H. Caulton (Harry Caulton) Reeks

H. Caulton Reeks, also listed as Harry Caulton Reeks, was a veterinary author known for writing about horse health in the early 1900s. The sources found for him consistently connect his name with equine medicine, especially two works: The Common Colics of the Horse and Diseases of the Horse's Foot.

His writing presents him as a practical specialist rather than a literary figure. Diseases of the Horse's Foot identifies him as a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and the book is devoted to hoof anatomy, lameness, shoeing-related problems, and other disorders affecting a horse's foot. The Common Colics of the Horse shows the same hands-on approach, focusing on causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Although biographical details about his personal life were not readily available in the sources reviewed, his surviving books suggest a writer deeply concerned with useful, field-tested veterinary knowledge. For readers interested in the history of animal medicine, his work offers a window into how horse disease was understood and treated in his time.