Delabere Pritchett Blaine (1768–1845) was an

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veterinary surgeon Veterinary surgery is surgery performed on animals by veterinarians, whereby the procedures fall into three broad categories: orthopaedics (bones, joints, muscles), soft tissue surgery (skin, body cavities, cardiovascular system, GI/urogenital/ ...

and Professor of Animal Medicine.

Biography

Blaine at one stage ran a veterinary infirmary in Wells Street, Oxford Street,

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. From about 1812 he was in partnership there with

William Youatt William Youatt (1776 – 5 February 1847) was an English veterinary surgeon and animal welfare writer. Life Youatt was the son of a non-conformist minister. He was educated for the nonconformist ministry, and undertook ministerial and scholastic ...

, for around 12 years; then Youatt took over the business. He may have been a contributor to ''

Rees's Cyclopædia Rees's ''Cyclopædia'', in full ''The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature'' was an important 19th-century British encyclopaedia edited by Rev. Abraham Rees (1743–1825), a Presbyterian minister and scholar w ...

''. He is not in the ''Philosophical Magazine'' list, but in the Prospectus as writing on Veterinary Art and Sporting Life.

Publications

*'' Anatomy of the Horse'', 1799 *'' Canine Pathology'', 1800 *'' The Outlines of Veterinary Art'', 1802 *'' A Domestic Treatise on the diseases of Horses and Dogs'', 1803 *'' Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports'', 1840, second edition 1852 edited by Charles Bindley and others

References

* – Simonds, ''A bibliographical Sketch of Two Distinguished Promoters of Veterinary Science, Delabere P. Blaine and William Youatt'', London, 1896 *J. W. Barber-Lomax, 'Delabere Pritchett Blaine: A Biographical Note', ''Journal of Small Animal Practice'' Volume 2, Issue 1-4, pages 135–136, February 1961 *Fussell, G. E., 'Delabere Pritchett Blaine 1770-1845',. ''Veterinary History'', N.S., 2001 11 (2), 83-87

External links

WorldCat page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blaine, Delabere Pritchett 1768 births 1845 deaths English veterinarians