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384
Aristotle
Discovered the diseases that frequently appear in cattle, dogs, horses, and elephants. -
450
Hippocrates
He described the the hydrothoarx in most swine and cattle and found a dislocation of the hip in a cow. -
500
First Dissection
Greek Scientist Alcmaeon was the first person to every dissect an animal for scientific purposes. -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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501
Animals had Jobs
In the middle ages people used their ¨pets¨ as protection. Dogs were used as hunters and guards, and cats were used a mice catchers. -
502
Medicine
During this time animal medicine was approached from the aspect that it was the exact same as human medicine. -
Jan 1, 725
Bourgelat
After watching cattle suffer due to a plague caused by the French herbs, Scientist, Bourgelat, went on a search for a remedy to help save this amazing creatures. -
Jan 1, 1298
James Harlan Steele
James Harlan Steele became known as the father of veterinary medicine by accident, but to this day that is what he will always be known as. -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1350
A cure for Horses
The Lord Mayor of London learned about the poor health of the horses near by and he persuaded all farriers near to to form a fellowship to help heal them. -
Jan 1, 1350
Gaston Phoebus
Gaston Phoebus wrote a book while he was king of England about diseases in dogs and their treatments. -
First anatomy diagram
An Italian, Ruini Bologna, wrote the first one. Especially known for his work on horse anatomy. -
The expert with Cows
There are references to an “expert cow doctor” practicing in Virginia as early as 1625 -
Anyone Could be a veterinarian
Before it was seen as a true ¨Profession¨ many people would do this as side job or hobby when they were not working their regular jobs. These included, farriers, blacksmiths, herdsman, and local ¨Witch Doctor´s¨. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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The Veterinary Profession
In Lyons, France a Veterinary School was founded by Claude Bourgelat, which is said to have started the veterinary profession. -
First American Practice
Charles Clark is the first known to open up his own practice in the United States. -
First Vet School
In America the first Vet School was the Veterinary College of Philadelphia. -
Aleen Isobel Cust
Aleen Isobel Cust was the first ever identified female Veterinarian. She began her career in Ireland, doing animal surgeries, she was recognized by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. -
First vaccines
The first vaccines developed were anthrax vaccine and rabies vaccine. -
Augustus Nathaniel Lushington
Augustus Nathaniel became the first African American known Veterinarian. He graduated from the Veterinary university of Pennsylvania. -
First Written Accounts of Veterinary Medicine
The first written account of veterinarian medicine by the first Buddhist King, Asoka. The writing said, There are two types of medicine: one for humans and one for animals." -
Period: to
Modern World
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K-state College of Veterinary medicine
The Veterinary medicine college in Manhattan Kansas at Kansas State University first opened up in 1905 -
Dogs and Cats
Veterinarians started adding dogs and cats to their health saving specialty because they were in a decline in business. But it was definitely not a bad idea for it is still a major jib for veterinarians today. -
Farm Animal Treatment
Two British Governemnt officals decided that other than just treating horses, vets should also begin specializing in the treatment of farm animals. -
Veterinarians are equal
Vets have finally been recognized as a medical professional equal to human doctors. -
Period: to
21st Century
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Luke Gamble
Luke Gamble is the first famous veterinarian known to travel all over the world just to help animals in need and document the entire thing. -
Chemotherapy
Chemo was found successful in dogs, that may even help people in the future. -
K-State Finding A Cure
For ages the Disease Fip ,Feline infectious peritonitis, has been going on and spreading country to country cat to cat. There are two forms, wet and dry. There has never been any kind of working vaccination to help cure the disease. But now our local college is working on it day and night to save the lives of many kittens who have a large life to continue living. -
Removal of Tumors
It has finally been proven that in most cases that a complete removal of a cancerous tumor on an animals will reduce the risk of recurrence of the cancer. -
Cancer Vaccination
many women who develop a particular type of breast cancer, the same gene HER2, also appears to be the cause of lung cancer in many dogs. Researchers found that neratinib a drug that has successfully been used to battle human breast cancer might also work for many of the nearly 40,000 dogs in the US that annually develop the most common type of canine lung cancer.
