Demonstration of an injection technique to anesthetize a cow for surgery at the Division of Veterinary Medicine in the College of Agriculture, University of Minnesota. The University provided ongoing training to Minnesota veterinarians in a series of "short courses" during the first half of the twentieth century. This photo was taken at a short course on surgery in 1931.
Dog being spayed observed by a group of veterinarians and two boys. This photograph documents the University's Short Course for veterinarians, a form of continuing education that was available to all Minnesota veterinarians.
Draft horse with a large fibroma tumor between its front legs. The horse was part of a continuing education clinic for veterinarians held at the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota in 1934..
Dr. Robert K. Anderson and his Gentle Leader dog harness. In 1956, the University of Minnesota's College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Public Health developed a joint program in veterinary public health, and Anderson became the first director. For more than three decades he taught both veterinary students and public health students about food safety, zoonotic diseases, and epidemiology. Dr. Anderson developed the Gentle Leader collar with Ruth Foster, then President of the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors. The collar became widely popular when released in 1989. "Dogs are the only animals we train by choking" Anderson said.
Horse being prepared for surgery. The abdomen is noticeably distended, surgery could be for a case of colic. The veterinarian adminstering the anesthetic is Dr. Clifford Fitch. This photograph documents the University's Short Course for veterinarians, a form of continuing education that was available to all Minnesota veterinarians.
Lucille Bishop holding horse Genevieve at the St. Paul Campus. The horse was part of a brucellosis research project. Behind Bishop is the east side of the University's Dairy Barn building.
Members of the first Minnesota Live Stock Sanitary Board, formed in 1903. The board was formed to "protect the health of domestic animals of the state," and included three livestock breeders and two veterinarians. Seated, left to right: J.J. Furlong, W.W.P. McConnell, Forest Henry. Standing: veterinarians S.H. Ward, Charles E. Cotton, and Myron Reynolds. Dr. Ward served as the board secretary.
University of Minnesota veterinarian and students conduct a field visit at a Minnesota farm to examine a cow. One of the students holds a case for a TB innoculation and/or test.
Veterinarian Myron H. Reynolds in buggy, drawn by his horse Lucille. Reynolds, trained as a veterinarian, pharmacist, and physician, was appointed staff veterinarian at the Division of Veterinary Science in the College of Agriculture at the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota in 1893. He helped organize the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association, served on the Minnesota Board of Health and on the Livestock Sanitary Board. He was the University's only veterinarian until 1904. The St. Paul campus Power House, built in 1897, is in the background, right.
Veterinary students and their professor from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota preparing to X-ray a German Shepherd. Professor Giselda Hanlon is at right. The professor and one student are wearing goggles.