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This PowerPoint is a docent guide for the WMVM located at the Galloway House & Village, Fond du Lac, WI. It is one of five in the nation and one of thirty-six in the world.
Docent Guide - The Wisconsin Museum of Veterinary Medicine - PowerPoint [autosaved] best
- 1. The Wisconsin Museum of Veterinary Medicine One of five in the United States and one of thirty-six in the world Docent Guide for the Galloway House & Village by Fred J. Born, DVM
- 2. Docent Training Guide This brief guide will offer a general overview of this veterinary exhibit. The word docent comes from a Latin word that means to teach, and that is what docents do at museums around the country. Docents are specially trained volunteers.
- 3. This short guide will offer brief descriptions of many of the displays in this veterinary museum. Hopefully, it will help you explain in a clear narration of the details about this exhibit. If you would have any questions, you can email your inquiries to fjborn@att.net Sincerely, Fred J. Born, DVM
- 4. Interesting historical facts: Historians believe that the worlds greatest ancient discovery occurred about 8000 B.C., with the conversion of human beings from hunter- gathers into farmers and keepers of livestock Reference: www.TEACH12.com
- 5. The oldest written record of veterinary procedures is contained in the Egyptian papyrus of Kahun (dating back to 2160 - 1788 BC)
- 6. The Year 1880 - The Horse was The 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.)
- 7. The ridiculous degree to which the veterinary profession depended on the American horse economy can be realized when we consider that, about 1900, many of the American veterinarians believed that they would have to seek a new livelihood because of a growing interest in a new invention.
- 8. It was the bicycle!
- 9. The bicycle J.K. Starley, in 1886 developed the Safety Bicycle.
- 10. Bicycling was then a predominantly middle-and upper-class activity.
- 11. One of the main benefits from this era of the bicycle was better roads.
- 12. The Twentieth Century was to be a period in which mechanical power was to become supreme.
- 13. Lets return to the year, 1900, at the Turn of the Century, as we step back in time, about 100 years ago, a period when the veterinary profession was dealing with great change.
- 14. ONE OF FIVE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ONE OF THIRTY-SIX IN THE WORLD Veterinary Surgeons Office - 1900s
- 15. The Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association plaque dedicated in 1977
- 16. THE FOND DU LAC COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE WVMA VETERINARY SURGEONS OFFICE MUSEUM, IN 2009. THE OFFICIAL DEDICATION WAS HELD ON JULY 11, 2009. Dr. Fred J. Born Veterinary Office
- 18. Veterinary office with roll-top desk, coal stove and library
- 19. One of the large diplomas displayed in the office.
- 20. McKillip Veterinary College class picture of 1906 Mignon Nicholson was the first American woman to earn a veterinary degree, graduating from McKillip Veterinary College in 1903.
- 21. Chicago Veterinary College class picture of 1907 and a large diploma
- 23. The osteotrite, an obstetrical instrument
- 24. Complete set of equine dental instruments
- 26. Various surgical instruments, needles, urinary catheters and a cast cutter.
- 29. Four various forms of tracheal tubes
- 30. Veterinary instruments - From left to right: liquid dose syringe, balling gun, trocar & cannula, multiple size (three) balling gun
- 31. Two forms of firing irons, for the treatment of various types of lameness The ether firing iron was consider a modern invention over the forge fired firing iron in that day
- 32. Two types of hernia clamps
- 34. Vials of injectable hypodermic tablets
- 35. Some of the more common hypodermic tablets
- 36. A classic mortar and pestle, used to grind and mix medicinal powders.
- 37. Two Park-Davis products, that were used in human and veterinary practices in the nineteenth century.
- 38. Three very popular powders that were used in making veterinary medications.
- 39. Official United States Internal Revenue Stamp Permit PRACTITIONER DISPENSING OPIUM, COCA LEVES, ETC. This permit dated, June 19, 1934
- 40. An example of a patent medicine that was sold in the early 1900s.
- 41. Hoof treatment - to cure all diseases of the horses foot & frog
- 46. Hope this short guide has been of help in making your assignment more educational. Fred J. Born, DVM Director and Curator of the Wisconsin Museum of Veterinary Medicine