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OBITUARY. 
We have to record the death of Mr. William Dycer, 
veterinary surgeon, Dublin. A writer in the Irish Agricul¬ 
tural Review says of him— 
“ Another star has passed away. William Dycer, the last 
of his name, connected professionally with horses, is no more. 
Like a meteor, he flashed through the horizon of veterinary 
science; his career brief, though brilliant. Endowed by 
nature with strong physical as well as mental powers, and 
inheriting independence of character as well as means, in 
early life he gave rein to the impulse of his nature, and 
devoted himself principally to the manly sports peculiar to 
his country, his innate aptitude for some of which was most 
strikingly evinced, though not solely at the expense of intel¬ 
lectual study. Though the name of Dycer had become as 
familiar as household words in its association with that noble 
animal, the horse, he first became a veterinary surgeon from 
taste, and not from any motive of practising it as a vocation; 
but when his brother Edward died—regretted by all as a 
friend, a gentleman, and a citizen, fully as much as he had 
been admired through life as a man of talent, truth, and pro¬ 
fessional probity, as well as brilliancy—William Dycer, the 
subject of the present obituary (from the pen of one who was 
the playmate of his childhood, as well as in after years one 
of his fellow-labourers in the field of veterinary science), 
launched into the practice of hippiatric surgery, as a candi¬ 
date for public favour and emolument. His professional 
career, though short, was frequently brilliant, always honora¬ 
ble. In private life he evinced such striking proofs of his 
social standard and tastes, both natural and acquired, that 
few who had the privilege of his acquaintance can ever hope 
to meet his like again. He died on the 24th instant, at mid¬ 
night, aged 39 years. His illness was sudden, his death 
unexpected. Requiescat in pace.” 
Died, at Kamptre, Thomas Arnold, M.R.C.V.S., 4th 
Madras Native Light Cavalry. His diploma bears date June 
51st, 1843. 
