A short history of Orchard Vets

Orchard Vets was started by vet John Dudley and vet nurse Wendy Terry in 1978. It was not that long after the James Herriot era when human and animal treatment still relied on many ancient remedies with only few modern ones on hand. But medicine was rapidly developing and in the late 70s there was a useful, if small, selection of antibiotics, anaesthetics and other medicines which had not been available to Herriot. The years that followed have seen fantastic developments in both human and veterinary medicine, changing the face of medical care out of all recognition.         Read more

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