Medicine For Animals Under ASPCA
One of the early goals of ASPCA was to improve the health and welfare of animals. The first animal hospitals under ASPCA were created in 1912. Since the creation of these hospitals, ASPCA found a new tactic in improving its cause: the ability to develop various medical procedures and innovations with help from new discoveries in medicine and technology. Some of these procedures and innovations include the following:
- In 1918, ASPCA veterinarians developed the use of anesthesia and as a result were able to work on a horse with a broken kneecap
- In 1954, ASPCA hospitals added pathology and radiography laboratories and programs
- In 1961, ASPCA veterinarians performed their first open-heart surgery on a dog
Read more about this topic: American Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals
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