and presented several specimens of teeth to support 
his theory. But notwithstanding these evidences, he was opposed by the ma¬ 
jority of those present, prominent among whom were Messrs. Fair, Howe, White- 
head, Newton, Youkerman, etc., who related cases to support their objections. 
The essayist also asserted, that injuries to the buccal membrane from sharp and 
