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Horses and the problem of sore backs
“Sore backs appear inseparable from mounted service, they have existed as long as the horse has been used in war … it was reasonable to suppose … as knowledge advanced, a reduction in this class of injury should have been … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Collection, Horses
Tagged anatomy, Sir Frederick Smith, sore backs, South Africa, war horse, William Snowball Mulvey
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The thrill of ‘The Chace’
Today is World Poetry Day, so to mark the occasion we have brought out one of the poetry books we have in our Historical Collection, William Somervile’s The Chace: a poem (id 15172). This was first published in 1735 and we … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Collection
Tagged highlight, human animal bond, poetry, William Somervile, world poetry day
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Equal Pay for Equal Work – Part 2
The final instalment of Julie Hipperson’s piece to mark International Women’s Day. The last post looked at how in its early days the SWVS was conflicted about adopting whole-sale the notion of equal pay for equal work based on their … Continue reading
Equal Pay for Equal Work – Part 1
Part one of two guest blog posts from Julie Hipperson, PhD student at Imperial College London. In February 1943, the Council of the SWVS were not surprised when their attention was alerted to the fact that the Veterinary Record was … Continue reading
Celebrating women’s achievements
Thousands of events will take place around the world tomorrow to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). This day has been observed, in one incarnation or another, for over 100 years. Today, IWD celebrates women’s achievements and looks forward to a bright, … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Historical Collection, Library
Tagged equal rights, International Women's Day, RCVS
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Warrior – one of the real war horses
In an introductory note to Sidney Galtray’s The horse and the war Field-Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces, states: “I hope that this account … will bring home to the peoples of the British Empire … the wisdom of … Continue reading
Reading for Pleasure
Today is World book day. Some of us will remember the £1 book tokens given out at school, picking out our favourite book at the book shop and rushing home to read it– today is definitely a day for the … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Historical Collection, Library
Tagged book conservation, Eadweard Muybridge, George Stubbs, reading, World book day
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