Resumen de Bloed in de melk, verhardingen in de uier, coccen en smerige stallen: Runder mastitis in de negentiende eeuw in Nederland
- English
Early in the nineteenth century mastitis was seen as an illness with symptoms of changes in the milk and swollen udders. It was thought to be due to high milk production and cold, a disease concept based on humoral-pathological ideas. It was treated with herbs, minerals, and bloodletting. Ideas about mastitis were dominated by its pathological anatomy classification, but this was incorporated into the older humoral concept without transforming it. In the 1880s bacteria were demosnstrated as causes of mastitis but they were only incorporated into the pathological classification. The inadequacy of this for veterinary pratice led to the change from thinking about mastitis as a disease with bacteria to recognizing it as a disease of bacteria. Neglect of hygienic condictions on the farm began to be seen as an important factor in the occurrence of mastitis. However, initially the news insights hardly influenced the approach to mastitis in the practice of farming.
- Nederlands
De geschiedenis van een dierziekte is de geschiedenis van de ontwikkeling van de biomedische kennis van die ziekte; maar het is ook de geschiedenis van de sociale en economische factoren die een rol hebben gespeeld bij hoe de ziekte ervaren en beleefd werd, en van de invloed die deze factoren hebben gehad op de totstandkoming van de biomedische kennis. Er bestaat dus een vederzijdse interactie tussen biomedische kennis en sociaal-economische kennis van een ziekte.
