The care of brute beasts
Subtitle: a social and cultural study of veterinary medicine in early modern England
By: by Louise Hill Curth.
Series: History of science and medicine library -- v. 14; History of science and medicine library -- v. 14.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9789004179950
Subjects: Veterinary medicine -- England -- History; Veterinary Medicine -- history -- England; History, 17th Century -- England; History, 18th Century -- England; History, Early Modern 1451-1600 -- England
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Animals in early modern society and culture; title: The principles behind health and illness; title: The medical marketplace for animals; title: The print culture and veterinary medicine; title: 'To keep out disease' : preventative medicine; title: Remedial medicine.