Veterinary Medicine

Lecture by Jim Wight, introduced by Professor Ewan Cameron, Head of the School for Veterinary Medicine, to celebrate the 150 years of the University of Glasgow's Vet School.

Lecture by Jim Wight, introduced by Professor Ewan Cameron, Head of the School for Veterinary Medicine to celebrate the 150 years of the University of Glasgow's Vet School.

James Herriot (aka James Alfred Wight) was a famous alumnus of the Glasgow Vet School. His son, who also attended the Vet School, reflects on his father's time in Glasgow and the changes in veterinary medicine over the 150 years since it opened.

In the late 1950s George Urquhart, William Mulligan, Frank Jennings, William Jarrett and Ian McIntyre, all members of staff at the Glasgow Veterinary School, developed the world's first vaccine against a parasitic infection in either humans or animals -- known as the Dictol Group, the five developed a vaccine against the lung worm parasite in cattle, which was a significant problem for farmers.