History of Veterinary Medicine in the World

In Ancient Roman times known as the Etruscans who loved horses and cows. This is evident from the pictures that are relics of antiquity. Animals in those days had a sacred value and dignity or value in special rituals are used as sacrificial animals. Any success or victory, made the celebration of the sacrificial animals that were given special names. A collection of some of the sacrificial animals that consists of a combination of several animal species including pigs (sus), sheep (ovis), bulls (bull) is called "souvetaurilia". While the people who take care of the animals sacred to be used as a sacrifice before called "souvetaurinarii" which was then believed to be the birth of the term "veterinarius". The possibility of other terminology that is still in Roman times, the burden of animals known as "veterina" and a camp store these animals are called "veterinarium". Term "veterinarii" is also used in an ancient document as "a person who has special immunity" because it has "special competence". From the literature also discusses the term Other "Veterinarius" defined as people who take care of pack animal / animal workers

In the journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1972, outlined the history of how the "medical scientist" ancient animal need for the development of human medicine, but they require veterinarius to handle these animals and not Ferrarius.

For it was necessary veterinarius educated to understand what it takes. Then timbulah degree-a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) which is the beginning of the Veterinarius a "medical doctor" or "Doctor of Veterinary Medicine". In the end, veterinarius are people who initially liked the animals and take care of it properly, understand the natural behavior and then treat it according to this natural behavior.

Veterinary profession is a very old profession in the world to emerge as the development of the Medical Profession in Ancient Greece in 460-367 BC (BC) by the Father of Medicine Hippocrates in the world. Veterinary profession is recorded in the book of the law in the reign of King Hammurabi (1792 BC). Regulate various aspects of the Code of Hammurabi Babylonian society, including animal welfare and animal treatment and care services

Methods of medicine and the basics of the philosophy of medicine developed by Hippocrates is well understood and internalized by a scientist named Aristotle (born 384 BC) which apply to the handling of animal diseases. He is the founder of Comparative Medicine (Comparative Medicine), namely the application of medical methods are studied for human medicine to animal species and is famous for his book "Historia Animalium" (Story of Animals), which describes more than 500 species of animals. In addition, he also wrote a book about Plant Biotechnology is revealing about animal diseases and introducing Castration at a young farm animals and their effect on growth and more medicine methods in various animal species. His other works are the De Partibus Animalium, De Genetatlone Animallium and Problematicum.

Not only that, there are other names are also recorded in the development of veterinary medicine, namely:

• Hippiatros term Greek society (500 BC), a horse doctor

• Varro (116 - 28SM) expert horse disease and its treatment in a primitive way

• Atharava Vedas (1500 - 500 BC): the literature on health maintenance & management of horses and elephants

• King Ashoka built the first RSH 250 BC

While at the time of the Caliph of Islam, namely:

• Ibn Sina (Arieenoa), al Rahzi, and Husayn ibn Ishak al-Ibadi, translated the works of Hippocrates and other Greek philosophers.

• Razi (860-940) wrote 200 books and medical field of medical ethics as well as the 25 volume encyclopedia of practical Hawi.

• Ibn Sina (980 - 1037) wrote 16 books and Al - Kanun (the Canoun), encyclopedia of disease worldwide.

• Encourage the development of the science of zoology, hewann medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology and chemistry.

In the year 873 or 877M/264H M/260H Ishab Hunayn Ibn al-Kitab al Ibadi fabricate - Sard / Hilaj Al-dawabb wa - wa al-baqar wa al Ghanam - adwiyattiha (The Detailed Presentation on the Therapeutic Treatment of scholarship, Cattle, Sheep, and Goats, and Their Medicaments) and wrote a book Kitab al Baytarah (Veterinary Medicine) which may be a translation of the Greek manuscripts of the horse from Theompestus of Magnesia (4th century).

Health professions are rooted anywhere from mythologi (myth) and the supernatural (magic). In ancient Greece, stories about the gods of illness and healing among others Apollo, Chiron (depicted as a human entity = horse centaur) and his students, among others, is the famous Asklepios (Latin: Aesculapius) an ordinary human being capable of curing human disease and animals.

The snake is the symbol of Aesculapius (As) and circular (klepios) on tree trunks where the snake is not poisonous it is a symbol of the ancient sacred healing ways. Symbol of medicine then take of Aesculapius symbol, while the profession of veterinary medicine (veterinary) there is a take or Aesculapius centaur. Well, the species of snake coiled on the stick is Elaphe longissima.