Bovine Obstetrical Kit, circa 1920
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Artifact Overview
Veterinarians sometimes must perform unpleasant work to care for animals. Stillborn or deformed fetuses in large, domesticated animals, like horses and cows, must be removed to save the mother. This obstetrical kit contains tools that veterinarians might need during the procedure.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Kit (Set)
Date Made
circa 1920
Creator Notes
Instruments made by Haussmann and Dunn Co. of Chicago, Illinois, Sharp & Smith of Chicago, Illinois, and U.S. Surgical Supply Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
81.59.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Cloth
Leather
Color
Silver (Color)
Brown
Dark yellow
Inscriptions
on handles, cutters, repeller, straight rope carrier, long blunt hook, curved rope carriers, and long sharp hook:
H & D Co. CHICAGO
on two obstetrical hooks:
SHARP & SMITH
on Krays obstetrical hook, cutting hook, and one obstetrical hook:
U.S. SURG. CO. MINNEAPOLIS
on label on inside of case:
[?] & DUNN CO. / OF / [?] TS, / [?] CAGO
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