Veterinary Medicine

by Hunter,Pamela

• ISBN13: 9780754640530
• ISBN10: 0754640531
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Veterinary Medicine: A Guide to Historical Sources opens with a brief history of veterinary medicine and the veterinary profession from c.1300 to the present day, identifying key dates and events that shaped their development. Examining the nature and uses of the records covered by the book and outlining the types of records found, it then discusses the kind of information they contain and their likely uses by different researchers. The main body of the book is the lists of records. Here the various practices and institutions covered by the book are listed, together with the types of records they hold and the dates they cover, and where they are kept. A short biographical history is included with each entry where appropriate.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Professor Roger Cooter	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Veterinary medicine: a brief history	1	(31)
Veterinary records: their nature and uses	32	(18)
Select bibliography	50	(6)
User's guide: arrangement of the book	56	(5)
List of records of practices	61	(145)
List of records of individuals	206	(29)
List of records of companies	235	(37)
List of records of trade bodies and professional associations	272	(39)
List of records of national government	311	(57)
List of records of local government	368	(28)
List of records of education and research establishments	396	(43)
List of records of charities	439	(15)
List of records of zoos	454	(6)
Guide to minor collections	460	(70)
Index of names	530	(40)
Index of places	570	(17)
Index of subjects	587	(16)
Index of archive repositories	603