Comptes rendus biologies.
Publisher:
Elsevier,. Paris, France : Académie des sciences (2020)
Frequency: Monthly
Country: France
Language: fre
Author(s):
Académie des sciences (France)
Start Year:2002 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 1631-0691 (Print) 1768-3238 (Electronic) 1631-0691 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 101140040 |
| (OCoLC): | 49200702 |
| LCCN: | 2002243141 |
| Classification: | W1 CO454T |
[Claude Bourgelat and the creation of the first veterinary schools]. The first veterinary school in the world was created in Lyon in 1761 by an equerry, Claude Bourgelat (1712-1779), a man renowned for his skill in horsemanship and horse medicine, a man fully able to understand the issues of his time. Aware of the scope of the physiocratic movement and of the need to improve the health of farm animals, he was able to understand the expectations of Henri-Léonard Bertin, Minister of King Louis XV, in proposing the creation of an establishment, breaking with traditional farriery. The creation of the Veterinary School of Lyon would mark a milestone: the considerat...