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The Veterinary History Society
VOLUME 21

Volume 21

Issue 1
CONTENTS

Editorial
‘Good Lord, Deliver us from the Devil, Plague and Pestilence….’
Bruce Vivash Jones

Obituary
John Clewlow

Papers and Articles
A Personal History of a Veterinary Family. The Dier family
Teresa Johnston

From Egypt to Rome: A History of Horse Training
Thoams Donaghy

The Life of Dr Peter Storie-Pugh CBE MC FRCVS
Paul Watkins

The 1853 Portrait of William Dick and the Undelivered Letters
Alastair A Macdonald, Alicia St Leger and Colin Warwick

The Historical Use of Garlic in Falcon Medicine
Jaime Samour, Luis Antonio Canelo Ramirez, Morena Bernadette Wernick

Dorset’s Horse Doctor: Dr Herbert Lake
Paul Watkins

Brucellosis in Fact and Fiction: A Crimean war Perspective
Mike Hinton

Pulius Falvius Renatus Vegetius’ Mulomedicinia on Equine medicine
Tim Cox

A Posological Table from 1937 – An Illustration

Volume 21

Issue 2
CONTENTS

Editorial
Lady Members of the RCVS
Bruce Vivash Jones

Papers and Articles
Aleen Cust: An Exceptional Life of Challenges and Obstacles Overcome
Bruce Vivash Jones and Donal Connolly

A Flying Elephant: The Life of Sidney ‘Crasher’ Smith MRCVS
Paul Watkins

Veterinary Anatomy History: From Indians to Greeks
Rafael Gonçalves Dias, Amanda Olivotti Ferreira, Amilton César dos Santos, Maria Angelica Miglino, Vicente Borelli and Bruno Gomes Vasconcelos

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons v Mr Richard Henry Groves
Teresa Johnston

The Edinburgh Veterinary Medical Society’s Library
Alastair A Macdonald, W T Johnston and Colin Warwick

A Public Plaudit for Phillipe-Etienne Lafosse (1738-1820)
Andrew Greenwood

Captain John Shipp. First Army Veterinary Surgeon
Alice Mihell

Memorial Stone Commemorating a Cow and Four Dogs at Langford House
Geoff Pearson

Fortunes of War
Paul Watkins

A tablet to Edward Coleman in the parish church of Burwash

Book Review
The History of Veterinary Medicine and the Animal-Human Relationship
by Bruce Vivash Jones

Privileged Horses: The Italian Renaissance Court Stable
by Sarah G Duncan

Letter
Missing Paragraphs from Article about Peter Storie-Pugh
Paul Watkins

Volume 21

Issue 3
CONTENTS

Editorial
1761: The Most Important Date in Veterinary History
Bruce Vivash Jones

Papers and Articles
Perthes Disease in the Dog: An Early Report of Its Treatment by Hemiarthroplasty
Paul Watkins

The Life and Works of William Taplin (1750-1807). Part 1: Early Years up to 1788
Andrew G Greenwood

Janina Maria Sokolowska 1945 The First Woman Veterinary Surgeon from The Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, Edinburgh, Scotland
Allastair A Macdonald, Maria Dlugolęcka-Graham, Michael Knott, Cynthia Hendricks and Colin M Warwick

Memoir. The Diary of a Veterinary Sceptic
Gareth Davies

Three Men in a Boat: Escaping from Singapore, February 1942
Paul Watkins

Dr Mieczyslaw Jan de Sas Kropiwnicki (1957): The First Person to Perform a Caesarean section on a Brood Mare in Africa
Michael Knott, Maciej Witkowski

Veterinary Surgeons Mentioned in General Orders Issued During the Crimean War Campaign, 1854-1856
Mike Hinton

Book Review
Dogopolis. How Dogs and Humans Made Modern New York, London and Paris
by Chris Pearson

Volume 21

Issue 4
CONTENTS

Editorial
It Is What the Word Really Means That Matters?
Bruce Vivash Jones

Papers and Articles
Veterinary Peregrinations. Dr Marian Soltys: International Researcher and Teacher
Paul Watkins

Mid-20th Century Antibiotic Dispensing for Companion Animals at a Melbourne Pharmacy
Michael Leach and Rebecca Kippen

The Blackwall Lamp and The Background to the Vets at Blackwall: A Potted History
John Hird

Rationing of Animals and Personnel During the Crimean war, 1854-1856
Mike Hinton

Finishing Strait. Winston Churchill’s Veterinary Surgeon. Arnold Edward Carey-Foster
Paul Watkins

A Book by Bracy Clark
Bruce Vivash Jones

The Highland Society’s Veterinary School in Edinburgh 1823-1829
Alastair A Macdonald and Colin M Warwick

Book Review
The History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps 1961-1996
by R G Mares

The History of Veterinary Education in Edinburgh
by Alastair A Macdonald and Colin M Warwick

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