History Flashcards
(83 cards)
Most common treatment listed in Papyrus for treating illness for horses? What is the maximum that they could bleed the horse before it died?
Bloodletting. 3 gallons.
How was bloodletting of a horse done?
Placed horse in a stall for a week (fasted), occlude the vein, and pierce it with a tool until the “bad blood” is gone. Then rest for 1 week after.
What is the “Code of Hammurabi”?
Stone tablets which gave instructions for payments to practitioners, payable if the animal got well. If animal died, the practitioner had to pay the owner.
Who was Varro?
100BC Greek historian who coined the term “hippotroi” or horse practitioner.
Who was Vegetius?
a 4th century Roman author who published disease of horses and mules.
What is a ‘saggita”?
Tool used for horse bloodletting.
What were the earliest paintings in Egypt portraying in relation to animals?
Man assisting cattle with birthing.
When was the first Veterinary textbook written and where?
French book in 1700’s; first text to use the term “veterinary”
What is the “Flayed Rider”?
A work of art early horse and rider skinned and preserved together. French artisit Honore Fragard.
First written document of diseases in history, pertaining to horses, around 1900BC.
Papyrus of Kahun
Who is Carlo Ruini?
Wrote the first book of animal anatomy “Anatomy of the Horse”around 1800.
Who is Deane Blaine?
Wrote “Outlines of Veterinary Art” 1st comprehensive English veterinary text.
How many vet schools were there in the world in 1825?
30, almost all primarily horses and livestock.
When was it first published and what was the first peer-reviewed Vet journal published?
1818, The Veterinarian.
When were the first US veterinarians graduated from vet school (in London)?
1850
What year was America’s first veterinary journal published?
1877
When was the Meat Inspection System implemented and why?
1880-1900 it was instituted because cattle were being shipped from one geographic area to another and bringing new diseases which the native cattle were not immune too. The cattle were sick and being fed to people anyway, making them sick.
What is tick fever? What else is it known as?
Texas Fever, bovine piroplasmosis
Who discovered tick fever and how did they treat it?
Dr.F.L. Kilbourne , he designed a “swim vat” where cattle would pass through a water and insecticide dip before being loaded to ship to other areas.
How were Longhorn cattle developed?
From spanish cattle brought over in the 1500’s.
By 1852-1913, how many vet schools were in existence? what happened to them?
40 private, 11 with universities, one public, Iowa State. They closed due to WWI, Industrial Revolution (mechanization of transportation- horseless carriage”.
What year was Texas A&M veterinary college started?
1916
How manny vet colleges have been opened since 1950’s?
30
During which decades did the primary vet animal become something other than livestock? Eg. dogs and cats.
1950-70’s; dogs; 1970’s-80’s cats
