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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_006_11_0576_0576_0.pdf "Development of Veterinary Work In India"] by P M N. Informative short article held on website of ''Current Science'',  from ''Current Science'' Volume 6, Issue 11, May 1938, page 576. The article outlines the history of veterinary work in India from 1799 up to the 1930s and mentions the men who played a major role in its expansion, and is a  summary of  an address by Colonel Olver to the Indian Science Congress Silver Jubilee meeting in 1938.
:[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v141/n3567/abs/141480b0.html Another summary of "Veterinary Science in India" by Sir Arthur Olver]  from ''Nature'' 141, 480-481 (12 March 1938).
:[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v141/n3567/abs/141480b0.html Another summary of "Veterinary Science in India" by Sir Arthur Olver]  from ''Nature'' 141, 480-481 (12 March 1938).
:The address by Sir Arthur Olver in his presidential address before the Section of Veterinary Research is  in  ''Proceedings Of The Twenty-fifth Indian Science Congress Part-ii 1938'', page 315 which is available online, refer Historical books online, below.
:The address by Sir Arthur Olver in his presidential address before the Section of Veterinary Research is  in  ''Proceedings Of The Twenty-fifth Indian Science Congress Part-ii 1938'', page 315 which is available online, refer Historical books online, below.
*An Army Veterinary Department was established in 1884 (a very brief mention in [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031220/nation.htm#15 The Tribune India Online]).  A Civil Veterinary Department was established from 1889. It seems that it was the Civil Veterinary Department that later became known as the Indian Veterinary Service or I.V.S. In 1923 a Commission into the Civil Services decided that there would be no further recruitment into the IVS and that in future the provincial governments would control and make appointments [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3ugDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT69 Pratiyogita Darpan/January 2007/1150]  Google Books
*A Civil Veterinary Department was established from 1889. It seems that it was the Civil Veterinary Department that later became known as the Indian Veterinary Service or I.V.S. In 1923 a Commission into the Civil Services decided that there would be no further recruitment into the IVS and that in future the provincial governments would control and make appointments [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3ugDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT69 Pratiyogita Darpan/January 2007/1150]  Google Books
*[[South Asia Archive & Library Group]] host a Powerpoint presentation given at their conference by Christopher Gill called [https://web.archive.org/web/20140323024953/http://www.bl.uk:80/reshelp/bldept/apac/saalg/veterinarynls.ppt "Veterinary Material in the National Library of Scotland’s India Papers Collection - A previously neglected resource for historical research"], now an archived website. This link leads to a download which you may need to locate in your downloads folder.  
*[[South Asia Archive & Library Group]] host a Powerpoint presentation given at their conference by Christopher Gill called [https://web.archive.org/web/20140323024953/http://www.bl.uk:80/reshelp/bldept/apac/saalg/veterinarynls.ppt "Veterinary Material in the National Library of Scotland’s India Papers Collection - A previously neglected resource for historical research"], now an archived website. This link leads to a download which you may need to locate in your downloads folder.  
*[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/1611_Remount_Vet.htm Army Remount Corps] indiapicks.com
*[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/1611_Remount_Vet.htm Army Remount Corps] indiapicks.com
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*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1864482/?page=1 "A Short History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps"] by Brigadier J. Clabby ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine'' 1976 Feb; 69(2): 93–96. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003591577606900204 Alternative link] journals.sagepub.com.
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1864482/?page=1 "A Short History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps"] by Brigadier J. Clabby ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine'' 1976 Feb; 69(2): 93–96. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003591577606900204 Alternative link] journals.sagepub.com.
:The author of this paper also wrote ''The History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 1919-1961''  by J. Clabby 1963, available online if you have  [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002072901 Hathi Trust University access].
:The author of this paper also wrote ''The History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 1919-1961''  by J. Clabby 1963, available online if you have  [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002072901 Hathi Trust University access].
:[https://museumofmilitarymedicine.org.uk/about/corps-history/history-of-the-royal-army-veterinary-corps/ History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps] museumofmilitarymedicine.org.uk
 
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=75136762 Veterinary books online] from the National Library of Scotland’s website [http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/index.html Medical History of British India] (India Papers collection)
*[http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=75136762 Veterinary books online] from the National Library of Scotland’s website [http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/index.html Medical History of British India] (India Papers collection)
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:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924000918486 ''A manual of the diseases of the elephant and of his management and uses''] by John Henry Steel 1885 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924000918486 ''A manual of the diseases of the elephant and of his management and uses''] by John Henry Steel 1885 Archive.org
:[http://archive.org/stream/manualofdiseases00steerich#page/n5/mode/2up ''A manual of the diseases of the camel and of his management and uses'']  by John Henry Steel 1890  Archive.org
:[http://archive.org/stream/manualofdiseases00steerich#page/n5/mode/2up ''A manual of the diseases of the camel and of his management and uses'']  by John Henry Steel 1890  Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/militarytransportindia/page/n3/mode/2up ''Military Transport in India''] by Captain W Wickham, Assistant Commissary General 1892 Archive.org. Includes the care of elephants, camels, Yaboo (big norther ponies), mules, ponies, bullocks and donkeys.
*[https://archive.org/details/camelitsusesmana00leonrich ''The Camel: its Uses and Management''] by Major Arthur Glyn Leonard, late 2nd East Lancashire Regiment. 1894  Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/camelitsusesmana00leonrich ''The Camel: its Uses and Management''] by Major Arthur Glyn Leonard, late 2nd East Lancashire Regiment. 1894  Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/notesonstableman00nunn ''Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies''] by Vety-Capt J A Nunn, late Principal Lahore Veterinary College,  2nd edition revised and enlarged with a glossary 1897 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/notesonstableman00nunn ''Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies''] by Vety-Capt J A Nunn, late Principal Lahore Veterinary College,  2nd edition revised and enlarged with a glossary 1897 Archive.org
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:[https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu//mu/islandora/object/mu:109954/#page/1/mode/2up ''Notes on elephants and their care''] by the late Mr W Hepburn. 2nd Impression 1919 (first published 1918? or 1913?) Rangoon. Click to a  separate digital file for inserts.  The author worked as Veterinary Surgeon to the BBTC Ltd  (Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation). Digital Library University of Missouri. [https://archive.org/details/elephants-care-images/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
:[https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu//mu/islandora/object/mu:109954/#page/1/mode/2up ''Notes on elephants and their care''] by the late Mr W Hepburn. 2nd Impression 1919 (first published 1918? or 1913?) Rangoon. Click to a  separate digital file for inserts.  The author worked as Veterinary Surgeon to the BBTC Ltd  (Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation). Digital Library University of Missouri. [https://archive.org/details/elephants-care-images/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/b2499067x ''A description of the Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory, Muktesar : its work and products''] by Major  J D E Holmes. 1913 Archive.org.  Investigation of the diseases of stock in India.  
*[https://archive.org/details/b2499067x ''A description of the Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory, Muktesar : its work and products''] by Major  J D E Holmes. 1913 Archive.org.  Investigation of the diseases of stock in India.  
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100003075169.0x000002 ''Camel Corps Training. Provisional. 1913''] London, HMSO 1913.  British Library Digital Collection. With illustrations, which may be rotated if required.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100003075169.0x000002 ''Camel Corps Training. Provisional. 1913''] London, HMSO 1913.  British Library Digital Collection. With illustrations, which may be rotated if required. Also available [https://archive.org/details/camel-corps-training Archive.org]
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022541314.0x000002  ''Pigeon Service Manual (Royal Air Force)'']  Air Ministry publication HMSO 1919. British Library Digital Collection.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022541314.0x000002  ''Pigeon Service Manual (Royal Air Force)'']  Air Ministry publication HMSO 1919. British Library Digital Collection. Also available [https://archive.org/details/pigeonservicemanual-raf Archive.org]
*''History of the Great War Based on Official Documents'' [https://wellcomecollection.org/works/txemf8zp ''Veterinary Services''] edited by Sir L.J. Blenkinsop and J.W. Rainey HMSO 1925, catalogue link to file. [https://wellcomecollection.org/works/txemf8zp/items File]  wellcomecollection.org.  Also available [https://archive.org/details/veterinary-services-1925/page/n5/mode/2up Archive.org]
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924000361455 ''Army Veterinary Service in War''] by Major-General Sir John Moore AVS 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924000361455 ''Army Veterinary Service in War''] by Major-General Sir John Moore AVS 1921 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924000361455#page/n187/mode/2up "Chapter XI  Camels"] page 149
**[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924000361455#page/n187/mode/2up "Chapter XI  Camels"] page 149
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*[https://archive.org/details/ArnoldLeeseOutOfStep ''Out of Step: Events in the Two Lives of an Anti-Jewish Camel-Doctor''] by Arnold Spencer Leese.  1951 Archive.org. Born 1878, he worked in India c 1906-1912 for the Indian Civil Veterinary Department investigating camel diseases for the Indian Government , including  brief  periods at Muktesar Imperial Laboratory, (situated 50km from [[Naini Tal]]). However, most of the time was spent in field work in  “the most empty parts” of North West India. He also worked with Silledar Camel Corps. In the late 1920s  Leese became a British Fascist anti Jewish politician. His camel books are
*[https://archive.org/details/ArnoldLeeseOutOfStep ''Out of Step: Events in the Two Lives of an Anti-Jewish Camel-Doctor''] by Arnold Spencer Leese.  1951 Archive.org. Born 1878, he worked in India c 1906-1912 for the Indian Civil Veterinary Department investigating camel diseases for the Indian Government , including  brief  periods at Muktesar Imperial Laboratory, (situated 50km from [[Naini Tal]]). However, most of the time was spent in field work in  “the most empty parts” of North West India. He also worked with Silledar Camel Corps. In the late 1920s  Leese became a British Fascist anti Jewish politician. His camel books are
**[https://archive.org/details/tips-camels/page/n9/mode/2up ''"Tips" on Camels for Veterinary Surgeons on Active Service''] by A.S. Leese  1918. Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/details/tips-camels/page/n9/mode/2up ''"Tips" on Camels for Veterinary Surgeons on Active Service''] by A.S. Leese  1918. Archive.org.
**''A Treatise on the One-Humped Camel in Health and in Disease'' by A S Leese 1927. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006563782 HathiTrust full view in USA etc] [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_iBDAAAAIAAJ Searchable, but not viewable Google Books]. The illustrations and chapters are described [https://web.archive.org/web/20161205060446/https://www.vialibri.net/552display_i/year_1927_0_839337.html here]. There were also two supplements. This book is available at the [[British Library]], together with the ''Second Supplement'' 1943.
**[https://archive.org/details/treatiseonehumpedcamel/page/n7/mode/2up ''A Treatise on the One-Humped Camel in Health and in Disease''] by A S Leese 1927. [https://archive.org/details/treatiseonehumpedcamel/page/n9/mode/2up Contents] Archive.org.   There were also two supplements published. This book together with the ''Second Supplement'' 1943 is available at the [[British Library]].
*[https://archive.org/details/ElephantLore ''The Elephant Lore of the Hindus''] Translated from the original Sanskrit by Franklin Edgerton 1931 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/ElephantLore ''The Elephant Lore of the Hindus''] Translated from the original Sanskrit by Franklin Edgerton 1931 Archive.org.
* ''The Indian Journal Of Veterinary Science And Animal Husbandry'' Vol. 1, Part. 2 1931. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22826 Archive.org mirror version], originally from Digital Library of India.  More editions of this ''Journal'' are available online from the [http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=75225417 National Library of Scotland’s website], refer above.
* ''The Indian Journal Of Veterinary Science And Animal Husbandry'' Vol. 1, Part. 2 1931. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22826 Archive.org mirror version], originally from Digital Library of India.  More editions of this ''Journal'' are available online from the [http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=75225417 National Library of Scotland’s website], refer above.

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Information relating to Veterinary Surgeons.

An advice from Fort William dated April 12, 1827 advised that following the decision to appoint regularly educated Veterinary Surgeons, Sub -assistant Veterinary Surgeons were to be given the choice of taking their discharge, or of entering the subordinate branch of the medical staff.[1]

Records

Veterinary Surgeons were initially (and at least until the 1860s and probably the 1880s) part of the Presidency Medical Departments, which became the Indian Medical Service and which in turn was part of the Army structure. Most listings of Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons will contain a list of Veterinary Surgeons at the end.

The British Library page, now archived, on the Indian Medical Service gives details of records.

Veterinary Surgeons of the Governor-General’s Bodyguard, page 296, Historical records of the Governor-General's Body Guard by Vernon Charles Paget Hodson 1910 Archive.org

Training

  • The Madras Veterinary Establishment was set up in 1810 and boys from the Military Male Asylum and the Charity School were to be trained in the veterinary art, with the eventual rank of farriers.[2]
  • British Library catalogue entry IOR/F/4/738/20145 May 1796-Nov 1822 Further papers regarding the training establishment for veterinary students at Baliganj, [Ballygunge] Calcutta
  • British Library catalogue entry IOR/F/4/661/18358 Mar 1821, in respect of Bengal: Appointment of J.T. Hodgson as Veterinary Surgeon to the Governor General's Body Guard - he is to select and train eight Assistant Apothecaries as Veterinary Surgeons for the Light Cavalry Regiments. Refer Apothecary - Duties.
  • British Library catalogue entry IOR/F/4/889/23120 Further papers regarding the veterinary training establishment at Baliganj [Ballygunge] (includes returns of students on 1 Jul 1823, and 1 Jan 1824, pp 12-13, 85-86)
  • Page 3 of "History and Scope of Veterinary Medicine" (pdf) by MA Samad and MU Ahmed talks about the history of Veterinary Medicine in the Indian Sub- continent. It advises an Army Veterinary School was established at Poona in 1862, The first Veterinary College was set up at Babugarh in 1877, followed by Lahore in 1882, Bombay in 1886, and Madras and Calcutta in 1893
  • Bombay Veterinary College was established 2 August 1886 according to this MAFSU(Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University) link. It also contains a paragraph about William Moorcroft in addition to historical information.
  • The Madras Veterinary College TANUVAS

Individuals

William Moorcroft

William Moorcroft (Wikipedia) was the first English Veterinary Surgeon at Pusa. In describing the book Beyond Bokhara: The Life of William Moorcroft, Asian Explorer and Pioneer Veterinary Surgeon 1767-1825 by Garry Alder (1985), Bill Buxton states on his exploration website:

"This is the only biography of William Moorcroft, one of the great early explorers of the region north west of India. He was a veterinarian who came to India in 1808 as Superintendent of East India Company's horses. He traveled widely, ostensibly in search of breeding stock, but this was clearly more of a pretext than fact. He undertook a journey into western Tibet in 1812, across the Garhwal Himalaya to Lake Manasarowar, Mount Kailas region, the Rakas Tal, and Gartok. Moorcroft and Hearsey were the first Englishmen in the area.
"His next major trip was to Bokhara. He left British territory in 1820, for a trip that would last until 1825. Due to civil unrest in Afghanistan, he decided to go via Ladakh and Chinese Turkistan. He waited in Leh for permission from Kashgar, during which time he traveled and explored the greater part of Ladakh, the Karakoram Pass, the head-waters of the Yarkand River, the Western Himalaya, the Karakoram and the NW Frontier. In 1824, after deciding that permission would never come , he decided to go via Afghanistan, regardless of the civil conflict there. Traveled through Kashmir and Punjab, over the Khyber Pass, across the Oxus, and got to Bokhara. He died during the return trip."[3]

Elsewhere on his site, Buxton gives a short, but fuller biography of Moorcroft, including a bibliography.

Tournament of Shadows : the great game and the race for empire in Central Asia Archive.org Lending Library.

Historical books available online include

Others

  • Listen to the 1977 interview with John Clabby, British officer served with Royal Army Veterinary Corps in India, 1933- 1947. Imperial War Museums. Interview 937.

Camels

Camels were also called oonts, [4] the Hindustani word for both camel and camels.[5]

External links

Another summary of "Veterinary Science in India" by Sir Arthur Olver from Nature 141, 480-481 (12 March 1938).
The address by Sir Arthur Olver in his presidential address before the Section of Veterinary Research is in Proceedings Of The Twenty-fifth Indian Science Congress Part-ii 1938, page 315 which is available online, refer Historical books online, below.
The author of this paper also wrote The History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 1919-1961 by J. Clabby 1963, available online if you have Hathi Trust University access.

Historical books online

A manual of the diseases of the elephant and of his management and uses by John Henry Steel 1885 Archive.org
A manual of the diseases of the camel and of his management and uses by John Henry Steel 1890 Archive.org
Tweed's Cow-keeping In India 5th edition, revised by S N Sinha, 1931 Archive.org.
Elephants and their Diseases. A Treatise on Elephants by Lieut.-Colonel GH Evans , Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Burma 1910. Revised edition. Archive.org
Notes on elephants and their care by the late Mr W Hepburn. 2nd Impression 1919 (first published 1918? or 1913?) Rangoon. Click to a separate digital file for inserts. The author worked as Veterinary Surgeon to the BBTC Ltd (Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation). Digital Library University of Missouri. Archive.org mirror version.

References

  1. Naval and Military Magazine Volume 3, 1828, page cxi of "Naval and Military Miscellany"
  2. Samuel, E., Asiatic annual register Vol 12 (London: 1812) p.139
  3. Buxton, Bill "Books on History and Exploration: Annotated Bibliography". Retrieved December 11th, 2009.
  4. Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem titled "Oonts" in 1890. kiplingsociety.co.uk
  5. "Oonts" Notes on the text kiplingsociety.co.uk