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Richard W. (Richard West) Hickman

1852–1926

Best remembered for practical early-20th-century guides on livestock disease, this American veterinary writer focused on problems that mattered directly to farmers and stock owners. His surviving publications are concise, field-minded, and rooted in the work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Special report on diseases of cattle

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

Richard W. Hickman, also listed as Richard West Hickman (1852–1926), was an American veterinary author whose published work centered on animal health. Library and bibliographic records connect him with titles including Scabies of Cattle and Epizootic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis of Horses, works that helped explain serious livestock diseases in plain, practical terms.

Sources from historical catalogs and digitized editions show that Hickman wrote for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry, and one edition of Epizootic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis of Horses identifies him as a veterinary doctor and chief of the Quarantine Division. His writing suggests a hands-on professional style: direct, instructional, and aimed at prevention, diagnosis, and treatment rather than theory.

Very little biographical detail appears to be readily available online beyond his authorship and dates, but the record that does survive points to a specialist whose work served the everyday needs of American agriculture at a time when animal disease could have major economic consequences.