The Therapeutic Role of Animals in Health Care: From Before Florence Nightingale to Current Practice.

The article focuses on the historical and current roles of animals in health care, exploring their presence from early civilizations to contemporary practices. It covers the evolving role of animals in therapy, detailing historical instances and citing examples, including Florence Nightingale's acknowledgment of the benefits of animals in patient care. The article reviews varied health care settings' utilization of companion animals and animal-assisted therapy.