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ARMY APPOINTMENT. 
Veterinary Department, War Office, 
April Qth. 
Veterinary Surgeon, First Class, James Lambert, from the 17th 
Lancers, to be Veterinary Surgeon, First Class; Veterinary Surgeon 
Stuart Murray Wilson, from the 12th Lancers, to be Veterinary 
Surgeon. 
The Army and Navy Gazette , of April 17th, says that no fewer than 
seven regiments, viz. the 1st Dragoons, 3rd Hussars, 5th Lancers, 12th 
Lancers, 16th Lancers, 17th Lancets, and 21st Hussars, are now without 
veterinary surgeons. 
OBITUARY. 
We deeply regret to have to report the death of Professor Sharpey, 
by which event England has lost one of its most eminent physiologists. 
For many years Dr. Sharpey held a foremost place among scientists at 
the Royal Institution and the London University, with which institutions 
he was officially connected. 
The science of veterinary medicine owes him a deep debt of gratitude 
as a physiologist, and the profession itself is no less indebted to him for 
having, amid all his investigations, found time to act as an Examiner of 
Veterinary Pupils. In this latter capacity he officiated from Dec., 1356, 
until May, 1875, when from impaired health he retired from the Board of 
Examiners. 
He died on the 11th of April, at his residence at Torrington Square, 
in the 79th year of his age. He was unmarried. 
On Thursday, April 15th, his remains were removed from his residence 
to University College, where the funeral was met by a large gathering 
of professional friends and others, who accompanied it to Euston Square 
Station, whence the body was forwarded to Arbroath, his native town, for 
interment. 
The Daily News, alluding to his death, says, that the deceased gentleman 
graduated M.D. at Edinburgh in 1823, was a Fellow of the Royal 
Societies of London and Edinburgh, L.L.D. Edinb., a Trustee of the 
Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, an 
institution in which he always took a great interest; he was also 
Emeritus Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in University College 
Hospital. The catalogue of Scientific Papers, published by the Royal 
Society of London, furnishes a long list of his contributions to the 
advancement of science, one of the most important being his “ Obser¬ 
vations and Experiments to Purkyne and Valentine’s paper on the Dis¬ 
covery of a Continued Vibratory Motion, produced by Cilia, as a general 
Phenomenon in Reptiles, Birds, and mammiferous Animals,” published 
in the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. 
We have also to record the death on Feb. 9th, 1880, at his residence, 
T ickenhall, near Derby, of Willi am Garrard, M.R.C.V.S., aged 60. Iiis 
diploma bears date May 29th, 1844. 
And of George Edward Cooper, M.R.C.V.S., late of Yeavely, Derby¬ 
shire, who died in London, January 14th, 1879, aged 32 years. His 
diploma bears date April 30th, 1867. 
