The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20
ANIMALS AND TOOTHACHE,
THEY SUFFER AS MEN DO, AND
MUST BE TREATED,
Horse and Dog Dentists-A Great
Improvement in the Medical and
Surgical Treatment of Horses.

HOEHC hhu lug DenllSlS-A treat
improvement in the Medical and
Surgical Treatment of Horses.
TTILL horses teethl Yes; why
II not1 A horse is a good deal
like a man, and horses suffer
9 from decayed teeth, exposed
nerves and toothache just the same as q
man or woman. How can we tell7
Why, by examining their jaws, of course;
and after we have located the seat of the
trouble, we quickly try to alleviate the
suffering. Even dogs have toothache.
Many lady's pet dog suffers pain from
| cold and exposed nerves, and pines away
and refuses to eat, because 1t is suffering
with his teeth. There is a setter dog in
Brooklyn whose teeth are filled with
gold. The owner, dentist, noticed
defective tooth in the dogs head, and
determined to fill it. The dog was per-
suaded to take seat in the chair, while
the doctor drilled out the cavity and
filed i'll the gold. The dog stood it like
a major, and looked up gratefully when
the work was finished
While at the Bonner farm, some time
ago, Veterinary Surgeon Ralph Ogle, of
this city, was told of horse on a neigh.
boring farm which refused to cat. The
most tempting food had been offered
the animal, but it had pcrsistently de-
clined to accept even the least morsel of
it. The doctor, who is veteran in his
profession, examined the horse and found
growing alongside its jawbone eight pro-
tuberances which were the size of wal
Euts and were as hard as bone. With
the knife and forceps now used in i'm
proved dental veterinary practice, he OPP
Grated on the horses jaw and succeeded
in taking out five of the protuberances.
Very soon after this the animal began to
eat, and is now doing WE'LL
Great improvement has been made in
the medical and surgical treatment of
the horse in the past few years. The
treatment is more scientific in every re-
spect. The veterinary surgeon nowadays
must possess a thorough education, and
be posted in as many branches as a
physician. His calling requires him to
be particularly sensitive and alert; for
he is treating a dumb animal, whose
manifestations of pain are difficult to
make out. The result of all this is that
the sick or injured horse gets nearly as
careful and minute treatment as the sick
or injured man.
Fractured bones are often reset, and
even amputation has been performed for
special purposes. Let the horse injure
its leg or foot, and the member is done
up in sling as tenderly and carefully
as though it belonged to human being.
A bay mare that had been used in horse
power, while working in the machine,
caught her right hind foot in one of the
logs with such force as to stop the ma
chine and seriously injure the foot. In
a short time the animal could hardly put
her foot to the ground, and when the
doctor was called in she was suffering in.
tense pain. An operation was performed,
and the injured leg, as we'll as the ami
NAL herself, was put in slings, and for
| days the foot was dressed daily. Just
two months from the date of operation
the wound was entirly closed.
Horses in these days must have their
quinine rs we'll as human beings. The
biggest dose of quinine ever given to
horse was in a case of pneumonia. The
doctor prescribed the ordinary dose, one
drachm. BY mistake an ounce of the
drug was added to this and given to the
animal at 10 A. NJ. At z n NJ, when the
doctor called, the horse was prespiring
freely, had full pulse and its temper
ature had fallen from 104 to 101 de-
grees. The same dose was ordered
given, and was carried out before the
mistake was discovered. The doctor, in
telling the experience, added "I Wis
tied the horse about o'clock the follow
ing morning, and was met by whinny-
ing welcome, to which | at once re-
sponed by givinga small feed of oats,
which was soon put out of the way. l
found the pulse not so full, body quite
dry, but the temperature was back to
lO4 degrees. Here was case where
two ounces of Quinine had been given
inside of nine hours without any re-
markable result"
A fact not generally known is that
electricity is coming into extensive use
in the medical treatment of horses. 1t is
found of value in nervous affections, and
especially in diseases of the throat and
larnyx. Sometimes regular shocks are
given two or three times day, and the
horse submits to the galvanic current
very readily.
The veterinary surgeon of these days
finds that the horse IS subject to con-
sumption, rheumatism, sciatica, and, in
fact, nearly all diseases incident to hu-
man beings-even hydrophobia. New
York Advertiser.