Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-19
ELEPHANTS DEATH.
am Pedro" No Longer an Inmate
n the Geological Harden In
Philadelphia.
I'd Oh by IL fiammatory rheumatism.
rhe Remains Undergoing Dissection
in the Veterinary Department.


Il elephant Dom Pedro, the most inc0r-
P. hle'and for that reason the most dis
finished animal Ia the zoo, gave up the
He was but thirteen years OF age.
n Iast four Of these cycles we're EXCEED.
stormy, His end, however, was
a retul, but TO the very last be retained
& neryersity Of will aud refused to be
..bnciIed TO his captivity.
a conseq ence OF his uutimely TAX
a od, Yesterday was red letter day In
"A history of the veterinary department
M university. Dom Pedro's carcass
z an the cold cement Il ,or Of the dlssect-
a yoom, and DR. lIudekoper, the dean
In department, has not been happier
+. n the Installation of the department
: M present quarters. During "Dom'sr
"A months illness from infiammetory
'pmatlsm the doctor has faithfully pre-
ned for him, with the understanding
# the brute should die he should have
Is keen delight of dlssectlng the remains
Il the purpose of enriching science.
lnan anatomy is now thor ughly under.
'.,bd. SO also ID that OF nearly the VIII 10
j. he rest of the animal kingdom, with
,sral striking exec piions, one oil which
IN elephant No satisfactory WORK on
y subject ex! ais, and DIR. Huidekoper
moses to supply the omissions so far
. ke Is able from thorough study of
~ Pedro. 1t was with this feeling OF
bonslbility that the doctor has worked
Idly on his subject ever since 1t was
night in on Saturday morning, and has
a ost forgotten TO take his meals.
sRpARATING THE VARIOUS ORGANS.
|lhturday was spent in carefully remov-
the hide, which is to be stuffed, and also
levering III. head, and yesterday nora
e the doctor with malt dozen OF his
&. N proficient students began the task
I4eparating the various organs forfeiture
IN. When they had finished the frag-
MS occupied half DOZEN large heaps,
z the place looked as II IL Rad been the
<ker Of large railroad accident.
Ne animal lay on its right side, and the
"a thing accomplished was the sever
~ Of the left front and mind legs. Then
r muscles on the left side were cut
I'm and the ribs, each great deal ig-
than the largest bone In mans body,
IL carefully heaped one by one on II
IA Then came the removal of the
MI aud lungs, which occupied nearly
IA hours. They were so heavy that IL
. the strength OF three men to place
|m oD an aojicent truck. After this,
'eiully sepaIa ing tissue after tissue,
n ylscera were taken out aud stretched
VI canvas covered slab, when several
4 tOgraphs uf them were taken.
ch organ was then carefully separated
Nm the others and the work will con
hue through the week. No attempt was
kde to weigh any of them.
from superficial examination DR..
made several important dis
aferies, one of which was the presence
Va "pleura,' the existence Of which had
,1h denied. The he ad was not txamined
'bially. DR.. Huidtkoper's invesliga-
rs, so far as his students are concerned,
Hmore for the purpcse OF comparison
ID the anatomy Of the horse. In add
ID to careful study OF each organ a great
q Of attention Will be paid TO the mus
~ arrangement OF the animal. The
BE of the right side will be taken apart
81 BY inch and all the phen, mena scien-
Tally noted.
|ihe head goes to Jefferson medical col
" DIR. Chapman, professor OF physiology,
B on hand yesterday watching a suoJr
ete saving the heavy skull apart. The
Dbl Is TO be preserved for future study,
may not be generally known" said
Y Chapman yesterday, "that there are
N two brains larger than the human
In. Doe ! { these rs the whales, which
ghs four pounds, normally, and the
|tr is the elephants, weighing from
ID TO ten pounds. The human brains
Whit is about three pounds" DR.,
.pman also pointed out the fact that
<le is an air chamber i've inches deep
Dc Elephants head surrounding the
|9u cavity and directly beneath the
.Rr skull. Ia the providence OF n4ture
&o9ject of thts Is 10 make the ponder
" head OF lighter weight, so that 1t may
.faIriea easily by its owner.
HISTORY OF TIRE ELEPHANT.
7om Pedro has been in the ZOO ten
rs. Superintendent Brown said yes
nay that ne purchased Dom Pedro and
ID in New York In 1876, aud the day he
aFed the distinguished namesake, the
feror of Brazil, was making his rounds
pc garden. The employees immedi-
~ dubbed him Dom Pedro. From the
IS day Of arrival he was intractable.
'pever fell n love with any of his keep
klightest show Of gratitude TO the
~ boys and girls who led han peanuts
,3he quart. He I OK everything be could
'fnd always seemed angry VIXEN the
pig ceased.
epur years ago he broke one of his
tPers' collsr-bone and several ribs, and
Brown thought It was time 10 call a
on him. O1ce before he would have
'Rd his keeper hut for the interference
Pnother eleuhant. superintendent
lWn fastened his tusks 10 his furelegs
Pands and has kept him carefully
''ned EVER since. He bore his contine-
H stoically, although one Of his keep
fhinks he saw the semblance Of tear
Pc OF his eyes (ne saws II was the
w eye) when the other two elephants
inner.
prly in June he developed case of
asmatlsm, bodily III 70 which ele-
'el's are specially liable. He has
W worse all the fall, and the last
OF his sickness he was unable To
a. on his feet. HE proud spirit never
PED, however. His death was pain
II came when the rheumatism
faed the heart. II has been very dill
70 administer his medicine 70 him.
pong since the ruse was adopted OF
g scooped-out apple with the reme-
4 and feeding 1t with dozen or more |
"a mes. The dodge worked for q
", but "Dom" soon found IL out, aud
laAt it was no longeras riot success. I
apple thereafter was carefully tx
red, and the deceptive one always
twn out.
IN alse We shsll miss him." said Super
aoens Brown yesterday, 1--WE shall not