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horse, and iodide of potassium was prescribed in the drinking 
water. Fourteen days after beginning this treatment the horse 
became blind in both eyes. Examination proved the contents 
of the eyes to be of a normal character ; no signs of inflamma¬ 
tion were present. At the same time, the disturbance in loco¬ 
motion got to be so bad that the animal could hardly walk to 
the place to be destroyed. When an autopsy was performed, a 
thrombus 17 cm. long was found in the right humeral artery, 
which reached into the brachial artery. The cause of the sud¬ 
den blindness could not be explained.— {Ztschr.f. Vet.) 
OBITUARY. 
DEATH OF PRINCIPAL WILLIAMS. 
The profession of veterinary medicine sustained the loss of a 
distinguished member on November 12, when William Wil¬ 
liams, Principal of the New Veterinary College, Edinburgh, 
succumbed to heart failure, having suffered from bronchitis for 
some time, though there were no fears of his early demise. To 
English speaking veterinarians throughout the world his was a 
most familiar name, rendered so principally through his two 
volumes : u The Theory and Practice of Veterinary Medicine ” 
and “ The Theory and Practice of Veterinary Surgery,” they 
having been accepted as standard text-books in all colleges of 
veterinary medicine where the language is spoken. His fame 
was added to through his editorship of the Veterinary Journal , 
to which he succeeded upon the retirement of George Fleming. 
First associated with the Dick Veterinary College he became 
involved in a serious controversy with the trustees, which re¬ 
sulted in his withdrawal and the establishing of the school in 
Leith Walk, in 1872, which has been presided over by him ever 
since. He was born in 1832, in Wales, graduated from the 
Dick College about 1858, winning the gold medal of the High¬ 
land Society in competition with Principal McCall, of the Glas¬ 
gow Veterinary College ; Principal Law, of the New York State 
Veterinary College, and Mr. Field, of London. He was an 
honorary member of almost every veterinary association in 
Great Britain, and held many other posts of honor, having been 
a councilman of the city of Edinburgh for eight years. His 
son, W. Owens Williams, who has been his father’s partner for 
a number of years has succeeded to Principalsliip of the New 
College, and as editor of the Veterinary Journal. 
