Galloway House & Village

“Turn of the Century Veterinary Office” The Wisconsin Veterinary

Medical Association Museum at the Galloway House & Village, Fond du Lac, WI

The Year 1880 - The Horse wasThe Supreme Symbol of Power

This was the age when veterinarians became known as “Horse Doctors.”

(At the Galloway House & Village, the displays are centered around the era of 1860 and 1920)

VeterinarySurgeon’s Office

Dedicated on

June 4, 1977 ,

this veterinary

museum became

the fifth in the

U.S. and one of

thirty-six in the

world.

WVMA sponsored the development of this museum in 1976, with a sum total of $1500 to cover the cost of moving the building and to construct the foundation. The WVMAHistorical Committee had been working on collecting veterinary artifacts for the previous six years. Once the building was completed, it was filled with all ofthe collected artifacts.

The Fond du Lac County Historical Society Officers and Board of Directors voted to dedicate the WVMA museum

in honor of Dr. Fred J. Born on July 11, 2009.

Rolltop desk

This desk was

donated by Dr.

Bill O’Rourke, the

former Executive

Secretary of the

WVMA. It had

been in his

Columbus , WI

veterinary

practice since the

1940’s.

Wedgewood mortar and pestle with a

wooden handle

Up to this time,

the veterinary

practitioner had

to formulate his

own capsules.

The mortar and

pestle was an

important part of

his daily routine.

Veterinary Office

This veterinary

library contains

over 400 books

donated from

veterinarians

from all over the

U.S . There

are over 800

veterinary

instruments that

were used during

the years of

1860 till 1920.

During this

period of

veterinary history

the primary

patient was the

horse.

Two man horse clipper

This hand powered

hair clipper was

built by the

Chicago Flexible

Shaft Co. (now the

Stewart Clipper Co.)

and donated by Mr.

Hal Bowman of the

Burroughs

Wellcome Co. of

North Carolina. His

father worked for

the Chicago Flexible

Shaft Co. in the

1900’s.

Two Different Types of

Horse Speculums

These

instruments

were used to hold

the horse’s

mouth open while

the veterinarian

performed

dentistry on the

horse. The top

one was used for

longer

procedures and

the lower one

was used for

shorter

procedures.

Complete set of equine dental

instruments

These

instruments could

be easily carried

in this heavy

leather roll in a

buggy.

Osteotrite

This obstetrical instrument was used to remove a dead fetus from a

mare or cow. More modern instruments are in use now, such as OB

wire.

A complete set of seton

needles and a selection of

various urinary

catheters

Seton needles

were used to

insert iodine

soaked umbilical

tape through

deep abscesses

for adequate

drainage.

Equine anatomy

chart from Germany

Tail docking shears,

hypodermic tablets and

small animal tablets

A rare Pasteur vaccine syringe 1900

All three of these medicines were used in both human & veterinary medicine

The oral tablets on left were used in treating dogs. The hypodermic tablets on the right were dissolved in sterile water and injected with a sterile syringe in all animals.

A set of Forge and the (modern) Ether Firing Irons

Hernia clamps and tracheal tubes

A large selection of obstetrical instruments

Veterinary Instruments:

from left to right: liquid dose syringe, balling gun, trocar & canula, multiple size (three) balling gun

This harness was

used to restrain

the horse safely

for various

surgeries.

Casting harness

Bovine pelvic splitter

This instrument is used on first calf heifers, when the calf is too large and the pelvic opening is too narrow.

This instrument is made of stainless steel, weighs 18 pounds and is 48 inches long.

1900 Show Dog Shipping Crate

The Galloway House & Village is located at 336 Old Pioneer Road,

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