Bulletin de la Société des sciences médicales du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg.
Publisher:
Societe Des Sciences Medicales Du Grand Duche De Luxembourg. Luxembourg : Societe Des Sciences Medicales Du Grand Duche De Luxembourg
Frequency: Two no. a year
Country: Luxembourg
Language: English
Author(s):
Société des sciences médicales du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg.
Start Year:1864 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0037-9247 (Print) 0037-9247 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 7503402 |
| (DNLM): | B55600000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01424749 |
| Coden: | BMGLAO |
| Classification: | W1 BU515 |
[Veterinarians–notables of the cities and the country. Some stages in their social ascent from the second half of the 18th century to the start of the 20th century]. During the second half of the 18th century scientific veterinary medicine, a new profession was born as a result of economic and military needs--losses of cattle as a consequence of infectious diseases and the growing demand for treatment to be given to the horses of the armies. At first the members of the emerging occupation, who are generally of very modest origin, hardly differ from the traditional actors of animal health. At the beginning of the 19th century the governments employ a large number of veterinarians for official missions to combat infectious diseases. As from the second half o...