Varanasi Subhose, Narayana A
Indian Institute of History of Medicine, Osmania Medical College Building, Putlibowli, Hyderabad 500095.
Bull Indian Inst Hist Med Hyderabad. 2007 Jul-Dec;37(2):117-34.
The history of veterinary medicine is closely tied to the development of human medicine. Evidence of animal medicine has been found in ancient civilizations, such as those of the Hindu, Babylonians, Hebrews, Arabs, Greeks, and Romans. Ancient Indian literature in the form of the holy Vĕda, Purăna, Brăhmaņa, epics, etc. is flooded with information on animal care. The Purăņa are ancient scriptures discuss varied topics like devotion to God and his various aspects, traditional sciences like Ayurvĕda, Jyŏtişa (Astrology), cosmology, concepts like dharma, karma, reincarnation and many others. The treatment of animal diseases using Ayurvedic medicine has been mentioned in Garudapurăna, Agnipurăņa, Atri-samhită, Matsyapurăņa and many other texts. The Garudapurăņa is one of the important Săttvika purăna, the subject matter is divided into two parts, viz. Pŭrvakhaņda (first part) and an Uttarakhaņda (subsequent part). Gavăyurvĕda, Gajăyurvĕda narrated briefly and Aśvăyurvĕda described detailly in Pŭrvakhaņda.
兽医学的历史与人类医学的发展紧密相连。在古代文明中，如印度、巴比伦、希伯来、阿拉伯、希腊和罗马等文明中，都发现了动物医学的证据。以神圣的吠陀经、往世书、梵书、史诗等形式存在的古印度文献中充斥着有关动物护理的信息。往世书是古代经文，讨论了各种主题，如对神及其各个方面的虔诚、阿育吠陀、占星术等传统科学、宇宙学、法、业、轮回等概念以及许多其他内容。在《大鹏往世书》《火神往世书》《阿特里本集》《鱼往世书》等许多文献中都提到了使用阿育吠陀医学治疗动物疾病。《大鹏往世书》是重要的萨蒂维卡往世书之一，其主题分为两部分，即前篇和后篇。前篇简要叙述了牛阿育吠陀、象阿育吠陀，详细描述了马阿育吠陀。
