author
John R. (John Robbins) Mohler
1875–1952
A pioneering American veterinarian and government scientist, he helped shape how the United States studied and controlled major livestock diseases in the early 20th century. His writing turns difficult animal-health problems into clear, practical guidance.
1 Audiobook
Special report on diseases of cattle
by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry, V. T. (Vickers T.) Atkinson, Dr. (William) Dickson, A. (Adolph) Eichhorn, Richard W. (Richard West) Hickman, James Law, (Dr.) (William Herbert) Lowe, C. Dwight (Charles Dwight) Marsh, John R. (John Robbins) Mohler, A. J. (Alexander James) Murray, Leonard Pearson, Brayton Howard Ransom, M. R. (Milton R.) Trumbower, Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward
About the author
Born in Philadelphia in 1875, John Robbins Mohler studied veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and began working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the late 1890s. He built his career during a time when animal disease could threaten farms, food supplies, and trade on a national scale.
Mohler became a leading figure in the Bureau of Animal Industry, serving first in scientific and pathological work and later as chief of the bureau. His work focused on contagious livestock diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, rabies, and Texas fever, and he wrote practical government bulletins and technical works meant to help veterinarians, farmers, and public officials respond to them.
Today he is remembered less as a literary figure than as an important scientific author whose books and pamphlets captured the growing professionalism of veterinary medicine in the United States. For listeners interested in early public-health writing, agricultural history, or the science of disease control, his work offers a direct window into that world.