Before James Herriott

PhD

I thought I’d offer a little insight into the things I have discovered throughout the course of my research so far. The project is to look at the original veterinary legislation, with the RCVS charter of 1844 and the Veterinary Surgeons Act of 1881 as my main focus. I had a bit of delay in accessing the RCVS archives due to COVID, but did spend some time in other archives, which I found really interesting. How others saw us Veterinary presence in 19th century archives was var

Bunty Pumphrey

May 102 min read

Instrumentals

I’ve had this blog post brewing for a while. Bear with me as, even for me, this is a bit niche! A common OSCE question is: “How many instruments do we need to learn?”. The simple answer is: “Commonly used instruments you would find in a first opinion clinic – including orthopaedic, ophthalmology and general surgical instruments”. However, in my PhD research, my question would be: “Why are there so many similar surgical instruments with different names?”. In a quick check of a

Bunty Pumphrey

Apr 122 min read