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The Veterinary History Society
VOLUME 18

Volume 18

Issue 1
CONTENTS

Editorial
In Praise of Standing on Shoulders – a bibliophile
Bruce V Jones

Papers and Articles
The Royal (Dick) Veterinary College Contingent of the Officers Training Corps
Peter K Matthews, Alastair A MacDonald and Colin M Warwick

Anthrax in Victoria (1850-1880)
A J Turner

A Rare Work by William Youatt: A Condensed Version of ‘The Horse’
John Clewlow

The Consequences of the Great War for the Veterinary Profession
Bruce V Jones

Goats and their Place in History
David Harwood

John George Wright FRCVS
Michael Wright

The Continuing History of the Remarkable Tablets of Stone
Bob Michell

The Influence of the Medical Profession on Veterinary Development in the Eighteenth-Century
Frederick Smith

Reminiscences of Bracy Clark
Bruce Vivash Jones

Book Review
Great Books on Horsemanship: Bibliotheca Hippologica Johan Dejager, ed Koert Van der Horst

Letter
‘The Sportsman’ and ‘Veterinary Recorder’ further information
Tim Cox

Volume 18

Issue 2
CONTENTS

Editorial
They Had No Choice – animals in war
Bruce V Jones

Papers and Articles
The War Memorial and Roll-of Honour of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Peter K Matthews, Colin M Warwick and Alastair A MacDonald

Brucellosis in Fact and Fiction: The Story of a Zoonosis
Karen Sayer

Vets and Huskies in the Antarctic
A C Palmer

Anthrax in Victoria (1881-1900)
A J Turner

The Hobday Canine Operating Table
Bruce V Jones

The Procurement and Welfare of Horses for Military Purposes 1875-1925: An Overview
Graham Winton

History of the Agricultural Research Council for Research on Animal Diseases at Compton
A Mackenzie

RCVS Knowledge: Bringing Veterinary History out of the Cupboards
Clare Boulton

Book Review
‘Theirs Not to Reason Why’: Horsing the British Army 1875-1925
by Graham Winton

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Issue 3
CONTENTS

Editorial
History …lives in our very blood
Bruce V Jones

Papers and Articles
Dogs in War and the 1914-18 Conflict
Bruce Vivash Jones

Eighteenth-Century Equine Disease: Glanders and Disease Theory
Michael Hubbard MacKay

Trials of a Camel Doctor: The Conflicting Careers of Arnold Leese MRCVS (1878-1956)
Paul Watkins

Anthrax Spreads in Victoria: Controls Diminish Outbreaks (1901-1925)
A J Turner

From Aristotle to Pelagonius: Greek and Latin Writers on Ancient Horse-Breeding
Thomas Donaghy

John Badcock, Jon Bee and John Hinds VS. Who Were They?
Andrew G Greenwood

A Blue Plaque in Edinburgh to Commemorate John Barlow
Colin M Warwick and Alastair A Macdonald

Book Review
A history of Bovine TB c1965-c2000 eds C Overy and E M Tansey

Letter
A Few Recollections from my Time Spent with the British Antarctic Huskies 1964-1967
Bernard Chappel

Volume 18

Issue 4
CONTENTS

Editorial
The Greeks had a Word for It
Bruce V Jones

Papers and Articles
Fertile Mules? A Cultural History and Modern insights
Wolfgang Jőchle

James Laithwood (1851-1943): His Life and Work
David Jackson

What Happened Before Odiham?
Bruce Vivash Jones

Edward Coleman: A Tentative Re-Appraisal
Ernest Cotchin

The Carnivorous Horse
Sharon E Cregier

Mad Cows, French Foxes and Other Rabid Animals in Britain, 1800 to the Present
Michael Worboys

Charles Spooner: The First Veterinary Surgeon to The Zoological Society of London 1829-1833
Isabel Charman

The Lookers of Romney Marsh
Anon

Book Review
Major-General Sir Frederick Smith. His Life and Work
by Bruce Vivash Jones

Obituary
Jean Marjorie Mann (1932-2016)

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