Argos : bulletin van het Veterinair Historisch Genootschap.
Publisher:
Het Genootschap,
Frequency: Two no. a year
Country: Netherlands
Language: English
Author(s):
Veterinair Historisch Genootschap.
Start Year:1989 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0923-3970 (Print) 0923-3970 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 9708906 |
| (DNLM): | SR0091168(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 24894150 |
| Classification: | W1 AR781T |
Every man his own farrier in Australia: the origins and growth of a veterinary business in colonial New South Wales. The life and work is told of John Pottie (1832-1908), a Scotsman who graduated from Edinburgh Veterinary College in 1858. A year later, he contracted to provide veterinary care to a consignment of horses bound for Australia. Once there, he founded a firm that has survived to the present day, still marketing products that originated in his own veterinary remedies. John Pottie brought with him a European tradition of livestock care and treatment that was epitomised in Clater's title and book, Every man his own farrier. His career is of interest for several reasons. Firstly it is because he used ...