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Page from a handwritten ledger listing each horse and its ailment

Woolwich Army Veterinary Hospital: Part 2

13th October 2025

Our previous post looked at the establishment of a veterinary hospital in Woolwich, and the improvements in equine care which followed the appointment of [...]

Woolwich Army Veterinary Hospital: Part 1

5th September 2025

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Housed within the RCVS Archives is a single ledger used by an army veterinary hospital in Woolwich. It is the only item we have specific to this hospital – indeed it seems [...]

34 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 6 Sep [1914]

6th September 1914

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Smith writes regarding mentions of [Leonard] Mascall as Chief Farrier in various editions of his work 'First Booke of Cattel', and Ercolani's mention of Mascall. Smith also writes about his workload since rejoining the Army...

‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 70 Issue 2 – February 1897

28th February 1897

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Articles include: On the Pancreas of the Hedgehog During Hibernation The Symptoms and Lesions of Anthrax in the Horse An Ulcerating Lymphangitis Simulating Glanders-Farcy in the Horse An Operation Upon a Cryptorchid Fistulous Withers and Quittor A Few Cases of Pink-Eye Torsion of the Uterus Editorial Observations: Class "D" Examinations...

‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 70 Issue 1 – January 1897

31st January 1897

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Articles include: An Ulcerating Lymphangitis Simulating Glanders-Farcy in the Horse The Importance of Clinical Study More Facts Concerning Tuberculin Two Interesting Cases A Case of Snake-Bite Recovery Fracture of a Sesamoid in a Hunter Two Cases of Vomition in the Horse Oesophagotomy Performed upon a Dog Dislocation of the Hip-Joint So-Called "Malignant Catarrh" Editorial Observations: On Things In General Common Salt poisoning Pigs

‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 33 Issue 10 – October 1860

31st October 1860

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Articles include: Communications and Cases. A Peculiar and Unsual Disease of the Osseous Tissue in the Horse; Resembling in many of its Characteristics Mollities Ossium, Rhachitis, Osteoporosis, and Fatty Degeneration of Bone; Fig I; Fig II; Fig III; Fig IV; On Therapeutics;...

‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 33 Issue 3 – March 1860

31st March 1860

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Articles include: Communication and Cases. An Essay on Secretion, with some of the Circumstances which modify that Process in Animals; On Valerianic Acid, and the Valerianates; Oedema Succeeding upon Strangles Injury of the Vagina and Rectum of a Mare; Rupture of the Oesophagus; Ruptured Stomach...

‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 33 Issue 1 – January 1860

31st January 1860

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Articles include: Communication and Cases. "Umpire". - The Mouth of the Two-Year Old; An Essay on Secretion, with some of the Circumstances which Modify that Process in Animals; Memoirs of a Veterinary Surgeon. Thoughts in the Sick Box; Foul Confined Air, and Ventilation; Memoirs of a Veterinary Surgeon. Foul Confined Air, and Ventilation...

‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 4 Issue 3 – March 1831

30th March 1831

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Articles include: Anatomy of the Horse; he Art of Horse-Shoeing Simplified, and Unfettered; or the Benefit of the Iron Defence without the Bane, by an Improved Method of Nailing; Mr Youatt Introductory Lecture at the University of London, Feb 2, 1831;...

‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 4 Issue 2 – February 1831

28th February 1831

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Articles include: Anatomy of the Horse; On the Use of the Stomach Pump; Minutes of Evidence before a Committee of the House of Commons on the Bill to Prevent the Spreading of Canine Madness; Conformation and Action, and their Connexion;...

‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 3 Issue 10 – October 1830

31st October 1830

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Articles include: Anatomy of the Horse; On the Army Veterinary Department; Defence of Private Veterinary Practitioners, and on Veterinary Reform; On the Establishment of a College of Veterinary Surgeons; Strangles Following Castration;...

‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 3 Issue 9 – September 1830

30th September 1830

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Articles include: Anatomy of the Horse; On Breeding; On Professional Conduct; On the Treatment of Opened Joints; The Army Veterinary Department; An Inquiry into the Circumstances which have Brought into Disrepute the Operation of Firing for lamenesses of Horses, with an Improved Method, and Suggestions for its Admission into Human Surgery ;...