OBITUARY. 
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will no doubt fill a good place in the study of veterinary anat¬ 
omy and become a benefit to every student of every nation. 
The universal veterinary anatomical nomenclature, which was 
announced at the Congress of Baden, will permit its being read 
by every one. There is no doubt that the completion of the 
work will be anxiously looked for. A. E. 
OBITUARY. 
JOSIAH HENRY STICKNEY, M. R. C. V. S. 
The death of this well-known veterinarian occurred at the 
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, February 4th, after an 
illness of about one week. His funeral took place at Mount 
Auburn Cemetery Chapel, Cambridge, at 12 m., February 7th, 
and was largely attended, among those present being a large 
delegation of former professional associates. 
In the above simple announcement the veterinary profession 
of this country will learn that there has departed from earth one 
of its great pillars of support—one of those noble characters 
which in its early struggles to gain a foothold among the 
learned and honorable professions were so few ; a little coterie 
who stood together and demanded recognition through examples 
of worth and honorable dealings. One after another of the 
“ old guard ” are passing away, and soon the roll-call of those 
who were present at the birth of 0111 national association will 
be answered by a solemn echo from beyond the grave. Only 
last month we were called upon to record the death of Charles 
Burden, one of its charter members, which is quickly followed 
by that of Dr. Stickney, its first President (1863-64). 
Josiah Henry Stickney was born in Boston, Feb. n, 1826. 
His father, Josiah Stickney, of Watertown, was a merchant and 
banker there ; he was President of the Market Bank and of the 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and a director of the West¬ 
ern Railroad and also of its successor, the Boston & Albany Rail¬ 
road. After attending the well-known private school of Gideon 
F. Thayer in Chauncy Place, Mr. Stickney, at his father’s desire, 
entered business in 1849 as a member of the firm of Cutler & 
Stickney, at 1 India Street. The paint, oil and glass trade was 
not congenial to the young man ; the outcome was that in 1854 
he commenced to study medicine with Dr. Daniel D. Slade ; 
later he attended the Tremont and Harvard medical schools ; 
while a student he spent one year as house surgeon at the Mas- 
