Veterinary Board of Victoria

Commander Bruce D Wansbury retired as Registrar of the Veterinary Board of Victoria on 1 July 1992 He was appointed Registrar in 1984 after a career in the Royal Navy during World War II and then in the Royal Australian Navy. He brought to the Board a wealth of training and experience in

administration in the Navy and so instituted orderly and profes- sional administration of the veterinary profession through the Veterinary Board. Bruce Wansbury served as Registrar under three Presidents of the Board - Dr LI Fulton until 1987, then kofessor DC Blood 1987 to 1990 and Dr MA Harrison from 1990 to date. A notable achievement during that period was the establishment

at the instigation of the Veterinary Board of Victoria of the Australian Veterinary Boards Conference. The Conference has met once each year since 1984, at the venue of the AVA Annual Conference. Bruce Wansbury has been secretary of the con- ference since its inception.

All the Boards collaborated to regularise easy registration of veterinarians in all states and territories. The Conference also agreed on the creation of national standards for veterinary specialists in all states and territories and so facilitated the registration of specialists throughout Australia.

The Association thanks Commander Wansbury for distin- guished service to the veterinary profession and hopes that he and his wife Pat will enjoy a long and happy retirement.

Margaret Bronwen Wilson FCIM, AIMM is the new Registrar. She was an officer of the Australian Society of Cer- tified Practising Accountants from 1976 to 1986 when she joined theNational Institute of Accountants as Deputy Executive Direc- tor. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Managers, Secretaries and Administrators, and an Associate of the Australian Institute of Management.

T h e President, Dr MA Harrison (right) made a presentation to the retiring Registrar, Commander Wansbury, at a

Veterinary Board dinner on 1 July 1992

BOOK REVIEW Colour Atlas of Veterinary H/sto/ogy, William J Bacba Jr and Linda M Wood, Lea and Febiger, 7990, pp 269, $72.95

The preface to this hardcover book states “our aim has been to compare the histologic structures of organs in a variety of domestic animals”. The book competently meets these aims.

In the first chapter general principles of Lstology are discussed and includes a set of excellent illustrations of sections through different planes of solid and tubular organs. Next are chapters discussing various tissues; epithelium, connective, cartilage, bone, blood, bone marrow, muscle. The fmal section deals with organ systems; nervous, cardiovascular, lymphatic, digestive, urinary,respiratory, endocrine andmale and femalereproductive systems, the integument, ear and eye.

Each chapter begins with a description of the tissue or organ system. The use of bold type to highlight the names of tissue organ parts facilitates their location. The second section of each chapter is a series of generally well labelled colour micrographs and l i e drawings. The use of colour is applauded as it cor- responds with stained sections viewed under the light micro- scope. Unfortunately a number of the photomicrographs have been mislabelled and subsequently corrected with paper overlays - rather distracting. There is a comprehensive index. This book is a welcome addition to the literature on veterinary

histology. It covers thoroughly the histology of the tissues and major organ systems of the animals most commonly seen by veterinarians. It should prove a useful text for undergraduates, and for postgraduate students of histology and histopathology, and practising veterinary histopathologists and researchers.

Joan Lloyd

AVA Max Henry Memorial Library

The Library has an extensive collection used by veterinary practitioners, research workers and students throughout Australia.

The Library is housed in the CSIRO McMaster Laboratory Library adjacent to the Sydney University Veterinary School. The Library is open from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm Monday to Friday.

The Library is available to ALL financial members of the AVA. It is your library.

Constrained by these economic times, a charge is made for the services of the library including the Journal Circula- tion Scheme for which there is an annual charge of $70 plus $30 per title per year. This includes postage.

Other services include photocopying of articles from the books and journals in this Library or from other libraries at 60 cents per page plus postage, minimum $2, or $6 - 9 for articles from other libraries.

An inter-library loan senrice is available. All books reviewed in the Australian Vetmhary Iournal may be borrowed by members. The cost is $10 per book plus postage.

Manual literature searches of abstracting and indexing journals (for example, Index Veterinarius) are available (charge $40 per hour with a minimum of $40).

There is a service charge of $2 per invoice. For more information contact Gail Pearce: Tel (02) 660 4411, Fax (02) 692 8561.

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