The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-20
THE VETERINARY ART.

COllC2GD-IUfect1Ou0
troducti0n and Progress Of the Art In Ameri-
ca-The New York College Of Veterinary Sur
goona, &c.
While America Justly boasts Of It's rapid progress in
matters pertaining 10 the arts and sciences there
is one branch that has been almost totally neg
lected and 10 only within the last few years that
the slightest attempt q improvement has been made
Il 70 subject secondary in Importance 70 none aad
s cultivation 10 not alone useful, but necessity
"a great - the study Of human medicine and yet In
spite Of the terrible losses incurred by its neglect In
spite Of the example Of other nations and In spite Of the
records furnished by ancient history has always been
treated with indifference, and at the present day
the proper support due 70 It's importance ID not
accorded Yet u 10 . branch of medicine; . branch
that. until quite recently any one and every one
who chose was allowed 10 practice without qua0ca-
tons without diploma In fact without any other recon-
mendaon than fair share Of impudence the usual &C
compartment Of the grossest ignorance We alIude to
The veterinary SCIENCE and people w moro thoroughly
appreciate the nscesity a. Us cultivation whom furnished
with an account Of the almost fabulous amount or capt.
NJ invested IN horses and cattle In this country and
when thsy bear In mind Tho fearful danger ehilsd by
such affections q ndsrpcs hog cholera slandsrs I'd
The danger consists mot merely N the los Or property
but iiths consumpaos dssassa food productive Of
fearful results 70 the consumers Aa1.1a.J ai
Attic last there 45s horses 1l2sS5s
asses and mules coz COWS 224o o7b working oxen,
1901 400 other CATTLE % 76e sheep and s25552s7
swine in the United States, valued altogether at
81, 1o7, 4o0,21d
INFECTIOUS DsRAsml
There are 50 many Instances on record Of fearful
losses Of property BY infectious diseases that govern
ment should take warning, and instead Of cosing the
stable door after tho horse Il stolen" should adopt
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colleges all the country, in order have
mand an efncent body OF men In case Of need. With
such precautions, with STAFF Of men acquainted with
the organization and Of CATTLE there will be
necessity 10 to such remedies were adopted
few years ago in Massachusetts when the country
ravaged by "pleuropncumonia-n The epidemic
checked by destroying all the diseased cattle and the
owners we're reimbursed ont Of the State Treasury
disease called "hog cholera did great injury In ohio
years ago; to this day It's pathology is un nowp
scoarge revisit the country no one will be a to ons
with t. but will be obliged to stand by end see
their horses and herds swept away, and wiz have no
other comfort than In cursng the nIfligezce OF the
government that might have saved fheu from min
The Legislature is at all times wil6g E support meas
sttution be il ever useful ecess.tes an outlay but
little sympathy is 70 be met Nth NJ Albany
The rinderpest that rccery devastated England car
red of two hundred thousand head Of the finest CATTLE
and were It not for the energy displayed by the English
government which, Immediately detailed several hun
06WDorS veterinary
take measures foztceun,eracng it, there is no knowing
what the result would have been. During the late
on me line alone three hundred and fifty thou
sand horses were lost, and this mortality was almost
entirely the result Of the want Of properly ofganized
Veterinary Department That this department should
be well Appointed is quite important TO army
the preseIce Of skilled In the treatment of
Diseases for cavalry Is one Of the most important arms
ess a must Se as na
ooked after ~ the The successes Of Napoleon l.
Az mainly sscbed TO his attention to that branch Of the
ouAtn thoa unfE ID
| EARLY HISTORY
But although the nation that processes DO ahead OF
all Others in modern improvements, that Is making such
strides In the arts and sciences. and that has such
vast interests At stake almost ignores the science in
ton the ancient Greeks and Romans duly appreciated
It's worth and accorded great attention TO It's cultivation
The fst mention Of the veterinary art in early history
is contained In anaason 10 Chiron, Thessalonan the
prcceptor Of Achilles, who is said 70 have been pro-
foundy skilled In the management OF horses and cattle
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has rot been surpassed In he refers 70 Pirnon. an
Athsnian, who was skilled a. veterinary practitioner
friends Cato. father Cato himself vinil varro
high standing and men who were known for their
devotion 10 literature. Mayo, man whose name
also ssssa x science z. en
Of the Roman empire, this together with all
other arts and sciences was Dsslsc.ed sG. !. was sal
tributsd greatly towards lis development There are
many the subject exant In the original Arabic
Paris Ibnee, veterinarian OF Malaga, was held in high
esteem among the Moors In Spain, and through bis nno
mankind Another Arab, who wrote an extensive work
the treatment OF horses Abubecre, Master Of
| Horse to Mohnmmed Ben Calann, who was Sultan OF
Egypt about the year 1879. lesson taught by tho
Arabs by which modern nations will do well 70 profit s
that they allowed their horses 70 be medically
treated by arrers horse shoers and this combination
OF the mechanical with the scientific has done much
| towards retarding the progress OF the art
treatment N horses kc erIer than the wear 1890 the
world indebted % Francis the First OF Frarce, who
caused his physician Rue, man of great ability, to
make collections from ancient authors, and write work
| ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOLS
From this time very little progress was made until
the year 176 when the French government empowered
NJ Bourgelet eminent lawyer. 10 establish school
Tor the Study o. comparative anatomy ana ,ae ea'mep
out loss OF time and In 1862 the nrs veterinary school
opened at Lyons Immediately students locked 70
from all parts Of Europe, and not long before
the accommodations found Insufficient As the ad-
vantages derived from the first were very soon felt
another college opened Abort, and NJ. Bourgeet
was appointed revet Director and Inspector General OF
Veterinary schools To ~ ST. Bel, Frenchman, Eng
land ~ indebted Tor the ., @ hei rst
He graduate OF the Lyons school, and being disap
pointed IN not receiving some office for which he had
made application, he went 70 England IN search Of fame
| He furn shed with ntroductions 70 some al the
| most eminent OF the time, and arrived in
gave some lectures on The veterinary ART, but
met with discouragement on all sides He was
to give up the attempt In despair when, IN 17pl
public meeting was called 10 consider his plans They
were approved and n resolved 10 establish veer.
mary College OF London. The most celebrated men Of
i the day were among It's directors and officers NJ ST.
Bel did live long enjoy the honor and respect uni
versally entertained towards him in England but died
IN the year 1923 he had completed hts famous
work on the geomctrcal proportions OF Eclipse, the
greatest horse the world ever produced In the
early part OF this century other European nations
came awake 10 the advantages enjoyed by the French
and English nations and numerous veterinary schools
sprang Into existence which were supported by the
spectipe governments, and became national institutions
From this time forward great attention has been paid TO
this branch Of science and there very few
Europe that do not possess veterinary colleges One
4 OF the best Of them II