The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-09

lnpN nave pneumonia, Kidney troubles,
/ tunors and cancers, and the goitre and
Indigestion. decay Of the teeth, and throat
affections Of al sorts. l cannot help
referring TO their intelligence while
under treatment. 10 is a constant
source Of wonder 10 me. You can give
them orders for the cure Of themselves
which they will obey better than human
| patient will do. And the affection they
develop for the doctor Is truly remarka-
/ bic. know dogs that have recognized
me wears after treated them, and will
come barking about me with every sign
OF recognition and good will
owe often have hunting dogs with
sore tails brought 10 us. The constant
switching Of the tail against grass and
bushes causes tumors and other sores TO
form on the end of it. These are ex-
trcmcly painful to the dog, as we fire.
quontIy have to cut of three or four
inches Of the bone Tracheotomy has to
BE- frequently performed in treating dogs,
and, owing tolmproper Indigestion, dogs
teeth frequently get out of order. The
biz received on the legs during fights
pWpo-aly or otherwise engaged in by
dos often cause tumors that are apt to
grow 10 dangerous proportions, and re-
quip delicate treatment TO remove 81
cure.
Broken Ices are very common with
dog The Ices Of these little black and
tans are like pipesiems One little fel-
low jumped ON his mistress back when
she was stopping down and fell OH when
She arose Iic broke both his forelcgs
! dill them mp ia starch baudages and
the mite Of % dog sat ON his Launches
and favored bis broken limbs rs intell-
ccLuy q if hc had as much reason as a
man. When he became tired he would
whine and they would lay him on hs
side. Tic was running around again In
,Mo,~,cs-.
The bites which dogs so often get
fron one another wc generally sew Up
with few stitches. 4 spaniel | at
tended on the West side had the pneu-
monla badly for three weeks. lie was
nurscl iust as q human would have been,
dressed IN % warm flannel shirt. poulticed
and fed quinine and febrifuges. In
treating dos for diseases common also to
man the patients receive equal doses Of
about the same medicine The attach
mcut Of people for their dogs is touching.
! have seen strong men break down and
cry like babies at the death of a favorite
dog. and women CRY nearly always under
the same circumstances. ono lady had
histories when told her the dog was no
more
zone splendid Newfoundland dog that
watched IN a North side grocery store
was found one Sunday morning suffering
terribly from Inflammation arising from
a terrible wound made by crowbar.
Thieves bad broken open the store, bat
the do5 had driven them of and not
thing was missing The cr0Wbar
was found near the dog. lie was
brought 90 as. but although he
was treated Immediately, the pro-
gres- Of the Inflammation could not
De stopped and he died. have his
skeleton Ills petit measured six feet
from tha tip of his nose TO the root Of his
tall iie was the largest Newfoundland
dOg / ever saw | treated a case Of
goter in a puppy on the North side. The
disease caused the dog 70 have cOnvul-
sions. and. as Is often the case. he was
thought to be mad The owner bought
some chloroform and was about 10 Kill
MIN when the pup, which was feeling
somewhat better lust then looked up
into his masters face with such comical
expression that he postponed the execu-
ton. | came gave the dog some inter
nal medicine and a liniment, and in three
weeks the eoiter disappeared, and today
he is healthier than ever before IN his
life.
Are not many dogs killed for beng
mad which are net mad at all:'
That is often the case. In all my
cyreliance have never seen but about
twenty cases Of genuine hydrophobia
among dogs and about five among horses. /
Doc arc quite subject TO conyulsions and
fit. ana people Immediately Jump at the
conclusion that the animals ate'mad and
llve them killed, whereas some simple
rcmcl. would cure them in few hours
There has recently been sent to me a
specimen Of worm that is killing the
dos in Florida. and presume that | am
The only person in this country who pos
so.scs "a sample of it, II Is very common
i'm China and India, where dogs exist in
such numbers, and the disease often at
tacks the human race. Owing 10 its
peculiar nature il is invariably fatal, and
| regard it only question Of time before
we shall hear OF people dying OF
it. The worm, which is called the
flara immits, or cruel thread worm,
is about the thickness Of a fine linen
thread, and from ten 10 twelve inches in
length when full grown. The germ Is
inhaled or taken into the stomach by
some means. and the worms are gener-
atcd. They work their way to the veins,
and finally they all cOngregate at the
heart in a wad producing death from
three TO tlirty-six hours thereafter.
When once the worm enters the blood
there is 40 hope for the patient, for any
thing which would kill the worm would
also HI the man or dog. There is no
warning Of the disease until the last sick
ness suddenly appears. The death Is a
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