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cup, to be an everlasting tribute of gratitude and affection to 
the father of the veterinary profession in America. 
Dr. Liautard assures me in his letter that he will be here to 
participate in the celebration of the Silver Anniversary of 
old A. V. C. How long he will be with us we do not know, 
and we should accept the opportunity of showing our apprecia¬ 
tion of him who has labored so long and so well for our pro¬ 
fession. W. H. Pkndry, D. V. S., 
President Alumni Association^ A. V. C. 
OBITUARY. 
William Machan, V.S.—Through a most distressing acci¬ 
dent this popular veterinarian lost his life on October ii, at his 
home, 358 West Forty-eighth Street, New York City. On the 
5th, while administering an injection to a horse the animal 
dropped dead, falling upon the doctor and crushing his skull. He 
lingered until the morning of the iith, when he died of menin¬ 
gitis. He graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1884, 
and was a member and regular attendant upon the meetings of 
the New York State and New York County Veterinary Medical 
Associations, and though of a retiring disposition, he always 
took a deep interest in the proceedings, and was ever ready to 
undertake anything which would be to the advantage of his 
profession. By his genial disposition he had endeared himself 
to his fellow-members, who will read the news of his untimely 
demise with sincere regret. 
At the late meeting of the New York State Society the 
writer sat opposite Dr. Machan and admired his splendid and 
powerful physique, the picture of robust manhood. To record 
now his abrupt taking-off emphasizes very forcibly the truth of 
the proverb that “in the midst of life we are in death.” 
R. R. B. 
Frederick William Turner, Ph.G., D.V.S.—This well- 
known veterinarian died at his home, 91 Lawrence Street, New 
York City, the latter part of September. He graduated from 
the A. V. C. in 1890, and had practiced in Ne\v York City ever 
since. He formerly lived in Hackensack, N. J., and had been 
a member of the U. S. V. M. A. and the New York County 
V. M. Association. 
Lewis M. Bignell, D.V.S.—At Woodstown, N. J., in Sep¬ 
tember, Dr. Bignell died after a long illness. He graduated 
from the A. V. C. in 1886 and located in Philadelphia, after- 
