Our library contains an important collection of books and journals on the art and science of veterinary medicine published pre 1900.
More of these are being digitised and made freely available online for use by students, researchers and the public. You can search our entire collection on the library catalogue.
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Helena Clarkson1528-01-31 08:49:472025-01-22 11:45:09Vegetius, – “Artis veterinariae, sive Mulomedicinae libri quatuor, iam primum typis in lucem aedii. Opus sane in rebus medicis minime aspernandum” (1528)
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Helena Clarkson1613-02-08 10:57:152025-01-21 16:58:08Spackman, Thomas – “Of The Madde Dogge…” (1613)
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Jayna Hirani1683-12-31 14:51:212023-12-20 16:31:52Snape, Andrew – “The Anatomy of an Horse” Appendix (1683)
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Jayna Hirani1683-12-31 14:52:122025-01-22 06:59:10Snape, Andrew – “The Anatomy of an Horse” Book 5 (1683)
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Jayna Hirani1683-12-31 14:53:242025-01-21 18:29:42Snape, Andrew – “The Anatomy of an Horse” Book 4 (1683)
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Jayna Hirani1683-12-31 14:54:592025-01-22 07:03:10Snape, Andrew – “The Anatomy of an Horse” Book 3 (1683)
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Jayna Hirani1683-12-31 14:55:222025-01-22 12:07:10Snape, Andrew – “The Anatomy of an Horse” Book 2 (1683)
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Jayna Hirani1683-12-31 14:56:342025-01-22 12:17:29Snape, Andrew – “The Anatomy of an Horse” Book 1 (1683)
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Helena Clarkson1748-01-31 10:52:072018-12-12 12:45:05Vegetius Renatus, – “Of the Distemper of Horses, and of the Art of Curing them: as also of the Diseases of Oxen, and of the Remedies proper for them; and of the best Method to preserve them in Health, and restore them when sick, and to prevent the Spreading and Communication of Infectious Distempers according to the Practice of ancient Romans. Translated into English by the Author of the Translation of Columella” (1748)
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Jayna Hirani1752-12-31 13:34:532025-01-22 15:49:08Bridges, Jeremiah, ‘No Foot, No Horse: An Essay on the Anatomy of the Foot of that Noble and Useful Animal A Horse…’ (1752)
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Lorna Cahill Bannister1778-12-31 11:45:512019-08-13 11:52:31Snape, Edward – “A Muscular Preparation of an Horse” (1778)
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Helena Clarkson
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Helena Clarkson1790-03-19 16:24:132025-01-22 15:39:12St.Bel, Charles Vial de – “Plan for establishing an institution to cultivate and teach veterinary medicine” (19, Mar 1790)
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Jayna Hirani1796-12-31 13:10:572019-05-15 10:26:46Coleman, Edward – “Instructions for the Use of Farriers Attached to the British Cavalry and to the Honourable Board of Ordnance” (1796)
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Jayna Hirani1799-12-31 09:33:542025-01-21 16:03:58Townson, Robert – “Tracts and Observations in Natural History and Physiology” (1799)
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Jayna Hirani1805-12-31 11:04:522025-01-22 15:58:47Boardman, Thomas – “A Dictionary of the Veterinary Art &c.” (1805)