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The “ fell tyrant/’ death, has within the past month struck 
out of our list two members of the profession, both of them 
veterinary surgeons in the army:—Mr. Bloxam, and Mr. 
Ganley. 
Being, as we may say, one of the “ fathers” of the infant pro¬ 
fession, the lamented Mr. Bloxam was known, by name, to almost 
all, and with very many of us personally acquainted: indeed, 
the very name of Bloxam is one which has now come before the 
public with some share of interest and importance, from its con¬ 
nection with the family of the late President of the Royal Aca¬ 
demy. 
Mr. Samuel Bloxam, the subjectof the present brief notice, 
was brother to Dr. Bloxam of Rugby ; he had besides two other 
brothers, both now living. With an excellent education, 
Mr. Bloxam entered as a pupil at the Veterinary College, in 
the year 1793 ; and after obtaining his diploma, entered the First 
Regiment of Life Guards, in which he served the lengthened 
period of thirty years ; and in the year 1827 retired : an occasion 
on which the officers belonging to the regiment presented him 
with a handsome gold snuff-box, with an inscription engraven 
upon the lid expressive of their great respect and esteem for him. 
On his retirement, he went to reside at Windsor, there to enjoy 
his well-merited “ otium cum dignitatescarcely, however, had 
he set himself down in “ peace and quietude,” but he was called 
to “ another and a better world.” He was an excellent classical 
scholar, and in pursuit of classical lore spent the most valuable 
hours of his life ; a hobby which, on our part, is much to be 
regretted, as it bore him away from professional research; other¬ 
wise we might now have had the gratifying duty of recording his 
works as a veterinary author. We do not remember ever to 
have seen his name in print but once as a veterinary writer; and 
on that occasion, we were more than once subsequently assured 
by himself, that it had appeared without his consent, and ex¬ 
tremely against his inclination ; indeed, he did at one time con¬ 
template rectifying the error in the eye of the public. Such, 
however, was his diffidence, or rather his modesty and aversion 
to public notice, that he at length relinquished the affair. His 
courteous and gentlemanly address, his urbanity of manners, and 
his soft and elegant and amusing conversation, wall be long re¬ 
membered by those who have been in the habit of meeting 
Mr. Bloxam at the festive board ; and by none longer remem- 
