Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-05-09

indigestion consti-
tute four-ffths of feline troubles; and
If cat is given chloroform it never rail-
lies. Rabbits take cold very easily,
and have little stamina to resist dis
ease. Pigeons are brought to me some
times for sore feet, from treading on
sharp or pointed substances; or, like
chickens, they sometimes get the pip,
which is but another form of indiges-
ton. You treat them by puttingg the
medicine in their food. If the rOosts
are kept comparatively free from ver-
min there will be less disease among
the feathered pets"
"How do you diagnose cases" /
asked.
Much the same as in human beings;
listen to the breathing. If dog or a
horse has pneumonia, which is as prev
alent among them as with us, it will
have all the symptoms of human be-
ing; labored breathing, coughing, and
the various signs by which we know
exactly where the trouble lies"
"Do they make irritable patients?"
I queried.
Not as a rule" he replied. "They
realize that you are trying to help
them, and if you go to them, and speak
kindly and pat them a few times, you
gain their confidence and can readily
manage them. A dog does not get as
homesick as cat, for he will play with
other dogs as soon as he begins to i'm
prove. This is one of the most useful
Of our instruments" he continued,
taking from the case a pair of blunt
scissors, curved at the end very like
the nail scissors used by manicures.
"That is to take bone from the throat.
You hold the dogs mouth we'll open,
and the instrument reaches down into
the larynx; then you can easily loosen
it and remove it, We have many cases
where dog is brought almost choking
to death, and a very few moments suf-
fee to relieve him."
do dogs really suffer with tooth
ache?" l asked.
very frequently. For that reason
we always examine the mouth first.
A dog will submit very patiently to
having tooth drawn; it is the only
remedy" Continuing, he called a silky
little Skye terrier, and, opening it's
mouth, he showed me, on the outer gum
on the right side, kind Of little sack,
or perhaps it might be called fold of
flesh; but it looked like little pocket
in the gum. Into this the medicine is
put, and the mouth held tightly closed
until Mr.. Doggie has to swallow the
noxious dose.
These poor creatures have rheuma-
tism, and all the diseases of the eye
and ear even that humanity is heir
to- and the purer the breed and the
more delicately they are reared the
wider becomes the range of these trou-
bles. At times they become the vic
Tins Of chorea, which corresponds with
our fashionable nervous prostration.
There are dogs that become absolutely
dyspeptic wrecks, with collie, cramps,
and all the varieties of Indigestion.
Now, tell me about horses" l said.
"Can you set their broken bones?"
VERY rarely" he answered. IF a
horse meets with an accident of that
kind it is more humane to kill him at
once; and many people, if they love
dog or horse, prefer to have us kill it
with anaesthetics. If horse could
be suspended long enough for the bones
to knit together, recovery might be
successfully accomplished; but horse
has very little vitality in proportion
10 its size, and would not live under the
heroic treatment necessary. If he did
1t would leave lump or blemish that
would detract materially from its value.
With a horse, as with a dog, we first
examine the mouth. When an animal
refuses its food it brings on indiges-
ton and attendant ills. A horses teeth
often become very sharp and cut the
tongue when masticating. He then
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say, of course, does not digest When
we find this to be the trouble we file
the teeth" He took from the case an
instrument about eighteen inches long,
having on one end file about an inch
wide and about three inches long,
which, he said, was used for that oper-
alton.
Then he explained another instru-
ment, with a handle like a corkscrew,
only instead of the spinal screw it had
a round, open knife about three-fourths
of an inch in diameter. This" he eX-
planned, "is used when a horse has had
fall, and a portion of the bone lead
ing from the eye to the nose is indent-
ed. We take this, and by a quick blow
cut a hole through the lower section
of the bone. Into this orifice we insert
a probe, and gently raise the injured
part into position; then the piece first
cut out is reinserted. In a week or ten
days it is reknit and the horse is as
good as ever"
How do you give them medicineT
Eve fix 1t into what we call a bolus.
It is cone shaped, about three inches
long and round in proportion. We open
the horses mouth and put the bolus
deem into tho throat You must be sure