Veterinary History

A beautiful half-scale anatomical model of a horse by Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux

• Anatomical model of a horse, c. 1850-1880.

Tail docker, steel and wood, probably British, 19th century

• Tail docking machine, probably English, 19th century.

Fleam, steel with horn handle, and bloodstick, in mahogany case, by Arnold, London, 1850-1853, awarded as clinical prize by the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, December 1853

• Steel fleam and bloodstick in mahogany case, 1850-1853.

Tail docker, steel and wood, worm-eaten, probably British, 18th and 19th centuries

• Tail docking machine, probably English, 1701-1900.

Balling guns are devices that enable the user to give medicines to often very reluctant animals.

• Balling gun, 1817-20

Spring fleam, steel, signed W. Gadd, British, 1750-1850

• Three spring fleams, British, 1750-1850.

Spring fleam, steel, signed W. Gadd, British, 1750-1850

• Three spring fleams, British, 1750-1850.

Tail docker, steel, brass and wood, probably British, 19th century

• Tail docking machine, probably English, 19th century.

Set of castrating instruments, comprising two clamps, two irons and a pair of scissors, in leather roll, by Arnold and Sons of London, 1866-1900

• Castrating instrument set, 1866-1900.

This medicine chest was produced in Berlin for use by German forces on the Western Front.

• Military veterinary medicine chest, 1910-18