Advancement of Veterinary Science History of the Healing Professions Parallels Between Veterinary and Medical History

Summary: Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Veterinary History: Clinical Insights into Classical Texts, R.E. Walker 2. Man, Animals and Medicine at the Time of the Founding of the Royal Veterinary College, R. Porter 3. Herbs for Herbivores: The Prehistory of Veterinary Medicine, D.E. Allen 4. New Drugs from Ancient Wisdom: Approaches to Drug Discovery using Higher Plants, N.R. Farnsworth 5. Attitudes to Fever, M.J.... Kluger 6. Zoonoses and the Development of Concepts of Contagion and Infection, L. Wilkinson 7. Medicine Education in the Nineteenth Century, H. Ellis 8. Farriers in Georgian England, J. Lane 9. Interactions Between Human and Veterinary Medicine: Past, Present and Future, C.W. Schwabe Index [read more]