Malleus and Podagra: Lead Poisoning in Horse and Man 

An account of Lead Poisoning in Horse and Man. A 1918 outbreak of mysterious condition in Baghdad, which was probably lead toxicity. Description of Plumbism, use of lead in Roman times, medicinal and veterinary uses of lead. The condition ’malleus’ is described as being related to lead toxicity. Accounts of human cases of lead toxicity, including Podagra and Cheiragra from Roman times, which was associated with lead water pipes.

R E Walker

Zoonoses in South Wales 1875-1915   

A review of Tuberculosis in people in South Wales, Swansea, Llanelli and Llandeilo. A history of the various outbreaks and incidents and how they were investigated. A veterinary inspector was appointed in 1901.

I M Niven Mackay

A Hunterian Account of Human Rabies  

The description of a case of human hydrophobia (Rabies) by John Hunter, with symptoms and post-mortem findings in 1776.

Elizabeth Allen & John E Cooper

Veterinary Cross Currents in Ideas on Infectious Diseases since Aristotle 

A history of the relationship between knowledge of medical and veterinary disease from ancient Greece to nineteenth century. Vegetius wrote extensively on veterinary subjects. Albertus Magnus was writing in the thirteenth century. Opening of first European Veterinary schools in Lyon were in 1762 and in Alfort in 1766..

Lise Wilkinson