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The Veterinary History Society
VOLUME 7

Volume 7

Issue 1
CONTENTS

Editorial
Letter from Editor
David Locke

Articles
Thomas Burgess of Odiham and Veterinary Science
Derek Spruce

The State of the Art of Farriery in 1791
S A Hall

The Building of the Veterinary College, London and Some Notes on its Builder, James Burton
D G Clayton-Jones

The 1937 Study Tour in Germany by Students of the Royal Veterinary College, London. A personal Introduction to Foot and Mouth Disease Research
H H Skinner

Rabies and the Governor-General of Canada
John D Blaisdell

Who was Dr Chase of Ann Arbor?
Norman Comben

Old Time Farriery Writers, Henry Bracken, Mayor of Lancaster
G E Fussell

Book Review
Science and Empire, East Coast Fever in Rhodesia and the Transvaal by P F Cranefield

The Old English Farming Books, Volume V 1861-1900 by G E Fussell

Aleen Cust Veterinary Surgeon: Britain’s First Woman Vet by Connie M Ford

Obituary
George Fussell

Iain Henry Pattison

Volume 7

Issue 2
CONTENTS

Articles
Veterinary History Journals, Past and Present
A W Johnson

The Scrapbooks of the Simmonds Collection at the Royal Veterinary College
Jane Kingsley

The Historical Collection in the Library of the Royal Veterinary College, London
Norman Comben

“Killing and Curing”; Veterinarians, Medicine and Germs in Britain, 1860-1900
Michael Worboys

Victorian and Edwardian Dogs
Kay White

Book Review
Animals and Disease: An Introduction to the History of Comparative Medicine by Lisa Wilkinson

On the Horse’s Foot, Shoes and Shoeing; the Bibliographic Record; and a Brief Timeline History of Horseshoeing by Henry Heymering

Letters
Two letters concerning
Henry Bracken

Volume 7

Issue 3
CONTENTS

Editorial
From the Chairman

Articles
A Glimpse at the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
Thomas W Dukes

A Great and Wondrous Cure: The Rise and Fall of Dr Mead’s Powders as a Cure for Rabies
J D Blaisdell

Sir David Bruce: The Dawn of Microbiology
J A Evans

The 1951-52 Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks in the UK
H H Skinner

Book Review
Historic Books on Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry
by Pauline Dingley

Volume 7

Issue 4
CONTENTS

Editorial
The William Dick Bicentenary
Henry Carter

Articles
British Colonial Africa, with Special Reference to the Colonial Veterinary Service 1944-64
K W Aspinall

Le Mareschal Expert, par Seu N Beavgrand, MDCXXXII & Thoams Gray. Esquire
J G P Wood

John Hunter (1728-93) and the Beginnings of Feline Medicine and Surgery
J D Blaisdell

Farriers of Tudor Days
G E Fussell

Book Review
History of the Healing Professions. Parallels between Veterinary and Medical History ed. A R Michell

Leigh Park. A 19th Century Pleasure Ground by Derek Gladwyn

The Hunting History. Hunting PLC since 1974 ed Penelope Hunting

Two Sparrows for a Farthin. Recollections of Veterinary Practice during the War Years 1938-1953 by Ron Spratling

Letter
Farriers and Veterinary Apprenticeship Indentures
Norman Comben

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