Graduation in the sense of the Study Guidelines of the UVMP in Košice ( article No.6 and 13-16). The student is obliged to present his own individual works in time.

Student is familiar with the history of veterinary medicine as different developmental stages, understand the role of veterinary medicine in society as well as position of veterinary medicine between the life sciences with particular emphasis on their connection to medicine and agriculture,

Foundation of Veterinary historiography, The era of intuitive, naive-empiric and superstitious-magic animal healing, The era of rational–empiric animal healing, Metaphysical era of veterinary medicine, Renaissance in medical science, Veterinary Medicine in the New Age.

1. Introduction, Foundation of Veterinary historiography.

2. Vet. Medicine, Areas of veterinary medicine.

3. Veterinarian´s role in society.

4. Myth and symbol in history of medicine and veterinary .

5. Transition from hunting to herding und farming.

6. Domestication of Animals.

7. Ancient Mesopotamia – the first receipts and veterinarians.

8. Relicts of animal healing in India (Veda, Brahman era).

9. History of animal healing in China.

10. Animal care in Ancient Egypt.

11. Ancient Greek veterinary medicine.

12. Vet.medicine in ancient Rome (Haruspices, Asclepiades, Galen).

13. Animal healing in the Roman Empire (horse cult, fusion of Greek and Roman cults).

14. Byzantine Empire – the main bridge between ancient and medieval world.

15. Medieval Arabic vet. medicine.

16. Religious animal healing in the Christian Middle Ages.

17. History of Christian mystic animal healing (monastic and scholastic vet.medicine).

18. The Beginnings of anatomy of domestic animals. Extensions of anatomy to embryology and reproduction.

19. Logic in the Control of Plagues and the Understanding of Diseases (Middle Ages to XIX century).

20. The beginnings of veterinary educations in Europe (Lyon, Alford, Wienna, Hanover, London).

21. Modernity – new discoveries and inventions of XIX century, development and perspectives of medicine .

22. International Veterinary companies, organizations and associations.

23. One Health Concept in the context of medical and veterinary education.

1) Dunlop, R. H., Williams ,D.J.: Veterinary medicine, 1996, ISBN-13: 978-0801632099

ISBN-10: 0801632099

2) Wilkinson, L: Animals and Disease: An Introduction to the History of Comparative Medicine , 2005, Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 978-0521018449

3) Karasszon, D.: A Concise History of Veterinary Medicine, 1988, Akadémiai Kiadó,

Continuous assessment:

Active participation on exercises, submission of individual work at least 3 days before the presentation (at the agreed time).

Conditions for completion of course:

Graduation in the sense of the Study Guidelines of the UVMP in Košice ( article No.6 and 13-16). The student is obliged to present his own individual works in time.

Final assessment:

Evaluation of study resultes in the sense of the Study Guidelines of the UVMP in Košice ( article No.17), Exam - Criteria : Credit awarded, written Exam .The exam will consist of multiple choice written test.