New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-30
A SICK HIPPOPOTAMOS'
GIVING CALrPH TURKISH BATHS
THE DIFFICULTIES OF NURSING AN invalid
49, WEIGHING 5000 POUNDS.


WEIGHING 5000 POUNDS
... invalid has been on the hands OF Direo'o.
c,,,n IN tbe Central Park menagarie LOT 'no 70
two weeks This IS the $4,000 hppopo.""- ~ Gin
which was bought by the Park ho"u iion. ,- ~
cnnau Geological Gardens last spring D', ,,.'s,,v
s,,mn,er Calirh and his companion, MISE -
100 FONT IN tbe big tank in the open air. "here my
"elo .s,noa Nv many thousands of visitors Ihere
.as coma delay in getting their winter quar- i "
49, IT, hopse fitted UP, and Canph thoush 'ti0
,orcer and stouter of the two animals dPp'" "
have taken cold from the Keen mgho ar o,,,
After they were warmly housed pr NoA
.honobt tbat With little attention Cahpn wou,u
'nousnV 10 .t1 but he found that the animal did
So ,n,,ror. and he became alarmed. a few years
100 ponbi another hppopotamus, was taken III !"
,ba same manner and did not recover Inc DV -
hrourbt all hts medical and veterinary skill 20 Ue"
ON the Affections Of Caph, to prevent repo'i,.'n -
sucb a fate For a time he began 10 uosp"'i o.
fear that Caliph was fatcd like me ia'o MI ad
20 d,a vonng The hippopotamus became he~VS anu
',,gorcnt N the playful caresses of Miss MURPHY
and Gnouv showed no desire to take his daily oa'ns'
NJ annette disappeared and his thick hue sooh
horrod that the flesh was falling away penea'n l"
diving the skin baggy appearance WITHIN
week he lost more than 300 POUNDS. ...
oro ~ the first measures taken by tho Doctor was
n separate tho hppopotami, much to the disgust VI
~ MUMMY Caliph regarded tho change WIN the
- Indifference that be had given 10 all Inuhnaho
,btror s,nce his illness Then he was Win great
difficulty forced to enter the tank OF "a.e' ~
steam had been meantime turned on III '"o
which had attained q blood heat temperaturo. ~,
Conllin determined TO try tho enects Oh A'n'"
IN caIiph as preliminary steD The at'snuAh'
,,o,. +he animal I'm tho tank the temperatura Vi
tho vater was gradually raised its heat peheud'eu
The two inches OF cuticle which covers tno hinp
potamus ard big drops Of persUfration oozed run
SvoTrs The huiIdlne was also heated so that tho
~frfOr
when Calinh emerged from the water MS ehor'"uus
bodv was steaming all over like an immense ooheo
ham Miss Murphy gazed at him in wonder from uho
bars which separated her. grunting sweeV as uoutl
eb. though. him a pretty spectacle Iho a'oeno"i'e
scrubbed him oG with brooms. scrubbinG orusnes an"
soft SOAP and then piling blankets Oh I"ii' ~
him 10 lie and steam quietly
r,ho h.,h ec.rncd 70 have a good effect Temporarily
ord several repetitions were tried but DR. ConKhn
cav, after two or three DAYS. that theso MEASURES
,rcre not sufficient Calphs appeute uiu hot 10
turn He seemed to have severe Dii'ous aV'S1A
with his cLld evidently the result OF the great
% raw ttrnips his favorite vegetable which ne nau
49,. I'D tho Turkish baths had only kept down tho
taver With great difficulty the big beast was Dound
with ropes and dozen Of the attendants were aoio
70 turn him over his side linen -FOUR Vi INC me-
held Calph's great mouth open. "hilo III CoiN''N
gouirted down his throst bv means OF SIik ke. .
cnn full of sweet oil. in which were mixed hiteon
s,r of Cro,on OIL As this dose had no erect II
vas roneated on the following dav with twehN uroDS
Of Croton oil mixed with beladonna' pu' Win ho
better result rowan
mr. Conkln then looked about for more po"er-
,,, drastic German physicians have recently peeu
cvnerimcntng with new drug erHeo n1oooss,niaI
SnInbas witch is regarded as particularly trisd
I'm cases ike that Of Caliph 1t has IeVeI D1ou 10
On human beings and not more lhah sIai.i 10,
bnen administered TO horses and other anma5s o n
oiTavs with a soothing and excellent eneSt: OI "P
Scation to the druggists, however, lew OF tnoa &c
{nnd IN have the drug and these IN qeS.h.lnicS 49,
sn1au for any service Two tiny walls Oh uVcon 90
onrb we're finally obtained The drug mas uS 5 Sp
resrance Of fine brown sugar DR.; ConhI1 aiiii =,
f,ered seven grains and a half as the nrst uoso ~
oe,mfyed with tyvo tablespoOnfuls OF molaSSes Az
enread I,non Caliphs broad tongue, so thaI Nc was
Sfi,ced ~ swallow the medicine H., a..
NE ncxt day Caliph got up ana stoou vi! nis -
10 Hooked hollow and wan but ne eNlucntN lrlt d
mat deal better After he had plunged IN M1iIt ~
batb ne came out extremely hungry. DarIeii VI Va
ssrrn meal mush had been prepared lOr LIl anu ~
srIHared capable Of taking the entire qnanty AM
iitt,~ for more but for fear that so nearly nld'
Co. = week Of fasting would hc huItfnl he only re-
"o,, I'd email quantities at time. Inoneh uh, ~
ie again active and Mss Murphy has been pe'nl''cu
20 enter tbe same cage once more.
To is now regarded by Dr. ConKln as OUT OF uanPor
I'D the loose hide Is beginning 10 MI ouI aSdIn,
The attention that hs nursing has required has go
,rrino on the attendants and the DOCTOR Is lnIAr,i
e. think that with the growth OF the zoolOgca COl
Ioction q school for the training OF animals nurs'
,rn have 10 be established by the Park Department