The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-28
THE DISEASES OF MONKEYS.
An Animal Dealer Talks OF the ""'"ee' W
Toothache, Seasickne>s and fugn"''S'

"Tbe chlmpauzee. " began Mr.. Frank D.
Thomson. an animal dealer Of New iork
city. is like the other members oil the apc
family. a very tender and delicate ahiillai'
recurring great care in captivity. Inc
MONKEYS proper, or the qradrulhanih
having tails. are harder. Probably the
least affected by cold Of any are the com
mon Macaque the Rheims, ana Inc oIlen'
monkeys. all natives OF ASIA pu''
nevertheless, monkeys ana apes Leq"ic
the greatest care in handing, anu even
with this. their usual term of lie Is very
short. only few years at the most VI
course there are occasional exceptions unu
I myself have kept or have Known u
specimens 10 or II years Old. =,
"Mr Crowley is believed TO be the ora
est Of the chimpanzees, having arrived NJ
the park on June 81, 1884, when he was
but a little bit Of a fellow, a foot and
half or two feet high. Mr.. Couklih used
to let him run all around his Office lie
was donated by the Liborian 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. IL j.
in this vicinity, and especially south oi
the great rivers mouth. that the NATIVE
haunts of the chimpaDzec are To be found
There is nothing unusual IN the pneU-
monia attack Of Nr. Crowley Monkeys
ard apes are subject 10 nearly all the dis
Eases Of man. and when sick they should
he treated in exactly the same manner |
have had cases of consumption, pneu-
nonia. diarrhea, bronchitis, catarrh.
| .F.l.. sa.ar o I1f faf =
and seasickness to attend to among niy
monkey stock.
only the other day | pulled out two
diseased teeth from one monkey, whose
Caes was all swollen up at the time. Some
If the worst cases have over seen Of sea-
| sickness were among these lively little
| animals. Horses. sheep and cattle de- not
seem ever to he 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 OF" from which "a
big gorilla in the Berlin Geological gar
dens died few years ago Ii was dis
! covered M the inquest that his death had
| been caused by mass Of pins which our
charitabl. visitors had led him.
And talking about diseases contlu-
ned MI Thompson, look here And he
went up to on Of the many cages in the
| room in which he ana the reporter were
| sitting. Within it could be distinguished
| q little black mass, huddied up iu cor
ner. chattering and showing its teeth.
THAT is "a bonnet monkey said Mr.
Thompson. (which is just recovering
| from an attack of pneumonia IL had somc
| DAYS ago. | took il from that big cage
over there" And he pointed 10 one do
| which hail dozen monkeys were moi ily
rleying romps. In the smaller cage Do
| had quiet and aiuough expected 10 %
| die. nevertheless, with tender treatment
| nourishing food and stmulants, it has
| come out all right.
"Aud there is another disease which De-
at present very prevalent and that is pug
| nacity Monkeys take 20 10 a. naturally
| as their more civilized descendants, aud
this little monkey here is al c"ldence
| II it,"
As he was speaking, Mr.. Thompson
| went over 10 the largest cage and pointed
| ont little graysh female monkey, which
| Immediately came 10 the bars, evidently
| expecting some peanuts or other deli
| cacies. On close inspection her nose WAS
seen 20 be broken Just above the bridge.
| I've chrstened her Miss Slugger, '
| observed Nj Thompson, 'and J have
| often wondered in what great prize fight
| she received her Disagreement
| 1T is the liability 10 disease OF the
| monkey family which accounts for Tie
| small number Of them carried around by
| crcuses. The least draught is apt "a
bring on a fatal cold Why if ! had %
| chimpanzee now believe ] could not sell
it, NJ manager wants them, for they re-
| qure morc care than they are worth. Ga
| his account il is impossible 10 place any
| definite price upon them.-New Hor,
| .Ncu.ng sun.