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A concise history of veterinary medicine / Susan D. Jones, Peter A. Koolmees.
Veterinary: Atwood Library (Campus) SF615 .J66 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Susan D., 1964- author.
- Koolmees, Peter A., author.
- Series:
- New approaches to the history of science and medicine
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Veterinary medicine--History.
- Veterinary medicine.
- Animals--Diseases--History.
- Animals.
- Veterinary Medicine--history.
- Animal Diseases--history.
- Animals--Diseases.
- Medical Subjects:
- Veterinary Medicine--history.
- Animal Diseases--history.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 419 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "From Ayurvedic texts to botanical medicines to genomics, ideas and expertise about veterinary healing have circulated between cultures through travel, trade, and conflict. In this broad-ranging and accessible study spanning 400 years of history, Susan D. Jones and Peter A. Koolmees present the first global history of veterinary medicine and animal healing. Drawing on inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspectives, this book addresses how attitudes toward animals, disease causation theories, wars, problems of food insecurity and the professionalization and spread of European veterinary education have shaped new domains for animal healing, such as preventive medicine in intensive animal agriculture and the need for veterinarians specializing in zoo animals, wildlife, and pets. It concludes by considering the politicization of animal protection, changes in the global veterinary workforce, and concerns about disease and climate change. As mediators between humans and animals, veterinarians and other animal healers have both shaped, and been shaped by, the social, cultural, and economic roles of animals over time"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Jones, Susan D., 1964- Concise history of veterinary medicine
- ISBN:
- 9781108420631
- 110842063X
- 9781108430708
- 1108430708
- OCLC:
- 1321819370
- Publisher Number:
- 99991647480
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