Volume 16 Archives - The Veterinary History Society UK

Volume 16 Issue 4

Written by Glenn on October 23, 2025. Posted in Volume 16.

James Beart Simonds. Autobiography – Part 7 Part 7 of the autobiography of James Beart Simonds, covering the years 1865-1872, covering his personal observations and opinions about the Rinderpest outbreaks of 1865 and 1972 in the UK and Europe. Jeremiah Kirby, Author of ‘Farriery’ in the 1806-1823 Editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica Jeremiah Kirby was born in 1774 in London and qualified in medicine in 1802 from Edinburgh. He was a significant author of medical and...

Volume 16 Issue 3

Written by Glenn on October 23, 2025. Posted in Volume 16.

James Beart Simonds. Autobiography – Part 6 The sixth part of the autobiography of James Beart Simonds, originally published in 1894. This section covers his thoughts on Swine Fever or Hog Cholera outbreak in the USA. It also describes a European journey to find out about Cattle Plague (Rinderpest) in 1857, which was spreading across Europe at that time. Simonds also outlines the various legal approaches to the control of Rinderpest, once it had reached Britain. ...

Volume 16 Issue 2

Written by Glenn on October 23, 2025. Posted in Volume 16.

James Beart Simmonds: Late Principal of the Royal Veterinary College, Professor of Cattle Pathology, &. Autobiography – Part 5 This part deals with outbreaks of Splenic Apoplexy, later recognised as anthrax in the mid-nineteenth century. Simmonds describes various outbreaks, their symptoms and some epidemiology. The Life of Professor Orlando Charnock Bradley (1871 – 1937): Diary Entries 1902 – 1937 Part 3 This part covers Charnock Bradley’s life from 1918 to his...

Volume 16 Issue 1

Written by Glenn on October 23, 2025. Posted in Volume 16.

Granville Penn: The Establishment of the Camden Town School The Odiham Agricultural Society was formed in 1783 to discuss and crystallise ideas of agricultural and social importance. In 1785 the Rev. Thomas Burgess suggested that ‘the improvement of Farriery established on a study of Anatomy, diseases and cures of cattle…will be an essential benefit to Agriculture’. In 1789 the Society began to solicit funds to send two boys to the Veterinary School at Charenton near Paris. A...