A Concise History of Veterinary Medicine

This book explores the global history of veterinary medicine and animal healing, tracing the exchange of ideas and expertise across cultures through travel, trade, and conflict. It examines how attitudes toward animals, disease causation theories, wars, food insecurity, and the professionalization of European veterinary education have shaped new domains for animal healing, such as preventive medicine and the need for veterinarians specializing in different animal species.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 25 August 2022
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The exchange of ideas and expertise related to veterinary healing has traversed cultural boundaries through travel, trade, and conflict, spanning a remarkable 400-year history. In their comprehensive and accessible study, Susan D. Jones and Peter A. Koolmees present the first global history of veterinary medicine and animal healing. Drawing from inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspectives, this book explores how attitudes towards animals, disease causation theories, wars, food insecurity, and the professionalization and spread of European veterinary education have shaped the development of new domains for animal healing. These include preventive medicine in intensive animal agriculture and the growing demand for veterinarians specializing in zoo animals, wildlife, and pets. The book concludes by examining the politicization of animal protection, changes in the global veterinary workforce, and concerns about disease and climate change. Veterinarians and other animal healers have played a pivotal role as intermediaries between humans and animals, simultaneously shaping and being shaped by the evolving social, cultural, and economic roles of animals throughout history.

The exchange of ideas and expertise related to veterinary healing has traversed cultural boundaries through travel, trade, and conflict, spanning a remarkable 400-year history. In their comprehensive and accessible study, Susan D. Jones and Peter A. Koolmees present the first global history of veterinary medicine and animal healing. Drawing from inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspectives, this book explores how attitudes towards animals, disease causation theories, wars, food insecurity, and the professionalization and spread of European veterinary education have shaped the development of new domains for animal healing. These include preventive medicine in intensive animal agriculture and the growing demand for veterinarians specializing in zoo animals, wildlife, and pets. The book concludes by examining the politicization of animal protection, changes in the global veterinary workforce, and concerns about disease and climate change. Veterinarians and other animal healers have played a pivotal role as intermediaries between humans and animals, simultaneously shaping and being shaped by the evolving social, cultural, and economic roles of animals throughout history.

Weight: 581g
ISBN-13: 9781108430708