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Veterinary
science: Traditionally, farmers had to rely
on their own experience and a combination of local lore and potions to
deal with a sick or suffering animal.
The shepherd dealt as best he could on a daily basis with the ailments
and injuries of his sheep. The blacksmith could be a great source of knowledge
on the health and fitness of horses. To assist, a range of tools, relatively
crude by modern standards, was available. The Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons received its charter in 1844 and veterinary science emerged in
its own right during the second half of the nineteenth century. The picture
shows a vet in the early 1950s using an adapted version of a wartime mine
detector to test whether a cow had a piece of baler wire lodged in its
stomach.
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