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CORRESPONDENCE. 
He was a student, ever at work either in his library, on 
the dissecting table or on the subject, working long into the 
night; to be found again early among his clientage. 
Blessed with a retentive memory, a thirst for knowledge, 
and an indomitable will and perseverance, how else could 
such a man impress those who knew him save with admira¬ 
tion and respect. 
As a colleague of years standing has remarked, “ He was 
a hard student, a good practitioner, a clean, honest man, and 
such a one as the profession can ill afford to lose. Would 
that there were more of them.” 
Free from any desire for position himself, it was only 
when fairly thrust upon him that he would accept such 
places. 
One of the founders of the United States Veterinary 
Medical Association, he has ever shown the liveliest interest 
in its welfare until sickness and age prevented his attendance 
at its meetings. In 1869 the University of Vermont conferred 
on him the degree of M. D. 
About ten years since he had a paralytic shock, from 
which he had never fully recovered, and yet since then he 
has done much work on both the State and National Com¬ 
mission, as well as in private practice. 
He passed quietly away after an illness of about three 
weeks, evincing even to within a few days of his death much 
interest in a colleague’s case. 
In Dr. Thayer’s death the profession has lost a member 
whose aim was ever upward and onward, not only for himself 
but for his profession, and his life is an example for the 
younger members of the profession to follow. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
A VETERINARIAN WANTED. 
Lowenburg Building, Norfolk, Va. 
Sir :—Can you refer me to a veterinary surgeon who 
desires a good location? To the right man I have a good 
opening. 
W. D. Pender. 
