Author: Glenn

Volume 22 Issue 3

Written by Glenn on November 12, 2025. Posted in Volume 22.

William Dick Depicted A description, illustration and discussion of thirteen paintings, sculptures and a stained-glass image of William Dick. He was the founder of the Edinburgh Veterinary College, now known as the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. The art works date from all stages of his life between the ages of 40 and c70 years old. Alastair A Macdonald and Colin M Warwick Serendipity Francis Beckford Ward was born in 1820 and commissioned into the...

Volume 22 Issue 2

Written by Glenn on October 23, 2025. Posted in Volume 22.

Persistently Trying to Escape. Peter Storie-Pugh, Oflag IVC, 1940-45 The second part of the war record of Peter Storie-Pugh. He was sent to Colditz Castle in 1940, the second group of prisoners to be incarcerated there. Three categories of prisoners of war were sent to Colditz: persistent escapees, prominent individuals or related to allied leaders and individuals whose attitude to the Germans was regarded as dangerous or bloody-minded. Peter Storie-Pugh made several attempts...

Volume 22 Issue 1

Written by Glenn on October 23, 2025. Posted in Volume 22.

And Death Shall Have No Dominion Under The Windings of the Sea Ivor Thomas (1920-41) was born in Laugharne, Wales, but in his youth moved with his family to London. In 1937 he entered the Royal Veterinary College, and at the outbreak of war suspended his studies and was commissioned in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. In July 1942 he volunteered for special and hazardous duties, in X-craft, or midget submarines. In the autumn of 1942 he married Josephine Parker, and a...

Volume 21 Issue 4

Written by Glenn on October 23, 2025. Posted in Volume 21.

Veterinary Peregrinations. Dr Marian Soltys: International Researcher and Teacher Marian Soltys was born in Lwow in 1907. Lwow was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at that time but was later in Poland. He graduated as a veterinary surgeon in 1933, completing a PhD in 1936. When the Russian army invaded in 1939, he fled to Romania, but in 1940 all foreign national were ordered to leave Romania. He arrived in France, but with the capitulation of France, he escaped to Britain...

Volume 21 Issue 3

Written by Glenn on October 23, 2025. Posted in Volume 21.

Perthes Disease in the Dog: An Early Report of Its Treatment by Hemiarthroplasty Zbigniew Wincenty Doroszynski was born in 1916 in Lwow in Poland. He qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 1939. After joining the Polish Army, he was captured by the Russians and sent to Siberia, where he suffered terrible conditions. He was released in 1942 and the Polish Army was transferred to the Middle East, by the British Army, where they saw action. In 1944 he was at Monte Cassino, where he...

Volume 21 Issue 2

Written by Glenn on October 23, 2025. Posted in Volume 21.

Lady Members of the RCVS Brief biographies of four eminent female veterinary surgeons from the post-war generation: Joan Joshua, Olga Uvarov, Mary Branker and Madelaine Sheppard. Bruce Vivash Jones Aleen Cust: An Exceptional Life of Challenges and Obstacles Overcome A biography of Aleen Cust, the first woman to be awarded a diploma by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and allowed to call herself a veterinary surgeon. This occurred in 1922, which was over...

Volume 21 Issue 1

Written by Glenn on October 23, 2025. Posted in Volume 21.

A Personal history of a Veterinary Family: The Dier Family Commencing with Joseph Dier (1791-1868) the author describes the history of four generations of the Dier family in the veterinary profession. All worked in and around Crowborough, East Sussex. Many of the earlier generations were farmers and/or veterinary practitioners. The author describes the lives and education of many members of the Dier family and reflects on the changes which have taken place within the profession...

Volume 20 Issue 4

Written by Glenn on October 23, 2025. Posted in Volume 20.

Delabere Pritchett Blaine: His Life and Works. Part 2 Veterinary Practice, Patent Medicines and Authorship The second part of the life of Delabere Pritchett Blaine. It would appear Blaine had an illegitimate son, born in 1807, Delabere Roberton Blaine, who became a successful lawyer in London. The books written by Blaine in this stage of his life are listed and reviewed, including A Concise Description of Distemper in Dogs, published in 1800, which had four expanded editions up...

Volume 20 Issue 3

Written by Glenn on October 23, 2025. Posted in Volume 20.

‘All done for the horse’: Eclipse and the Royal Veterinary College This article begins with an overview of the domestication and ownership of animals, in particular the horse, and the development of an awareness of their health and the treatment of disease as revealed in the literature of the time. The article then discusses the racehorse Eclipse, the anatomical study carried out following his death by Charles Vial de St Bel, and the subsequent founding of the Veterinary College...

Volume 20 Issue 2

Written by Glenn on October 23, 2025. Posted in Volume 20.

Delabere Pritchett Blaine: his life and works – part 1: early days to the Anatomy of the Horse This article, the first of two articles on the life and works of Delabere Pritchett Blaine (1770-1845), covers Blaine’s life up to and including the publication of his Anatomy of the Horse in 1796/1797. Detailed information on the three published formats of the work is provided as well as descriptions of the individual monthly parts of the first version issued. Information on Blaine’s...