History of the veterinary profession Flashcards
Characteristics of a profession
Integrity, Professionalism, Great responsibility, Autonomy, Institutional preparation, Clients, Direct working relationships, Ethical constraints, Merit-based, Capitalist morality
3 learned professions
Divinity - red
Law - black
Medicine - white
Turning from a trade/occupation to a profession
Development of formal qualifications based on education, apprenticeship (prolonged training), and examinations (formal qualification), the emergence of regulatory bodies with powers to admit and discipline members, and some degree of monopoly rights.
What is veterinary profession professional body and when was it created
Royal college of Veterinary Surgeons
1844
Obtained Royal Charter to protect the profession
(pushed for by Thomas Mayer)
First veterinary school in the UK formation
London Veterinary School - 1791
Creation traced back to Odiham Agricultural Society; Thomas Burgess
Actual set up led by Granville Penn
First principal: Charles Benoit Vial de St Bel
Replaced by Chief Army Surgeon Edward Coleman when he died (didn’t know anything about profession)
Much of curriculum focussed on horses (first horse admitted for treatment in 1793)
Initially just 4 students
When was title Veterinary Surgeon coined
1796 by Army Board of Officers
Second veterinary school UK
Edinburgh School founded by William Dick (had qualified from London)
1823
Financial backing from Highland Agricultural Society
Vet schools by 1900
2 in Edinburgh
1 in Glasgow
1 in Dublin
RVC in London
NB: Dick and Edinburgh schools important in founding lots of these
Veterinary surgeons act
1881: only members of RCVS can call themselves a veterinary surgeon
Profession recognised in Law!!
Via work of Fleming
First ever veterinary school
Lyon Veterinary school
1762
Charles Bourgelet
Second ever veterinary school
Alfort in Paris 1765
Charles Bourgelet
Aim of London Veterinary School
To put an end to the perceived animal cruelty caused by quackery and to provide young farriers with a scientific education
London Veterinary School degree under Coleman
Degree reduced to a few months and to focus just on horse
Changes in exams
First: oral exams with examiners from home institution
When RCVS made: move towards final examinations examined independently by RCVS
BUT: William Dick objected so graduates of Edinburgh held the ‘Highland Certificate’ which was awarded by Highland Agricultural Society
Unification of examination system
1879
- Pushed for by Fitzwygram and Fleming who were in the army and strove for an additional Charter
State Veterinary Service
Made in Victorian era
Research labs in Weybridge
Involved in detecting diseases and passing acs to control spread
Act to control import of animals
1848 following detection of sheep pox in imported animals
When did Cattle Plague (Rinderpest) arrive
1865
In Hull from the Baltic
Cattle Diseases Prevention Act
1866 after Rinderpest arrived in UK
This enshrined the idea of Notifiable Diseases
Chief Veterinary Officer post
1890
Glasgow school establishment
Royal warrant in 1863 James McCall (formerly Dick's staff) left to set it up over fall out about treating Rinderpest (Dick's view) or eradicating via killing
What was Glasgow the first city to do
Introduce market meat inspections and licensing of dairies
First UK veterinary journal
The Veterinarian
Founded in 1828 by William Percival
(Replaced the Farrier and Naturalist as main veterinary journal)
The Veterinary Record
Supesceded The Veterinian
Founded in 1888 by William Hunting
Pathology guy
John macfaydon
