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1 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 2 Jan 1920

2nd January 1920

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Smith writes about various subjects including: Bullock applying for post as Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, contact with Sir John M'Fadyean for a testimonial, and Smith writing to W B Hardy not Dr H K Anderson in support of Bullock; 'British Medical Journal';...

2 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 4 Jan 1920

4th January 1920

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Smith writes about various subjects including: Bullock applying for post as Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; vitamins; rewriting chapter on nutrition in 'Veterinary Physiology'; publishers H & W Brown; 'Veterinary Review' journal; abbreviation of names;...

3 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 8 Jan 1920

8th January 1920

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Smith writes about various subjects including: acquisition of 2nd edition of Blundeville book by the Library of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; items missing from the Library, and destruction of material by Bullock's predecessor; 'Veterinary Physiology'; Smith leaving his books and papers to the College; Bullock's wife Janet and Mrs Singer [Dorothea Waley Singer] ...

4 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 27 Jan 1920

27th January 1920

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Smith writes regarding Bullock's unsuccessful application for the role of Assistant Secretary at the Royal Society. He also mentions Bullock purchasing a house, and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Library moving premises.

5 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 1 Feb 1920

1st February 1920

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Smith writes about various subjects including: publishers Bailliere, Tindall & Cox; article from 'The Morning Post'; Smith advising Bullock not to purchase a work by Caracciolo unless he can afford it; payment of subscriptions to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; Bullock's house; proofreading Smith's 'Veterinary Physiology'; ...

6 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 4 Feb 1920

4th February 1920

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Smith writes about various subjects including: articles in the 'British Medical Journal' and 'Edinburgh Review'; Reverend Stephen Hales; Markham's 'Faithfull Farrier'; reviews of Smith's 'Early History of Veterinary Literature'; Museum of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons;...

7 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 9 Feb 1920

9th February 1920

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Smith writes about various subjects including: rewriting the chapter on the muscular system for 'Veterinary Physiology'; work by Gervase Markham at auction; Bullock awarded the Nichan Iftikhar honour by Tunisia; Mrs Singer, [Dorothea Waley Singer]; publishers H & W Brown...

8 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 11 Feb 1920

11th February 1920

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Smith writes about various subjects including: reviewing work of Wood & Marshall; Bailliere, Tindall & Cox publishers; work by [O.C.] Bradley; rewriting the chapter on the muscular system for 'Veterinary Physiology'. Enclosures are mentioned, but not found at time of cataloguing.

9 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 15 Feb 1920

15th February 1920

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Smith writes regarding Bullock's son Wilfred being ill. He also mentions O C Bradley's book 'The Limbs of the Horse', and an article in the Edinburgh Review regarding [Reverend Stephen?] Hales; Janet Bullock reviewing Marshall; sales of veterinary literature in Britain; Dr Edwin Deller[?]; veterinary literature by Bracken and Mascall added to collection of the Library at Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons;...

10 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 19 Feb 1920

19th February 1920

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Smith writes about various subjects including: health of Bullock's son Wilfred; Bullock and his wife Janet meeting Mrs Singer [Dorothea Waley Singer?]; Janet editing Smith's work; rewriting the chapter on the muscular system for 'Veterinary Physiology'; reviewing work by Marshall; O C Bradley's 'The Limbs of the Horse'...

11 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 22 Feb 1920

22nd February 1920

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Smith writes about various subjects including: anthracite stoves; Janet Bullock reviewing Marshall; Smith making arrangements for after his death; progress of Bullock's son Wilfred; Dr [Charles?] Singer and his wife, Dorothea Waley Singer; Royal Society of Medicine[?]; rewriting chapter on animal heat for 'Veterinary Physiology'; literature on veterinary physiology; article on Reverend Stephen Hales in 'Edinburgh Review'...

12 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 24 Feb 1920

24th February 1920

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Smith writes about various subjects including: Bullock's help with writing about muscle tone for 'Veterinary Physiology'; the Bullocks' meeting with Dr Charles Singer and his wife Dorothea Waley Singer; Royal Society of Medicine; injury of Sir John M'Fadyean; physiological works by W M Bayliss; Gabriel Colin and the Alfort Veterinary School,...

13 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 26 Feb 1920

26th February 1920

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Smith writes about various subjects including: purchasing article on muscle tone by Sherrington in 'Brain' journal; literature on physiology; letter from Mrs Singer [Dorothea Waley Singer]; writing a review of 'Physiology of Farm Animals' by T B Wood and F H A Marshall...

14 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 29 Feb 1920

29th February 1920

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Smith writes regarding his struggle to understand the term 'tonus' and the article 'Postural activity of muscle and nerve' by C S Sherrington, from the journal 'Brain'. Smith also mentions a catalogue of veterinary manuscripts collected by Dr Charles Singer, copied out for Smith by Janet Bullock [catalogued at FS/1/1/2/12]; writing a review of 'Physiology of Farm Animals' by T B Wood and F H A Marshall; the veterinary school at Cambridge; typewriting paper; 'Edinburgh Review' article on Stephen Hales...

15 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 7 Mar 1920

7th March 1920

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Smith writes about various subjects including: rewriting the chapter on the muscular system for 'Veterinary Physiology; writing a review of 'Physiology of Farm Animals' by T B Wood and F H A Marshall; Cambridge School of Agriculture; 'Discovery' journal[?]; English attitude to science; writing paper; Veterinary Surgeons Act 1881 Amendment Act 1920; existing unqualified practioners; Hobday acquiring a photograph of Gabriel Colin[?]; review of 'Veterinary History of the War in South Africa'; ...

Vegetius, – “Artis veterinariae, sive Mulomedicinae libri quatuor, iam primum typis in lucem aedii. Opus sane in rebus medicis minime...

31st January 1528

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Contents Include: Artis veterinariae, sive Mulomedicinae libri quatuor, iam primum typis in lucem aedii.Opus sane in rebus medicis minime aspernandum; Illustrissimo Principi Ferdinando Regi Hungaria, Bohemiae &c [Illustrious Prince, King Ferdinand of Hungary, Bohemia etc.]; Epistola Dedicatoria. Serenissimo Ac Ilustrissimo Principi D. Ferdinando, Regi Hugariae, Bohemiae, Archiduci Austriae, Duci Burgandiae, &c. Domino… Epistola Dedicatoria [Letter Dedication];...

Spackman, Thomas – “Of The Madde Dogge…” (1613)

8th February 1613

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"Of The Madde Dogge: together with the Cure of those most dangerous wounds and fearefull accidents, hapning to man and beast through their bitings." Published 1613

Snape, Andrew – “The Anatomy of an Horse” Appendix (1683)

31st December 1683

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Chapters include: Section I. Of the Generation of Animals.: The Preface, Section I. Of the Generation of Animals.: Chap. I. Of the Vegetation of Seeds, particularly of a Wheat-corn, Section I. Of the Generation of Animals.: Chap. II. Of the first rudiment of an Egg, and what way it passes to the…, Section I. Of the Generation of Animals.: Chap. III. By what means and degrees a Chicken is formed out of an Egg...

Snape, Andrew – “The Anatomy of an Horse” Book 5 (1683)

31st December 1683

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Chapters include: Book V. Of the Bones, Chap. I. Of the nature, definition, differences and parts of the Bones, Chap. II. Of the Sutures or Seams of the Head, Chap. III. Of the proper Bones of the Skull, Chap. IV. Of the Bones common to the Skull and upper Jaw, Chap. V. Of the Jaw-bones and their Parts...

Snape, Andrew – “The Anatomy of an Horse” Book 4 (1683)

31st December 1683

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Chapters include: Chap. I. Containeth a description of the several sorts of Flesh, and an Apology for not expressing the Muscles so particularly in Figures as I have done other Parts of the Body, Chap. II. Of the Muscles of the Eye-lids, Chap. III. Of the Muscles of the Eye, Chap. IV. Of the Muscles of the Nose, Chap. V. Of the Muscles of the Lips and Cheeks...

Snape, Andrew – “The Anatomy of an Horse” Book 3 (1683)

31st December 1683

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Chapters include: Chap. I. Of the Head and Animal Part's contained therein, Chap. II. Of the Brain in general, Chap. III. Of the several Parts of the Brain, viz. that which is strictly called the Brain, the Cerebellum or After-brain, and the Spinal Marrow, Chap. IV . Of the Spinal Marrow contained within and without the Skull.

Snape, Andrew – “The Anatomy of an Horse” Book 2 (1683)

31st December 1683

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Chapters include: Chap. I. Of the investing and circumscribing Parts of the Chest, Chap. II. Of the Muscles of the Middle Venter or Chest, called the Intercostal Muscles, Chap. III. Of the Pleura, or Coat which invests or lines the Ribs on the Inside, Chap. IV. Of the Midriff or Diaphragm...

Snape, Andrew – “The Anatomy of an Horse” Book 1 (1683)

31st December 1683

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Chapters include: Chap. I. Of the Parts investing the whole Body, and first of the Hair, Chap. II. Of the Cuticle or Scarf-skin, Chap. III. Of the Cutis or true Skin, Chap. IV. Of the fleshy Pannicle, Chap. V. Of the Fat, and the Common Membrane of the Muscles...

Vegetius Renatus, – “Of the Distemper of Horses, and of the Art of Curing them: as also of the Diseases...

31st January 1748

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Contents Include: Translator's Preface; Index of the Chapters. Book First; Index of the Chapters. Book Second; Index of the Chapters. Book Third; Index of the Chapters. Book Fourth; Original Words frequently used in this Translations; The Preface; Book I. Chapter I. Of the Signs whereby the Sickness of Animals may be known...

Bridges, Jeremiah, ‘No Foot, No Horse: An Essay on the Anatomy of the Foot of that Noble and Useful Animal...

31st December 1752

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Chapters include: Treatise on the Feet of a Horse: Part I, Chap I - Of a Horse's Feet, and the Parts which compose them., Treatise on the Feet of a Horse: Part I, Chap II - Of the Use of the Parts of a Horse's Feet, in the same Order, as recited in the forgoing Chapter., Treatise on the Feet of a Horse: Part I, Chap III - Remarks on the Various Kinds of Feet and Hoofs met with in Horses, Treatise on the Feet of a Horse: Part I, Chap IV..

Snape, Edward – “A Muscular Preparation of an Horse” (1778)

31st December 1778

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St.Bel, Charles Vial de – “Plan for establishing an institution to cultivate and teach veterinary medicine” (19, Mar 1790)

19th March 1790

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Excerpt: The general affluence of all orders of people in England, and the universal ardour for improving arts and perfecting institutions, by means of which, the interests of mankind at large have been eminently served, and the stock of human knowledge almost incredibly extended. In reverting to these establishments, we may discern the efficacy of opulence and patriotism uniting for the public service;...

Coleman, Edward – “Instructions for the Use of Farriers Attached to the British Cavalry and to the Honourable Board of...

31st December 1796

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Chapters include: Instructions for the Use of Farriers in Regiments of Cavalry, Inflammation of the Eyes, Inflammation of the Chest...

Townson, Robert – “Tracts and Observations in Natural History and Physiology” (1799)

31st December 1799

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Chapters include: Physiological Observations on the Amphibia - Dissertation the First on Respiration, Anatomy of the Instruments of Respiration, On the Absorption of the Amphibia...

Boardman, Thomas – “A Dictionary of the Veterinary Art &c.” (1805)

31st December 1805

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