2. Ancient Documents:
Code of Hammurabi –2250 B.C.
Papyrus of Kahun – 1900 B.C.
India –1900 to 1200 B.C.
Ancient Greece – “Horse Doctor”
Ancient Roman Empire - <200 B.C.
3. Through The Ages:
First Century Rome
Origin of the modern veterinary hospital
First mention of “germ theory”
First reference to disease control
4. Byzantine Empire – 4th Century
Hippiatrika
Fundamental understanding of animal
disease
Fall of Roman Empire – Beginning of
DARK AGES – Veterinarian’s
disappeared
5. 18th and 19th Century
Revival of Veterinary Medicine
Savage surgery!
Dr. Michael Harward
Intestinal surgery
James Clark
Humane treatment
Pulse diagnosis
6. Beginning of
ModernVeterinary Science
1598 Publication of Anatomy of Horse
1817 Dr. Delabere Blaine – Father of
first Veterinary specialty
1850 – America had only about 15
graduate veterinarians
1870’s Veterinary education in U.S.
begins
7. 1884 Bureau of Animal Industry was
formed
First Veterinary schools in U.S. were
private and dominated by financial
interests.
40 schools started in 1800’s – 1913; all
had closed by 1924
8. First state supported school in 1879
Over next 30 years, nine more started
From 1944 to 1957 eight more schools
founded – including UCD
9. R.V.T. History
1961 First US program - New York
1972 CRC Program – First West of
Rockies
1973 AVMA Begins evaluation and
accreditation of schools
1974 CRC First West of Mississippi to
be accredited
10. 1975 California offers certification exam
for first time.
1982 “Job Tasks” defined
Presently 103 AVMA accredited
schools in 38 states
