Woodstock Veterinary Clinic

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04/22/2026

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04/05/2026

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03/17/2026

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01/21/2026

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01/08/2026

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01/02/2026

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By today’s standards, this image feels shocking.
By the standards of its time, it was survival.

Before infant formula, safe sterilization, and modern neonatal care, families faced impossible choices when a mother couldn’t breastfeed—due to illness, complications, or death.

In many rural communities, goat’s milk became a last resort.
Goats were accessible.
Their milk was believed to be easier to digest than cow’s milk.
Unsterilized bottles carried deadly risks.

This wasn’t neglect.
It wasn’t spectacle.
It was an act of care—using whatever means existed to keep a child alive.

Images like this unsettle us because they remind us of truths we often forget:
• how fragile infant survival once was
• how recent modern medicine truly is
• how parenting was shaped by necessity, not comfort

What looks unthinkable now was, for many families, the difference between life and death.