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Médecine vétérinaire. 3 vols. Tome premier, contenant l'exposition de la structure & les fonctions du cheval & du boeuf. Tome second, contenant l'exposition des maladies du cheval, du boeuf, de la brebis &c. Tome troisieme, contenant l'exposition des médicaments nécessaires au maréchal, & l'analyse des auteurs qui ont écrit sur l'art vétérinaire, depuis Végece jusqu'à nos jours.

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Lyon: Frères Perisse, 1771 CE.

Vitet was a medical doctor who later became mayor of Lyon. Baas, Outlines of the history of medicine III, 716 writes that he "introduced the experimental method into veterinary medicine." Volume 3 contains both an analysis of available medications and their applications and an analytical bibliography, with unusually long notes, of prior writings on veterinary medicine. Digital facsimiles of the set from the Hathi Trust at this link.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY › Bibliographies of Veterinary Medicine VETERINARY MEDICINE

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#10131
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/12320
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	mdecine-vtrinaire

Geographic Context

Publication place: Lyon