Introduction: human-animal relationships and the need for veterinary medicine

Animal healing in sacred societies, 1500-1700

Animal healing in trade and conquest, 1700-1850s

Formal education for animal healing: from riding schools to veterinary schools, 1700-1850

Veterinary institutions and animal plagues, 1800-1900

Veterinary medicine in war and peace, 1900-1960

Food, animals, and veterinary care in a changing world, 1960-2000

Veterinary medicine and animal health, 2000-2020

Epilogue: veterinary medicine in the postmodern world.