Heal the Beasts: A Jaunt Through the Curious History of the Veterinary Arts

by Philipp Schott DVM

This history of veterinary medicine provides an abundance of bizarre, funny, surprising, and heartwarming anecdotes. Heal the Beasts chronicles human efforts to treat animal illnesses from 14,000 BCE to today.

How and why did humans begin to treat sick and injured animals? And how did those practices, and the associated attitudes, evolve from prehistory to the present day?

To answer these questions, Dr. Schott shares stories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770417834
• ISBN13: 9781770417830
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: ECW Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.