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Volume 2 Issue 4

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Book Conservation An account of book making and the deterioration in paper and book quality over time. Conservation methods and ideal conditions for keeping books are described. Judith Jackson Book Values and the Book Market:  Some Hints for Collectors An account of book collecting with advice on their condition, valuations and how and where to buy. Norman Comben The Decade Preceding the BSAVA The BSAVA was founded in 1956, holding its first congress in...

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Volume 2 Issue 3

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The early History of the Library of the Royal Veterinary College The history of the library of the Royal Veterinary College in London from 1791 to 1846.  E Catton Moving the Wellcome Collection to the Science Museum The Wellcome collection was accumulated by Sir Henry Wellcome of medical and veterinary equipment, ephemera, surgical instruments and printed materials. In the 1970s it was donated to the Science Museum, where a new department and galleries were set...

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Volume 2 Issue 2

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The Wellcome Foundation and Veterinary Medicine: The Research Heritage A history of the Wellcome Physiological Laboratory, established in 1894. Research into veterinary diseases and medication started in 1900. There was the development of vaccines for canine Distemper, Leptospirosis, Marek’s Disease and Feline Infectious Enteritis.  A lot of research was on Foot-and -Mouth disease and on attempts to create vaccines. Early drugs developed were digitaloids, penicillins and...

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Volume 2 Issue 1

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Dr J A McBride, MRCVS 1843?-1889, Itinerant Professor Extraordinary Dr John Adam McBride qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 1863 from Glasgow School. At various times he was a lecturer at the veterinary colleges in Glasgow and Edinburgh. He was a lecturer at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester. He spent three years at the Shinjiku Institute in Japan. McBride was involved in the establishment of the first Australian Veterinary College in Melbourne. He died in...

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