OBITUARY—MR. W. HKNDERSOX. 
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he was altogether unconscious of the presence of the caustic in 
the medicine. In a moment of hurry or thoughtlessness a dirty 
bottle had been taken, the contents of which were probably un¬ 
known to, and their nature unsuspected by, his people. There 
was the source of the evil—carelessness; the easily besetting sin 
of too many of the veterinary surgeons* assistants, and too often 
of the veterinary surgeon himself. It is an evil against which 
every one who values the interests of his employer, or his own re¬ 
putation, should sternly set his face. As much cleanliness and 
order should prevail in the pharmacy of the veterinary surgeon as 
in the best apartment of his house. 
Our principal regret is, that Mr. Matthews could have been 
deluded to defend an action like this. Y. 
The following Gentlemen have obtained their diplomas at the 
Royal Veterinary College:— 
July \Qth, 1838.—Mr. H. Boden, London ; Mr. W. Ridgman, 
Launceston ; and Mr. J. Stoddard, Richmond, Yorkshire. 
July 26M, 1838.—Mr. P. Thrale, Croydon ; Mr. W. A. Jack- 
son, Preston ; Mr. W. Hicke, Dover; and Mr. J. Kingsley, Deal. 
Otituarj)* 
Mr. WILLIAM HENDERSON, Edinburgh. 
[We copy the following tribute to the memory of Mr. Henderson 
from a letter of Mr. Archibald Wilson, of Edinburgh. We 
were once only in the company of Mr. Henderson, at the house 
of our mutual friend, Mr. Dick. We were pleased with his 
evident kind-lieartedness, and with the sound views which he 
entertained on many points of veterinary practice. His contri¬ 
butions to The Veterinarian did him much credit.—Y,] 
I HAVE just returned from fulfilling the last sad and melan¬ 
choly office of conveying to the dark and narrow house appointed 
for all living, the remains of a friend and an elder-brother veteri¬ 
narian, Mr. William Henderson, of this city. To the reader of 
The Veterinarian Mr. Henderson was well known, as most 
of his communications to that Journal were of the best and use¬ 
ful description. To every one of Mr. Dick’s pupils he was al¬ 
ways friendly—always ready to communicate information in the 
clearest and most kindly manner; and his place at the yearly 
