The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-22
THE DISEASES OF MONKEYS.
An Animal Dealer Talks of the Ravages OF
TOothache, Seasickness and PuGnacity.

An Animal Dealer Talks of the RavageS OF
TOothache, Seasickness and PuGnacity.
''The chimpanzee, began Mr.. Frank J.
Thompson, an animal dealer of New York
CITY. lis like the other members of the ape
family, very u-nder and delicate animal,
recurring great care in captivity. The
monkeys proper, or the quadrumania
having tails. are harder. Probably the
least affected by cold of any are the COM
mon Macaque, the Rhenus, and the Orient
monkeys. all natives Of Asia. But
nevertheless, monkeys and apes require
the greatest care in handling, and, even
with this their usual term of life is very
short, only a few years at the most OF
course there are occasional exceptions, and
I myself have kept or have known or
specimens 10 or - years old.
ssNIr. Crowley is believed to be the old
est of the chimpanzees, having arrived at
the park on June "a, 1884, when he was
but little bit of q fellow, foot and
half or two feet high. Mr.. COnklin used
to let him run all around his Office. He
was donated by the Liberian minister,
who had bought him in Liberia from
coasting vessel which had picked him up
somewhere near the mouth of the Congo
river. on the west coast of Africa. 1t Is
in this vicinity, and especially south of
the great rivers mouth, that the native
haunts of the chimpanZee are to be found
monia attack of Mr.. Crowley. Monkeys
and apes are subject to nearly all the dis
eases of man, and when sick they should
be treated in exactly the same manner. /
have had cases of consumption, pneu-
monia, diarrhea, bronchitis, catarrh,
Group, asthma, toothache, commissions
and seasickness to attend to among my
monkey stock.
"Only the other day I pulled out two
face was all swollen up at the time. Some
of the worst cases I have ever seen of sea-
sickness were among these lively little
animals Horses, sheep and cattle do not
seem ever to be affected. but monkeys
| and all flesh eating animals, such as lions,
| tigers, bears and leopards, are very badly
| attacked. Another disease which has not
| been much noticed was one from which q
| big gorilla in the Berlin Geological gar
! dens died few years ago. 1t was dis
| covered at the inquest that his death had
| been caused by mass of pins which our
| charitable visitors had fed him.
E'And talking about diseases contin-
ued Mr.. Thompson, ''look here" And he
went up to one Of the many cages in the
| room in which he and the reporter were
| sitting Within it could be distinguished
! a little black mass, huddled up in cor
| ner, chattering and showing its teeth.
''That is a bonnet monkey" said Mr..
| Thomson, (which is just recovering
| from an attack of pneumonia it had some
| DAYS ago / took it from that big cage
| over there" And he pointed to one in
which half a dozen monkeys were noisily
! PLAYING romps. In the smaller cage 1t
! had quiet, and although I expected it to
| die, nevertheless, with tender treatment,
nourishing food and stimulants, it has
come out all right.
| F'And there is another disease which Is
at present very prevalent and that Is pug
| nacity Monkeys take to it as naturally
as their more civilized descendants, and
this little monkey here is an evidence
of it.'
As he was speaking, Mr.. Thompson
| went over to the largest cage and pointed
out little grayish female monkey, which
| Immediately came to the bars, evidently
| expecting some peanuts or other deli
| cacies. On close inspection her nose was
seen to be broken just above the bridge
GIVE christened her Miss Slugger, I"
observed Mr.. Thompson, land / have
often wondered in what great prize fight
she received her Disagreement.
cit is the liability to disease of the
monkey family which accounts for the
small number of them carried around by
circuses. The least draught is apt to
bring on a fatal cold. Why. if I had 8
chinnpanzee now believe I could not sell
J it. No manager wants them, for they re-
ouire more care than they are worth. Or
this account it is impossible to place any
definite price upon them.-New York
Evening Sun.