Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17

when / think the case demands it. I've
got little black-and-t tan down stairs now
with game leg. He will be able to go
home in few days. Speaking of broken
legs, had an interesting case some time
ago in the person of little Brooklyn dog
that was stepped upon by horse. His
leg was crushed and almost severed from
the body. His owner took him to fancy
surgeon in Brooklyn. who set the limb in
plaster of paris. That was a mistake.
The animal was brought to me for treat
ment and took care of him for year.
At the expiration of that time the crushed
leg had become sound as a dollar
DO you keep some of your patients here
at your house?"
Eyes, few of them that require partic-
ularly careful nursing. don't believe in
giving dog or g man much medicine.
Nursing is the great thing"
do canine invaliss ever suffer from in
somnia?''
''Only when they are in acute pain.
When they have toothache they can't sleep,
of course
How can you tell when they have tooth
ache?"
when see dog suffering severely, I
examine him carefully, never neglecting
| to look into his mouth. If 1 find a de-
| cayed tooth there, out it comes.''
I'm some cases does not sick dogs in
stinct teach him what remedies nature has
provided?''
Yes, but city dogs, particularly those
which ere the pampered darlings of
wealthy families, onot always have access
to nature medicines, and in their efforts to
l find rQlIQf fhnv
se]ves.''
DO you ever give dog liquor
| "Sometlmes.'
! "Does he like it usuaIly?''
| mo, sir; therein he differs from man
One glass of grog suficss for dog, while
man, on the contrary-but why should I
speak of man? You asked for informa-
ton about Dogs
"Are there any well known people among
your pat'on
eyes: Charles A. Dana and his son Paul
are fond OF dogs, and so is S. L. M. Bar.
low, who owns some splendid nastiffs and
deerhounds. used to treat dogs of Mr.. E
S. Jafray who owned a number of fine ones
John T. Raymond has employed me to at
tend to his pug, and Lester Wallack's skye
terriers have received medicine at nv
hands,
| DO you ever act as an oculist?'
"Often. Not long ago I extracted the
eyes or black-and-tan belonging to q
Fifth avenue physician. A nail had been
run into the eye. and had to remove it
to save the other one. Sometimes ! doc
tor near-sighted dogs"
''How do you know they are near-sight-
ed?"
by their general action. They do not
| recognize familiar persons until quite close
to them, and will allow piece of meat to
lie untassed a lite distance leeward.
'Why to leeward?''
Because if the meat were to windward
the dog would smell it,
''How do bulldogs behave when ill?''
They are surly as when in health. Not
long ago was called upon to attend an
English bulldog who had bone in his
throat. He Was in awful agony, and it re-
quired the united efforts of six men to hold
him. showed stiff piece of whalebone
down his throat to force the other bone
into his stomach. The brute chewed the
whalebone into a jelly"
Il suppose people are sometimes as anx-
lous over sick dog as over sick child ?''
The veteran healer of CANNES laughed.
Just about. But tell them to follow
| my instructions, and remember that clean
illness, warmth, avoidance of drafts, and
fresh air are as powerful aids in making
| puppies we'll as in curing babies''