The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-21
eWhat is vour other noklv seasonln

what is your other slckly seasonm
between November and May. During
the cold months. particularly in the winter
and Late In the spring. the monkeys and the
apes pass through their annual ordeals.
They are afflicted with lung troubles.
Animals die Of the same diseases that carry
of the human race. Crowley for instance,
had Pneumonia and a dis0rdered liver.
One Of his kidneys was almost entirely des-
trOyed and he lived the last year or two Of
his life with only one lung. Indeed Mr..
Crowley was a marvellous instance Of
strength of constitution. He had Tnaladies
enough to kill three men and yet up to the
time be caught mis- fatal illness he was the
liYeliest member of our family. De caught
his death cold ia cold weather. 1t Is the
same with most monkeys. We have to
watch them very carefully the first cold
days of the season and their house must be
kept at uniform temperature. The
same precaution is required in all OF our
buildings. II we let the furnace fire go out
one single winter night we might lose by
death within week $4,000 worth Of AMI
mails"
Are sick monkeys easily treatedP
Sometimes, but by no means always.
have mad some tolerably rough fights trying
70 convince an obstinate monkey that a
dose Of medicine Is necessary to save his
life. When a monkey is sick it is always
more or less difficult to give him his medi
cine. You see he always smells his food
before he eats and WON'T take doctored
food when his stomach is squeam-
lsh.n
How do you give it to him thenF"
1--WE bag him. We slip a large bag
over him and then get him under control.
have been bitten though, more than once,
in giving a dose with a spoon. Our
method of treating bears, FATHERS, Loop
ards and tigers Is the same as We use with
hons"
did you ever treat hippopotamus7"
I'VE have been extremely fortunate
with our specimens, and with the excep-
ton of giving them an occasional dose of
gallon or so Of anti-cholera mixture l
have had no trouble with them. We
have similar good luck with our rhinos-
ceros"
How about your elephants?'
Elephants, as rule, are good patients
They are sensible and seem to realize what
the doctor is trying TO do to them. Still
you never can tell when an elephant will
take notion to change his position. Then
it is better for the doctor TO be a safe dis
tance from the big fellows trunk. Iremem-
Der few years ago treating one Of our ele-
plants called Tip, for a heavy cold
chat promised to develop into pueu-
mOnia don't know how
he caught his cold, but it was enough
to kill a regiment of men. You could have
heard him cough quarter of mile away,
and when he had parOxysm of coughing
the building shook as though tornado had
struck it. | concluded to devote one whole
night to the case and save Tips life if pos
siblen
This was the treatment I had the
elephant house heated to as high point
as was safe for the other animals. Then
took four attendants and started in.
First gave Tip a gallon of raw whisky.
de llket it too, and gave a snort Of delight
when ne emptied the tub, that was almost
human. Then l had him covered with
blankets that had been soaked in boiling
water. Every tea minutes these blankets
were changed for fresh ones. 1t was a
regular Turkish bath, and as the liquor
began to work, Tip became reconciled to
the treatment Indeed, | don't think
there was ever a merrier elephant in Cen
trail Park. He helped to put the blankets
in plsce, and once plaYfully caught one
of tie attendants by the slack of his
trousers and tossed him half way across
the room merely as a joke. When the
effects of the liquor wore off, more whis-
ky was given to him, and by morning he
was out of danger. 1t was hard work,
though
ibid you ever have any narrow escapes
in doctoring wild animalsP'
Twice. Several years ago | had leg
broken while giving a camel dose of medi-
cine. You wouldn't think sick camel
| could be dangerous patient. Neither did
l, but have changed my mind STAGE. This
is the way it happened: > was called one
night while | was sitting here just as | am
this evening, by Tom Donohue, who said
that our Old bull camel had the collie. /
went out in the paddock and found the
ugly brute grooming and rolling in agony.
hurried to the medicine cupboard and
filled bottle with the strongest mixture |
he'd, then | went back to the paddock By
that time the camel was on his feet. AS
we came near him he fought We finally
| got rope around his neck and drew him up
to this fence. Here we met with an unex-
| pected obstacle The old fellow stuck his
nose nigh up in the air and refused to take
the dose. When you remember that a
camel has a neck almost as long as girafft
| you viii readily understand how difficult it
| would be for man Of medium hight like
myself to reach up and pour anything down
his throat.
At last plan occurred to me. | climed
up on the fence and found that could
reach his head. Then l had the hottie
drop down his throat, the ungrat full brute
! gave his head jerk aud threw me off the
| fence to the ground. 1t broke my leg but
the beast & I well. Since then l have car.
| ried q step-ladder with me when doctor
| sick camels." BENJAMIN NORTHRoP,
|