COLLEGE DIPLOMA. 
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Dr. Pearson was an excellent classic, and well versed in Eng¬ 
lish literature. Shakspeare was his favorite study, and he is 
said to have left some ingenious commentaries on the works of 
that immortal bard. He has been accused of somewhat penu¬ 
rious habits; but he was most liberal at his table, disinterested 
in his friendship, cheerful and jocose in conversation, and truly 
attached to his family. 
We conclude this sketch of the late Dr. George Pearson, for 
some of the non-veterinary portion of which we are indebted to 
to “The Gentleman’s Magazine,” in the language of “ Non- 
eligible:”—“ Peace be unto his venerable manes. Blessed be 
his much and long-to-be-respected memory. In him, medical 
science has been deprived of a diligent, zealous, and successful 
labourer ; in him the veterinarian has lost a true, a long-tried 
friend.” 
Gentlemen, 
I send you a copy of the first Diploma ever granted by the 
Veterinary College. It is of itself curious, both from the cir¬ 
cumstance of its being the “very first” document of that descrip¬ 
tion, and as a proof at how early a period the original regulations 
of the College were violated : as such, it may probably prove 
worthy of insertion in your interesting “ Miscellanea.” 
Your’s, 
June 20, 1830. Philo-Vet. 
Veterinary College . 
Twenty-second day of April, 1794. 
These are to certify, that Mr. Edmund Bond has attended 
the Veterinary College as a Resident Pupil for Eighteen Months; 
and having been examined by us, we consider him as qualified 
to practise the Veterinary Art. 
Henry Cline. 
M. Bail lie. 
John Abernethy. 
Astley Cooper. 
Edw d . Coleman, ProJ'essor . W m . Iloulston. 
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W m . Mounshor, Secretary. Everard Home. 
(A Copy.) 
