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OBITUARY. 
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OBITUARY. 
CHARLES B. MICHENER, D.V.S. 
We are late possibly in taking notice of the death of this 
worthy veterinarian, but absence from the country and news¬ 
paper notices received only more than a month after the sad 
event, is the only excuse for our apparent neglect. 
The newspapers and the professional journals have said all 
that could be said of interest to the public about Dr. C. B.'Mich- 
ener, they have recalled his graduating to the New York Col¬ 
lege of Veterinary Surgeons, to the American Veterinary 
College, his true alma mater , to which he became attached after¬ 
wards as professor of obstetrics, materia medica and therapeu¬ 
tics. His official life in connection with the work of the Bureau 
of Animal Industry, and his last relation to the National Veter¬ 
inary College. All of these have been recalled—but to us remain 
the pleasantest duty to say one word of him, who as a man of 
intelligence and ability, could have expected to reach the high¬ 
est professional veterinary honors one could deserve in this 
country, 
A student of one of the hardest workers in veterinary medi¬ 
cine on this continent (Dr. I. Michener, his father), Dr.' C. 
B. seemed to be possessed of even greater ability than his 
preceptor ; as a student (as we first knew him) he was one of 
the first in his class, as a practitioner he was most satisfactory to 
his employer, and as a teacher but few will be superior to him 
in his delivery and his manner of conveying instruction to those 
who listen to him. 
Of his faults no one has to judge, but as a veterinarian and a 
man of great ability, Dr. C. B. Michener stood amongst the first 
of his country. 
His diploma at the American Veterinary College is dated 
February, 1876. 
