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M.B ., B .Sc ., M.R.C.V.S. , LL.D ., F.R.S.E , The retirin/i Principa! (after 35 y ears) of the R oyal V elerill ary
PRO F ESS OR
SIR
J OHN !\1 C FADYEAN,
College, L ondon.
THE
VETERINARY'" JOURNAL Editor: FREDERICK HOBDAY, C.M.G., F.R.C.V.S., F.R.S.E., HONORARY VETERINARY SURGEO:; TO [flS MAJESTY THE KING, OFFIClER DU MERITE AGR I CO LE (FR ANC Ej, CAVALI ERE DEl S5. MAURIZIO E L AZZARO (IT ALY). HONORARY MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY ASSOCIATION, AND FORMERLY PROFESSOR I N THE ROYA L VETERINARY COL LEGE, LONDO N.
Sub. Editor : GLADSTONE MAYALL, M.R.C.V.S.
AUGUST , 1927.
Btograpbp RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR SIR JOHN Mc FADYEAN, M.B ., B.Sc. , M.R.C.V.S. , LL.D ., F.R.S.E . THE whole pTofession, and esp ecially his o ld stud e nts, will learn with r egret of the resig nation from the p ost of Prin cipal of the R oyal Veterinary 'College, Lo ndon, of Professor Sir J ohn McFadyea n, as it severs the s tronges t link which has ever exist ed in th e cha in b etween the lab oratory a nd veterin a ry practitione rs; no t only of Britis h natio nali ty (for science r ecog ni ses no d iffe rences in t h is r espect ), but a ll ove r th e civilised world . Ever since his graduation from the R oyal (D ick) Vet er inary College in Ed inburg h i n r 876, and his app ointme n t the re, first as Professor of A na tom y and s uhseq uent ly as Professor of Pathology and Bact eriology, then as Principa l a nd D ean of th e College in London, Professor McFadyean 's name has been a ho usehold word in veterina ry circles in eve r y civilised co untry of th e wo rld. It is quite impossible to over- estimate th e great influe nce he h as h ad in advancing the position of the vet erinary professio n in Great Britain, a nd to attempt to d etail a hundredth part of the work h e has done fo r us wou ld fill a volume. Hi o:· work is well kno wn to eve ryone, a nd his well-thought-out opinion h as a lways been freely g iven , b oth to stud ent a nd prac titioner, upon r eq uest . F e w of u s b ut what owe him a personal debt in th is respect, a nd o ur hea rtfelt wish is t hat he may live for m a ny years to enj oy, with Lady McFadyean (who, as the dau ghter of a nother mu ch -b eloved t each er, the late Professo r W alley, is also endeared to t he profession), a well-earned r est; not, h owever, in such re tire ment that his mature and well-ba la nced judgm ent cannot still be accessible for helping to unravel the many intricate problems which co me forward again and again in matters p er- . taining to th e veterina r y wo rld.
PRO F ESS OR
SIR
J OHN !\1 C FADYEAN,
College, L ondon.
THE
VETERINARY'" JOURNAL Editor: FREDERICK HOBDAY, C.M.G., F.R.C.V.S., F.R.S.E., HONORARY VETERINARY SURGEO:; TO [flS MAJESTY THE KING, OFFIClER DU MERITE AGR I CO LE (FR ANC Ej, CAVALI ERE DEl S5. MAURIZIO E L AZZARO (IT ALY). HONORARY MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY ASSOCIATION, AND FORMERLY PROFESSOR I N THE ROYA L VETERINARY COL LEGE, LONDO N.
Sub. Editor : GLADSTONE MAYALL, M.R.C.V.S.
AUGUST , 1927.
Btograpbp RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR SIR JOHN Mc FADYEAN, M.B ., B.Sc. , M.R.C.V.S. , LL.D ., F.R.S.E . THE whole pTofession, and esp ecially his o ld stud e nts, will learn with r egret of the resig nation from the p ost of Prin cipal of the R oyal Veterinary 'College, Lo ndon, of Professor Sir J ohn McFadyea n, as it severs the s tronges t link which has ever exist ed in th e cha in b etween the lab oratory a nd veterin a ry practitione rs; no t only of Britis h natio nali ty (for science r ecog ni ses no d iffe rences in t h is r espect ), but a ll ove r th e civilised world . Ever since his graduation from the R oyal (D ick) Vet er inary College in Ed inburg h i n r 876, and his app ointme n t the re, first as Professor of A na tom y and s uhseq uent ly as Professor of Pathology and Bact eriology, then as Principa l a nd D ean of th e College in London, Professor McFadyean 's name has been a ho usehold word in veterina ry circles in eve r y civilised co untry of th e wo rld. It is quite impossible to over- estimate th e great influe nce he h as h ad in advancing the position of the vet erinary professio n in Great Britain, a nd to attempt to d etail a hundredth part of the work h e has done fo r us wou ld fill a volume. Hi o:· work is well kno wn to eve ryone, a nd his well-thought-out opinion h as a lways been freely g iven , b oth to stud ent a nd prac titioner, upon r eq uest . F e w of u s b ut what owe him a personal debt in th is respect, a nd o ur hea rtfelt wish is t hat he may live for m a ny years to enj oy, with Lady McFadyean (who, as the dau ghter of a nother mu ch -b eloved t each er, the late Professo r W alley, is also endeared to t he profession), a well-earned r est; not, h owever, in such re tire ment that his mature and well-ba la nced judgm ent cannot still be accessible for helping to unravel the many intricate problems which co me forward again and again in matters p er- . taining to th e veterina r y wo rld.