Volume 21 Archives - The Veterinary History Society UK

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...