Panorama des instruments vétérinaires jusqu’aux xviiie et xixe siècles

Abstract

In the early eighteenth century, the instruments dedicated to animal care were linked to the ancestral practices of marshals. Bleeding, purging and surgery of the hoof, cauterization, the use of polypharmacy were practices that were rooted in medical tradition dating back to antique times. The development of scholarly medicine and its transformation in veterinary medicine did not significantly change the nature of veterinary instruments before the end of the nineteenth century. If the first treaties that suggest diversification of surgical materials date from the first half of the nineteenth century, this development was limited to cutting-edge practices in urban and affluent backgrounds.

Keywords

• veterinary
• instruments
• tools
• farriery