Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-29
A CANINE HOSPITAL.
Where Pet Dogs are Doctored and
Cared For.

dogs washed and groomed." This
sign, Painted In black letters on a white
ground, takes nearly the whole front of
a one-story house at the corner OF
tlfty-eighth street and Broadway, New
York BY examining the signs more
closely one can see that stephen Mul-
vey, doctor and Surgeon" lives
there
Mr.. Mulvey is the fashionable dog
doctor of that locality, and does a thriv-
ing business in restoring TO health the
dogs OF far New Workers, who are
greatly given to overfeeding their pets
A New York Journal reporter sat in
Mr.. Nulvey's consultation room re-
Gently for few minutes and watched
his mode Of doing business.
In one corner of the room lay a mag
nlacent St Bernard. whose leg WAS re-
covering from a fracture II hId suS-
tained in having a carriage run over
him. lie was able 10 walk with only a
slight limp, and the doctor assured the
visitor that even that defect would dis
appear in a few days more.
In ano. her corner was a King Charles
spaniel and a fox terrier, both suffering
from distemper. From the back room
there came through the thin partition
a sntrling yelping, barking chocu5 that
would do credit to the imps of the in
ternal regions and it issued from the
thrOats Of eighty dogs belonging TO va
rious masters. DIR. Mulvey boards the
dog at - a week each and treats them
for pneumonia, lumbago or the mango
in case they should be taken i'll
The reporter had Just had time to
note his surroundings when an old lady
was ushered into the office. She car
ried under her arm a Skye terrier
wrapped in a blue cashmere shawl and
looking the picture of dyspepsia Dr.
Mulyey Is an IriShman with an auburn
mustache and a cool, shrewd eye, but L
10 * of genuine concern came into his
face when he saw the dog suffering.
Poor Fido is quite sick" said the
lady, mouTnfulIy. ''She never knew a
sick day until six weeks
Yes, yes. madame" interrupted
the physician, hastily, As he took the
pet from its mistress arm Nv hat
has 1t had TO eat to-day?"
''Nothing except some chicken AMI
cream and a bit of beefsteak-"
lis that all? His stomach is over
loaded; that's all, madam. IN give
him AN emetic,' - and the doctor suited
the action to the word.
Sitting on a chair he placed the ter
| rier upright on his hind feet and
squeezed his neck between his knees. y
teaspoonful of emetic was poured down
| his throat by an assistant, while the
doctor held the dogs jaws wide apart.
| The terrier spluttered and coughed, but
he was not allowed his freedom until il
was certain that he had swallowed the
dose. 1t took effect and in ten min
utes the patient was well, but little
| weak.
| "Shall / clean his teeth to-day, ma
damn" asked the doctor as the Lady
rose to go.
mo, / think not; 1 am afraid his
nerves wouldn't stand it, considering
his illness"
Fido was wrapped in his blue shawl.
n greenback given to the doctor and
the lady departed.
What was the most curious case
you ever had, doctorg' asked the re-
porter
''Wait a moment and III show you,"
and the speaker produced from a box
SIX rubber caps such as ale used on
nursing bottles. One of them was
sadly discolOred.
Now" continued the surgeon, "a
| : eutlemau broughs me a setter that
had swallowed those six caps, and 1t
the end of forty-eight hours L had re-
lleyed him of five of them, five days
from the time he swallowed them This
one" pointing to the discolored one,
was in the dogs stomach nine days
before got it out, but | succeeded and
there they are"
Not day passes but that dozen
dogs are brought TO him to have some
fracture set or some disease cured. His
charges are 81 for prescription and S3
for setting a broken bone, and his time
Is entirely taken up
II work for the best people In New
York" he said, proudly, and 1 must
keep busy to pay the II. 900 rent that l
do for this corner
At this moment 4 liveried menial
rushed into the room and painted, Say,
doctor, Mrs. - 5 dog Is having mt.
She wants you TO come to the Valencia
Flats right away"
/ Mulvey hurried into his coat and iii =
appeared, hut not before he made =
narting report TO the writer:
That's the way It IS all the time.