The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-02-04
HELP FOR THE CANNES.
How Pet Dogs Arc Cared For Which, In-
Jared Or Indisposed,


My practice Is confined altogether to
dogs, " said DIR. Fischel OF East Fifty-second
street, this morning. ~ find them far more
profitable patients than human beings. I
have been SO busy for the last week that I
have not had time to remove my clothes.
There is great deal of sickness among
poodles just at present, which attribute to
30 much damp weather have made three
calls since midnight"
" Is it possible that you receive calls dpr.
ing the night just like legitimate physi-
clan?
" My friend object to that word lepiti
mate, as 1t is as much as to say am illegit.
innate. contend that it required as much
skill to successfully trent dogs as people.
The lives of some of my canine patients are
considered more precious by the owners
thanthose of many men and women. But
to answer your question. Now, for instance,
early this morning / received q call to 90 to
Fifth avenue residence. poodle belong
ing to the young Indy was taken suddenly
Ill, and | had to remain with it several
hours. The sweet girl who owned the dog
watched over it with the tenderness that a
mother does over her child. Whenever the
dog moaned with pain its pretty owner
would be moved to tears. Why, she loves
that poodle as dearly as she does her little
brother. promised to call at noon again
to see how the animal was getting along. 1
have witnessed some very sad scenes over
the death of patient The amount of af-
lection some ladies show to their canine
pets is really surprising. Nothing proves
that better than the liberal way they pay
me for my services. OF course all my pa
tients are in comfortable circumstances and
they can afford it. / mover make call for
less than IS, and I invariably get the cash
down. have no trouble making collec-
tons.
My main hold is in surgery, and it ia
surprising how much there is to do. Dogs
are always suffering from some injury to
their limbs and are constantly getting
wounded by engaging in angry disputes
with casual acquaintance on the thorough
fares. Big brutes or ill-natured cats are al
why's picking up quarrels with sweet little
poodles. used to be a butcher. so that
what did otlearn about anatomy while en-
gagged in the manufacture of sausage is not
worth knowing also have one of the
rooms OF my house converted into a hos.
pital, and have number of dogs there.
Some fathers and husbands consider ii non.
sense to mako such fuss about dogs, and
they even object to my visiting their houses.
In instances like that the dogs are sent to
my hospital. BY the way, come into the
room aud will show you through tn
The reporter accepted the invitation and
was shown into large room, which was
lifted up similar to the wards in the average
hospitals. There wero 100 beds or boxes
containing nice clean straw, and about half
OF them were occupied. Tho matron WAC
the doctors wife and she was engaged in
giving poodle tablespoonful of n dark
liquid, while M elderly lady, elegantly
dressed, looked on and repeated, " Poor
Algoonis, tsko your medicine like n sweet
little fellowpa
That patient, whispered the doctor to
the reporter, :" has been made sick by too
much candy. l have ordered port wine and
ginger for him. He only needs good nurs-
ing and the plainest of food, well cooked.
He Is nearly WE'LL but it send him home
the lady might let him eat pastry, which
would cause relapse
Now, here, said the physician, OPEN
Ing another door, F" is the bathroom Every
morning, while the dogs are here, they gel
a Turkish bath. The rubbing is just "a
beneficial for a dog as a man."
In the front room of the basement pre-.
partitions We're being made to turn it into
an undertaker's establishment. There were
already number of handsome collins. The
caskets are fashioned in such way that the
deceased canine is placed In a standing pos
ture. A dead black and tan was being plac-
cd in coffin. 1t had Just been embalmed,
and except for the lack of lustre in the eyes
1t did not look as if dead.
This undertaking business is to be car
ried on by my brother-in-l law" said the doc
tor, and think we viii find it profitable.
II has only been running two weeks but we
have had five funerals already. One of them
was grand affair. 1t took place from the
residence of the owner of the dead dog, on
Lexington avenue. The remains were in
tered in the back yard with all the pomp
that attends the laying away of million
aire Senator. A young lover of the daugh-
ter Of the lady who owned the dog read tho
funeral services. "--Neo York 7e.egram.