Tag Archives: veterinary history

RCVS Archives Project: Next steps

Posted on 05/02/2016 by lornarcvs

As you will have gathered from the previous blog by our Archivist Lorna, the Archives Project here at RCVS Knowledge is well under way. Whilst Lorna is currently getting to grips with the collections (and Fred Smith’s handwriting) I have been recruited … Continue reading →

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Images From The Past

Posted on 02/05/2013 by jt2012blog

A few weeks ago we were given three photographs by the great granddaughter of Richard Hughes, a well known veterinary surgeon who served on RCVS council from 1922-1934. Richard Hughes, 1856-1951, graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1880.  He went … Continue reading →

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The importance of evidence

Posted on 14/11/2012 by Clare

 Recently I have attended two events:  the Trust organised symposium on Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine (EBVM)* The sceptical vet: eminence or evidence? and the 50th anniversary meeting of the Veterinary History Society (VHS) The EBVM event was the first time in the … Continue reading →

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Spoken Histories

Posted on 13/07/2012 by Clare

If you listen to Radio 4 regularly you can’t have failed to have heard the trailers for The Listening Project.  The Listening Project is a partnership between BBC Radio 4, BBC local and national radio stations, and the British Library … Continue reading →

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