I really enjoyed the post by Kody on medicine. I learned quite a bit from it. For my post I have decided to branch off a little from his topic and talk about one of my favorite subjects: veterinary medicine. I am a biology major and I want to be veterinarian.
Treatment of animals in ancient Epgyt.
Veterinary medicine has been around for a long as humans and animals have been together. The first documentation known for recipes to cure animal illnesses is in 2500 B.C in China. Some 4,000 years old Indian art show men caring for horses and elephants. The Ancient Egyptian art shows how men checking the health of their cattle and dogs.
It is interesting to see the change in veterinary medicine over history. Back then, animals that were cared for were farm animals cattle, sheep, horses etc. The latin root for veterinarian is veterinae, which means "cattle". Now, at least in U.S. most animals treated are pets.
Though it is not known exactly when published a Roman scholar named Columella wrote 12 volumes on the topic of animals and agriculture. He wrote about breeding, livestock health, and animal care and treatment. Columella was the first to use the "veterianarius" to describe a doctor who treats animals.
