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Volume 20 Issue 4

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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...

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Volume 20 Issue 3

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‘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...

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Volume 20 Issue 2

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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...

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