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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
Messrs. Roman and Lonhienne give it in doses of 60 grammes 
(about 2 ounces) every day, combined with friction on the head 
and hypodermic injections every 4 hours, in doses of 2 grammes 
daily. 
Roman has given 80 grammes per day, placing his patient in 
a dark stable, covering him well, giving him plenty of water, and 
arranging an apparatus to allow him to rest without becoming 
fatigued (probably slings). 
Franqois has also used chloral in a case where all other agents 
failed to give any relief. He also treated a cow with it, which 
recovered; her case was one of traumatic nature, supposed to 
be the result of a fall. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
MONTREAL VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The first regular fortnightly meeting of this Association was 
held in the lecture room of the Veterinary College, 6 Union 
Avenue, on Thursday evening last, Mr. M. C. Baker, V. S., 1st 
Vice-Bresident, in the chair. After preliminary business the fol¬ 
lowing gentlemen were ballotted for and duly Elected members : 
Messrs. E. P. Ball, Henry Kingman, George Kennicks, T. A. 
Bishop, J. E. Gardner, and W. H. Klock. Messrs. John Henry, 
Jr., and C. P. Drake were proposed as members. 
Professor Osier, of the McGill University, then delivered an 
address in which he gave an account of his recent visit to Eng¬ 
land, during which he attended the meetings of the British 
National Veterinary Congress as the representative of this 
College. He gave an interesting resume of the proceedings of 
the congress, and paid a high tribute to the zeal and professional 
ability of the President, George Eleming, F. R. V. C. S., to 
whom, with Mr. J. H. Steel, the unqualified success of the con¬ 
gress was in a great measure due. He also referred to the pleas¬ 
ing fact that the profession had taken a forward step there in 
securing status and protection by the passage of the Veterinary 
Surgeon’s bill. In the discussion which followed, Mr. C. J. Alio- 
