I have in my possesion an old veterinary book published around 1852. Very well used and has been repaired. The interesting thing about this book are the inscriptions in scrawled copper plate on some of the inside cover pages of recipes for ailments, which include the use of many herbs, dragons blood, turpentine ,antimony and many moreI've not heard of for years, (or perhaps only in witches brews.)
The book belonged to a man, obviously the vet -- named Joseph Goodyer.
I'd be interested to know more of this man , who would have been around in the 1850s.
Goodyer is a quite common name in the Bedworth / Nuneeton area.