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10th International Veterinary Congress: a case of unfortunate timing

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At 11pm on 4th August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany.  That same evening at the Natural History Museum 300 guests were gathered for the conversazione and reception of the 10th International Veterinary Congress.  A Congress that had been many years in the planning …. London had been chosen as the venue for the 10th […]

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John McFadyean founding editor of Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics

Happy 125th Birthday

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A 125 years ago today the first issue of the Veterinary Record was published.  I have written about its founder William Hunting and his reasons for starting the journal before.  In fact I walk past a reminder of this everyday as his quote in the first editorial about the importance of recording observations and adding to […]

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