If Only They Could Talk: The Classic Memoir of a 1930s Vet

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That man in the picture had just finished an excellent lunch and had moved next door to do a bit of calving just for the sheer pleasure of it, as a kind of dessert. This is a large volume of writing, but it never gets boring because his insight into human and animal nature is profound. Ada kisah keberhasilan saat Herriot dan tim secara cerdas atau secara kebetulan dapat mendiagnosis penyakit dan menyembuhkannya. In the last three books, James and Siegfried are enlisted in the Royal Air Force (RAF) to serve in WW 2. In this one, the narrator, Herriot, having finished his studies in veterinary sciences, goes to a Yorkshire village named Darrowby to be assistant to the vet Seigfried Farnon.

Skarbo lopkopju visgudrība un lielā mīlestība pret saviem četrkājainajiem draugiem bieži vien izrādās traucējoša un kurioza. THEY DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS IN THE BOOKS, I THOUGHT, AS THE SNOW BLEW IN THROUGH THE GAPING DOORWAY AND SETTLED ON MY NAKED BACK. Herriot’s stories rely on numerous autobiographical elements taken from his life in northern England’s Yorkshire County, and they depict a simple, rustic world deeply in touch with the cycles of nature.Wight was just as interested in their owners as he was in his patients, and his writing is, at root, an amiable but keen comment on the human condition. I had some trepidation about reading Vet in a Spin as i have strong views on war, but was pleasantly surprised with the apolitical content and found it experience based. There are hair-raising anecdotes of cures and medical conditions, of the dangers of being a country vet, and the triumphs too. Tak lama, bergabung pula Tristan Farnon, adik Siegfried yang memiliki sifat jauh berbeda — ia periang, ceroboh, namun selalu beruntung.

His opening chapter describes his struggle to deliver a calf in the middle of the night, while the farmer has little faith in him, as he is a young, inexperienced vet. In the very first chapter we initially meet Herriot while he is performing a calving right in the middle of a winter night, drenched in sweat, blood, snow and mud, and wondering about the situation he is in when compared to the squeaky clean picture of a veterinary surgeon performing a calving that was provided in his obstetrics book while training.He portrays them as hardworking, down-to-earth, and deeply connected to the land and the animals they care for. There are many moments when this writing can bring tears to your eyes, especially when a beloved animal passes away or has to be put down. If Only They Could Talk comprises the first 31 chapters of “All Creatures Great and Small”, issued later, and which I shall review separately.