I try to purchase paper products relating to early small-animal veterinary methods when they come my way. (Check out my publish from July 2015 on the an early new York City animal hospital, based on a 1900 pamphlet that promoted the practice.) I was delighted to be able to purchase this group of snapshots of a veterinarian as well as his practice, all dated 1939. I’m still trying to figure out who Dr. Hyde is. I made the error of not quizzing the seller of these snapshots about the source, as well as I will try to get in touch with him as time permits. If I discover more, I’ll revise this post.
The office appears to be in a residential neighborhood, as well as it appears like a converted two-car garage.
The operating/examination space is extremely simple, however it complies with the concepts about small-animal method that took hold in the 1920s, when many large-animal vets in cities as well as towns reoriented their methods toward the care of pets. It has a white enamel sink on the left side as well as the operating table has a white enamel surface. There’s a locker, perhaps for supplies, beyond the sink as well as a cupboard of medicines on the upper right.
And right here is Dr. Hyde with either his own dog or one of his patients, who looks serious — perhaps at the prospect of getting a vaccination. Dr. Hyde has his arm around the bit fellow as well as they both look into the camera, like a studio photograph of a guy as well as his dog.
I’m only sorry that there was obviously no picture of the waiting room. I’d like to see whether Dr. Hyde complied with the advice of the American animal hospital association (founded in 1933) to produce an office atmosphere that paralleled that of the household physician.
If you understand anything about Dr. Hyde, please share it with us! I’d be happy to credit history you as co-author of this post.
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