Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-27
HOSPITALS FOR HORSES.
American Progress Made in the Veteri-
marian Science.

Advancement of sciences of all natures
and descriptions has been very rapid dur
ing the past twenty-five years, and among
them none has made longer strides to-
ward perfection than that which looks to
the alienation of suffering in animals, the
healing of wounds caused by accidents and
the curing of such diseases as the dumb
creation is heir to. A few years since the
number of practicing veterinarians in this
city was not only very limited, but the IA
clllues necessary to a proper and thorough
dealing with patients was lacking. Such
an institution as a horse hospital was en-
tlrely unknown, and the opportunity for
the students to obtain the practical kuowl-
edge necessary for perfect requirement of
the science were extremely limited
To-day all these privileges are enjoyed,
and hospitals FOR the cure of sick animals
abound. The majority of these are, of
course, private establishments, governed bv
individual veterinarians. In fact, the only
one which may be said to partake of the
nature of a public institution is the Ameri-
can Veterinary Hospital, on West Fifty
fourth street, which forms the practical de-
partment OF the American Veterinary Col
leSe. At this place there is, III addition to
the care of private patients, free dispen-
sary for the care OF animals whose owners
veterinarian in The treatment of their sick.
and the extent of the practice may be
judged from the fact that the LIST of free pa
tents runs up to between 800 10 600 annu-
ally of horses alone. In the entire hospital
the to:di number of horses treated is nearly
$500 Annually, and the groHih Of the art
can be well upprecin el from The fact that
ten Yeas ago the number received in this
same hospital was only 10. To what u
state the knowledge of diseases and the
power to cure has arrived is evidenced that
while Of The $500 tJtated in Il year up
ward of a thousand are injured to the ex-
tent that surgical operation was necessary,
most of which required the use of an;es-
thetics, the mortality of the whole number
was only about one per cent.
The number of house patients constantly
under treatment average from twenty to
twenty-five and these are cared for as ten
derby as human beings would be ander the
same circumstances. They are placed in
large box-stalls with every requisite for
comfort, and all the appurlenanccs neces-
sary for hospital use. The veterinary col
lege has a class numbering l25 students,
and medical staff of four, of which Prof.
A. Leantard, NJ. d. F. s.. is at the head for
practical surgical work III the hospital
A Sporting World reporter called at the
hospital day or two since and held con-
versation with one of the faculty relative
to the progress made in the science of ami
NAL surgery during the past twenty-five
years. While evidently willing to give his
opinion, the medical gentleman, however,
requested that his name should not he
printed.
SO far as veterinary science is con-
cerned," he said, :" its strides in America
during a quarter of a c injury have been
marvellous, but it is, believe, only in its
infancy even yet."-[Sporting World.