Semblanza del prof. Dr. D. Miguel Abad Gavín (1926-2010)

Abstract

On May 15 at the inauguration of the “X Veterinary History Week” held in León, took place the presentation of the book dedicated to the figure of the veterinarian Miguel Abad Gavín. Military Veterinarian, University Professor and Master (1926-2010). Also, on the 12th of June 2017, the presentation was made as an editorial novelty in the Cultural Hall of the Corte Inglés of León of the same book, in which act Professor Elías F. Rodríguez Ferri; the professor Juan C. Fernández Domínguez Tejerina intervened, and in representation of the authors the professor Jose Manuel Martínez Rodríguez. We have thought that, after seven years after his death, it would be convenient to spend a few minutes at the next congress in Badajoz, to remember his figure as a person, as a teacher and to approach briefly his work. We all know that throughout its innumerable articles and books there is an authentic source of knowledge of the whole Spanish veterinary, from the old world to the most recent actuality. His work has maintained a rigorous scientific requirement, which makes his effort more meritorious. To say that Abad is an important historian of the Spanish Veterinary is a truth that enriches his rich and complex personality. This is an important and irreplaceable facet to approach man. But it is only a part of the multiple intellectual activities with which its human silhouette is adorned. In his work we can find a point of perfection rarely accessible, dense, orderly, faithful to historical reality, clear and comprehensive. This is the great homage that Professor Abad has given us to veterinarians, historians, and scholars who necessarily have to use his work and only through his consultation can we start in many fields of the profession. In this scientific legacy shines his material disinterest, his idealism, his generosity towards us, for others, for all.