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purposes were not understood, and when their objects were 
; 'k'nownV'O faith was placed in their movement by interested par¬ 
ities because of its (to them) impracticableness. But Dr. Gads¬ 
den was an/enthusiast, and his strong faith and great energy 
helped largely to strengthen the purposes of the government, 
and the'successful termination of that grand work has been the 
greatest appeal the struggling veterinary profession of this 
country has ever made in seeking legislative recognition and in 
extending veterinary watchfulness of states and municipalities 
over the meat and milk industries. 
Dr. Gadsden retired from practice in 1891, but ever retained 
his interest in the profession. About a year ago he married the 
widow of the late Dr. Michener, who survives him. 
David Roberge. —Probably no man in the history of the 
country was better known as a shoer of horses than was the 
subject of this sketch, who died at Coney Island, New York, on 
July 9th, at the age of 72. He had for many years held a 
foremost position as a shoer of valuable road-horses, being cele¬ 
brated as a corrector of defectuosities of gait and for the over¬ 
coming of lameness by mechanical means. This latter propo¬ 
sition became a passion with him, and his time became almost 
engrossed with that idea, which was greatly encouraged by 
constant association with Robert Bonner, who was his life-long 
friend. His work, “ The Foot of the Horse,” enjoyed a large 
sale, which is yet maintained.- His son, Frank P. Roberge, 
graduated in veterinary medicine from the American in 1880, 
became the inventor of the hoof-expander bearing his name, 
and has devoted himself largely to it ever since. 
Wilder D. Southwick, D.V.S.—Of typhoid fever, on July 
13th, after an illness of five weeks, this promising and hard¬ 
working veterinarian died at his home in Woonsocket, R. I., 
leaving a widow and two young daughters, besides a large circle 
of relatives and friends to mourn for the untimely culmination 
of a career which was reflecting the greatest credit upon his 
profession and alma mater. He was just thirty-one years old, 
was a graduate of the American Veterinary College, class of ’87, 
and had already achieved a prominent position in his city and 
State, being especially energetic in a study of the tuberculin 
test as a means of eradicating the scourge of consumption from 
among the dairy herds of his State, his opinion being sought 
frequently in consultation in various parts of New En~1— d in 
reference to that subject. The sympathy of a wide circle is ex¬ 
tended to his bereaved family. 
