MUI_330 History of breeding and treatment of animals (on the basis of museum exhibits)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MVDr. Pavel Brauner, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Irena Loskotová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jiří Macháček, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Valášková
Supplier department: Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 9:10–10:45 pracovna
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim is to gain the ability to understand the historical development of animal husbandry and treatment and focus on the historical context of the relationship between man and animal, by man organizes breeding animals and their treatment. In the context of current knowledge to be able, on the basis of knowledge of history, to focus on selected issues of the field of study and have the opportunity to become acquainted with historical documents and materials documenting the historiography of sophisticated Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, including the hygienic food production of animal origin and social use of animals by man. The aim is to present the diversity of the human-animal consistency and validity of the coherence of the biological sciences in historical context and understand the particular health claim about one health and one medicine. On the basis of museum exhibits declare developments in selected areas of breeding and treatment of animals and to introduce specific health historiography in contemporary historical research.
Syllabus
  • 1. The role of biological science in the context of historical cognition 2. To the roots of coexistence between man and beast. Meat and milk in human nutrition 3. Man and beast in prehistoric era 4. The domestication of animals - and the consequences of its phase 5. Ancient civilizations and their perception of animals 6. The medieval view of the coexistence of humans and animals 7. Medicinal plants in Veterinary Medicine 8. Communication between man and animal, horse and dog in human history 9. Animotherapy today and its historical roots 10. The fight against animal diseases 11. Veterinary historiography 12. Ethical aspects of animal husbandry in the development of human society 13. Animal motifs in art as an illustration of the relationship between man and animal
Literature
  • DUNLOP, R.H. – WILLIAMS, D.J.: Veterinary Medicine – an Illustrated History, Mosby 1996, ISBN 0-8016-3209-9
  • DRIESCH, A.: Geschichte der Tiermedizin, Mnichov, 1989, ISBN 3-7667-0934-8, Verlag Georg D.W. Calwey GmbH, München
  • KARASSZON, D.: A Concise History of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest 1988, ISBN 963-05-4610-8, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest
  • ŠINDLÁŘ, Jiří. Stručné dějiny veterinární medicíny : od pravěku do konce 19. století. Vyd. 1. Brno: Veterinární a farmaceutická univerzita, 2005, 125 s. ISBN 8073055171. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
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