Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr. 1991 Sep; 98(9): 338-40.

[Belief in magic and magical medicine. Characteristics of its origin and consolidation in folk medicine for animal medical science]

Krüger H.

In the evolution of mankind and therefore in the veterinary historiography as well you can find the belief in magic and in magic medicine. In the primitive society our early forefathers began with the magic medicine by domestication and the applying of magic medicine also to animals. Because of witch-hunt and printing the belief in magic was systematized and authorized in the veterinary medicine. With the freedom of trade in the second half of the 19th century the belief in magic and magic medicine flourished also in Germany.