Sanitary Medicine Class Exercise Folio

The Sanitary Medicine Class Exercise Folio consists of a notebook containing an unidentified student's handwritten notes from Professor Daniel E. Salmon's first lectures at the newly established National Veterinary College in Washington, D.C. The notes extend from October 25, 1892 to March 10, 1893, and indicate that Salmon gave one to three lectures per week. The topic of the first two lectures was nomenclature; the third lecture covered methods to control animal diseases, especially contagious diseases. Subsequent lectures relate to wounds, septicemia, malignant edema, and common infections (such as strangles, tetanus, anthrax, and glanders), with special emphasis on tuberculosis.

Included with the notebook is a 1983 article written by Ole H. V. Stalheim. The title is “Daniel Elmer Salmon, the National Veterinary College, and Veterinary Education.” This article was published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, volume 182, number 1, pages 33-35. In the article, Stalheim provided biographical information about Salmon and described the lecture notes.