Pharmacy: an illustrated history
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Coleman, had trained in human surgery and made no attempts, in more than 40 years of teaching at the College, to cover subjects unconnected with horses. It was not until, as the Royal Veterinary College, the institution entered its second century under John McFadyean in the 1890s that veterinary education in Britain achieved the same academic standards as other professions at home, and similar schools on the European continent. The story of the good times and the bad times is well told by the late Ernest Cotchin, who died before completion of the manuscript. Generous additional contributions by Sherwin Hall and Clifford Formston, and careful editing, have made the present volume the complete history which the College deserves on the occasion of its bicentenary. The serious historian may regret the absence of specific notes and references, but will have to be content with a short bibliography. The coffee-table format accommodates many well chosen illustrations, some of them in colour. The first half of the book boasts a number eighteenthand nineteenth-century engravings, some old favourites, others rarely seen in published form. The juxtaposition of George Stubb's "Eclipse" from life and Vial's "Geometrical Drawing representing the exact proportions of the late Famous Eclipse" is particularly apt. The book's second half benefits from the age of photography to record images of the College's more recent principals, professors, and occasionally students, at various stages in the history of its second century. Royal visits are also recorded. A fetching photograph shows a young Queen Elizabeth II chatting to an equine patient which is busily exploring the quality of her fur collar, all too obviously fashioned from what has later become known as an endangered species of Great Spotted Cats. It reminds the reader forcibly of the giant strides made since 1959 by the conservation lobby of which Prince Philip, Patron of the College, is such a prominent member. Even the Decimus Burton Arch at Hyde Park Corner is there: Adrian Jones, who sculpted the four magnificent horses above, had graduated from the College in 1866.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Medical History
دوره 36 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1992