OBITUARY. 
WILLIAM DANA CRITCHERSON, M.D., D.V.S. 
Dr. William D. Critcherson died suddenly of cerebral apo¬ 
plexy at his home in Westerly, R. I., on Monday, April 8, 1912, 
-in the fifty-fourth year of his age. Dr. Critcherson was born at 
the above place September 11, 1858, and received his early edu¬ 
cation in the public schools of that town. On reaching man¬ 
hood he entered the American Veterinary College, in New York 
City, from which institution he graduated in 1883, receiving the 
degree of doctor of veterinary surgery. Upon getting his de¬ 
gree he took the competitive examination for house surgeon in 
the college hospital, and was appointed to the hospital staff by 
Prof. Liautard, serving in the capacity of house surgeon for one 
year, when he began the practice of his chosen profession at 
Norwich, Conn. After a year and a half at that place he ac¬ 
cepted a position as assistant to Dr. De Voe at the stables of the 
Fourth Avenue Street Railway Company, New York. On the 
retirement of Dr. De Voe, shortly afterward, Dr. Critcherson 
was placed at the head of the veterinary service, where he re¬ 
mained until the road was changed to the electric system, and 
many veterinarians who were students of twenty and twenty- 
five years ago remember his kindly advice and practical instruc¬ 
tion, freely given them when they would call at the Fourth ave¬ 
nue stables, which they frequently did, a dozen at a time, after 
the close of the college clinic on Saturday afternoon. On his 
return to New York to accept the position with the street rail¬ 
way company Dr. Critcherson took up the study of medicine and 
received the M. D. degree in 1888 from the medical department 
of the University of the City of New York. When the Fourth 
avenue road changed its system Dr. Critcherson accepted a po¬ 
sition with the American Express Company of New York, with 
whom he remained eleven years, when he left New York, in 
1906, returning to his birthplace, where he purchased “ The 
Knolls/’ a beautiful country home on the outskirts of Westerly, 
R. I., where he remained to the time of his death. Dr. Critcher¬ 
son was an ideal practitioner of veterinary medicine, careful, ob¬ 
servant, methodical, and had a rich clientele outside of his con- 
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