The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-06-20
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HORSE HOSPITALS.
How the Invalid Stesd Is Cared for In
New York.


Among the many public hospitals in
which horse ailments are treated nre three
or four MS well known to owners and drivers
of horses ms are Bellevue, Roosevelt aud
Monut Sinai to the public at large. In nd
dition to these there are numerous private
hospitals, and every passenger railway CON-
pauy and every omnibus company has, in
connection with its stables, commodious
apartments wherein the suffering animals
receive every care, until the restoration OF
shattered health fixes the date of their return
to the monotonous wear and tear of work on
the road. There are also three veterinary
colleges in New York, for it is no longer
deemed sufficient for horse doctor to know
headstall from breeching strap. He
must have studied medicine and surgery he
must have learned the wonders of the horses
anatomy; he must have attended q full
course of lectures, passed thorough exam
nation and been rewarded with q diploma
and title. The veterinary surgeon of to-
day is as thoroughly equipped as the most
popular physician, and cannot be made to
believe that natures remedial resources were
exhausted when she gave resin and rock salt
to the world. He does not limit himself to
The use of turpentine and opodeldoc for the
cure of oil diseases, nor does he rely upoL
the lancet half so frequently as did his untu
tored predecessor Yet the race of primitive
horse doctors is by no means extinct.
The largest stable in this city, and one of
the largest in the world, is that of the Third
Avenue Railroad Company, which owns
about two thousand horses. The hospital
belonging to the stable is capable of accom-
modating 200 patients, but yesterday there
were only fifteen under treatment, all for
sprains and bruises received by falls upon
the slippery pavement of the streets NO"
said Mr.. j. II. Hynard, the foreman, "there
is not Whit you might call sick horse
among the whole of them. Time was when
we Ind over thousand under treatment at
once. That was when the epizooty was
epidemic here"
The hospital is roomy well lighted, clean
and warm. 1t is well supplied with all the
uDDUHUCtS nttutu " IcbFNc tho
ferngs and to aid the surgeon and the
stewards. Blankets canvas sings, forceps,
extra straps and other articles in demand in
the horses "sick bay," to say nothing of
boxes and bottles containing the practition.
er's staple standbys, are here in plenty, so
that when DIR. Isaac Howe comes in to
attend case he finds everything within
reach.
"One reason why We have no sick horses"
said Mr. Hynard, is because we keep them
clean and comfortable As soon as horse
comes in he is groomed as carefully as
though he represented as much in money
value as Bonner's Dexter, Vanderbilfs Maud
s. or any other millionnaire's fancy crab.
Then he is examined from the end of his
nose to the end Of his tail. If there is the
least thing the matter with him he is placed
in ordinary and the doctor takes him in
hand. Few OF our horses are long under
treatment, because when they seem to need
It they get it without delay. An ounce Of
prevention is better than pound of cure in
the stable as well as in the household.
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