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- Veterinary Pharmaceutical Kit, 1910-1920 - Veterinarians carried medicines and drugs in kits like this as they traveled to care for animals. This case, emblazoned with the name of Parke, Davis and Company, a large pharmaceutical firm that manufactured high-quality drugs, contained medicines they might need to do their work. Dr. F. Eugene Eads, who once headed the veterinary department at Parke-Davis, owned this case.
- 1910-1920
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Veterinary Pharmaceutical Kit, 1910-1920
Veterinarians carried medicines and drugs in kits like this as they traveled to care for animals. This case, emblazoned with the name of Parke, Davis and Company, a large pharmaceutical firm that manufactured high-quality drugs, contained medicines they might need to do their work. Dr. F. Eugene Eads, who once headed the veterinary department at Parke-Davis, owned this case.
- Medication Dispensing Envelopes, circa 1960 -
- circa 1960
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Medication Dispensing Envelopes, circa 1960
- Veterinary Medicine Label, "Farmer's Friend Compound Condition Powders," circa 1910 -
- circa 1910
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Veterinary Medicine Label, "Farmer's Friend Compound Condition Powders," circa 1910
- Veterinary Ambulance, circa 1900 - Horses and mules were everywhere on 19th-century American streets pulling cabs, carriages, streetcars, and commercial vehicles. This ambulance wagon, used by Detroit veterinarian Elijah Patterson, transported sick or injured draft animals for medical treatment. The wagon bed was lowered toward the street with a winch, which then pulled the bed, complete with animal, back into the wagon.
- circa 1900
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Veterinary Ambulance, circa 1900
Horses and mules were everywhere on 19th-century American streets pulling cabs, carriages, streetcars, and commercial vehicles. This ambulance wagon, used by Detroit veterinarian Elijah Patterson, transported sick or injured draft animals for medical treatment. The wagon bed was lowered toward the street with a winch, which then pulled the bed, complete with animal, back into the wagon.
- Veterinary Pharmaceutical Kit, circa 1920 - Parke, Davis and Company was a leading pharmaceutical firm that manufactured high-quality drugs in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The Detroit, Michigan, company distributed its products to physicians and veterinarians. Dr. F. Eugene Eads, who once headed the veterinary department at Parke-Davis, owned this case.
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Veterinary Pharmaceutical Kit, circa 1920
Parke, Davis and Company was a leading pharmaceutical firm that manufactured high-quality drugs in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The Detroit, Michigan, company distributed its products to physicians and veterinarians. Dr. F. Eugene Eads, who once headed the veterinary department at Parke-Davis, owned this case.
- Test Strips -
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Test Strips
- Trocar and Cannula, circa 1915 - Bloat is a condition usually caused by improper feed for cattle, sheep, or horses. The stomach swells with gas, and the pressure must be relieved. A trocar is a tool that allows a veterinarian to puncture the animal's stomach and let the gas escape through a tube--a cannula. This sounds desperate, but it is better than the alternative of letting the animal die.
- circa 1915
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Trocar and Cannula, circa 1915
Bloat is a condition usually caused by improper feed for cattle, sheep, or horses. The stomach swells with gas, and the pressure must be relieved. A trocar is a tool that allows a veterinarian to puncture the animal's stomach and let the gas escape through a tube--a cannula. This sounds desperate, but it is better than the alternative of letting the animal die.
- Balling Gun, circa 1910 - Veterinarians often administer oral medications to sick animals with a balling gun or "pill gun." The animal's size and the type of medication usually determine the size of the instrument used. In addition to delivering pills and other oral medications, balling guns protect veterinarians, keeping their hands away from an animal's mouth and any unwanted bites.
- circa 1920
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Balling Gun, circa 1910
Veterinarians often administer oral medications to sick animals with a balling gun or "pill gun." The animal's size and the type of medication usually determine the size of the instrument used. In addition to delivering pills and other oral medications, balling guns protect veterinarians, keeping their hands away from an animal's mouth and any unwanted bites.
- Emasculator, circa 1920 - When farmers used horses for farm work, they worked with mares or geldings. A mare is a female horse, and a gelding is a castrated male. Castrating makes the animal more even-tempered, and easier to work. A veterinarian used this tool to crush the testicular cords on young stallions in order to geld them.
- circa 1920
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Emasculator, circa 1920
When farmers used horses for farm work, they worked with mares or geldings. A mare is a female horse, and a gelding is a castrated male. Castrating makes the animal more even-tempered, and easier to work. A veterinarian used this tool to crush the testicular cords on young stallions in order to geld them.
- Cautery Kit, circa 1910 -
- circa 1910
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Cautery Kit, circa 1910