SECTION I.
HISTORY OP VETERINARY MEDICINE.
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Was first sown in Greece ; next nurtured in Rome—Languished during the
dark ages—Revived in the sixteenth century—Aided by the translation
of the writings of Vegetius—The succeeding age still further cultivated
it—The eighteenth century marked by veterinary writings of acknow-
ledged merit, and by the establishment of the first public school of the
art—The subsequent march of veterinary science may be legibly traced
in the works of the many eminent authors who have since written on it.
