title: [History of veterinary medicine as a branch of learning--lessons and possibilities].
abstract: History of veterinary medicine--which has always been under-rated in the curricula--is the only discipline within the professional training of a veterinary surgeon which encompasses all subjects. It therefore has a uniting, virtually encyclopaedic, mediating function. The intention of a lecture must be to impart a historic view, to inspire the students to consider the responsibility which man has for animals, and to make them sensitive in their professional life for a critical reflection of the basic intellectual concepts of our time and our society beyond the limits of their knowledge of veterinary medicine. It is the veterinary surgeon's "professional culture"--and an essential part of it is the history of veterinary medicine and domestic animals--which demands that this permanent reflection be the basis for the meaningful work of a veterinary surgeon.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giese
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D003479:Curriculum; D004520:Education, Veterinary; D005858:Germany; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Geschichte der Veterinärmedizin als Lehrfach--Aufgaben und Möglichkeiten.