Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-05-23

68S%e4xt[4% al h droop more
M zcgTeS' frbm that cause
2SZ (s'F/' liam actual ill
q MSS. Colds and
Indigestion constl-
tute four-hfths of fel inc troubles and
if a cat is given chldG1form it never raj
lies. Rabbits take fold very easily,
and have little stamina to resist dis
case. Pigeons are brought to me some
times for sore feet. Eom treading. on
sharp or pointed q tances; or, like
chickens, they som Dines get the pip,
which is but another form of indiges
ton. You treat them by puttings the
medicine in their fold. If the roosts
are kept comparatiy1y free from YER
min there will be less disease among
the feathered pets"
How do you diagnose cases?"
asked.
Much the same as i'm 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 u which we know
exactly where the bubble lies
DO they make irritable patients?"
querled
mot as a rule" lie replied. "They
realize that you are trying to help
them, and if you go 10 them, and speak
kindly and pat them few times, you
gain their confidence and can readily
manage them. A dog does not get as
homesick as a cat, for he will play with
other dogs as soon as he begins to i'm
prove. This is oneiaf 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 bdne from the throat
You hold the dogs mouth well open,
and the instrument reaches down into
the larynx; then YOU can easily loosen
it and remove it, We have many cases
.yinGe dog is lIplght<h.ost choking
Ath And lt@Ants SUI
; flee to relieve hHT3S
DO dogs really )uffer with tooth
, ache?" l askedA
, Very frequently For that reason
| we always examine the mouth first
A dog will submit very patiently to
, having a tooth drawn; it is the only
remedy" Continuing, he called a silky
e little Skye terrier, and, opening its
9 mouth, he showed me, on the outer gun
$ on the right side, kind of little sack
or perhaps it might be called a fold Of
flesh; but it looked like little pocke
in the gum. Into this the medicine is
put, and the mouth held tightly closed
4 until Mr.. Doggie has to swallow tn,
1 noxious dose.
"These poor creatures have rheuma
tism, and all the diseases of the eye
: and ear even that humanity is heil
; to, and the purer the breed and thu
/ more delicately they are reared tn,
wider becomes the range of these trou
bles At times they become the vic
tins of chorea, which corresponds will
/ our fashionable nervous prostration
S There are dogs that become absolutel!
dyspeptic wrecks, with collie, cramps
and all the varieties of indigestion
: Nov, tell me about horses" said
+ Can you set their Broken bones?"
e Every rarely" he answered. "If
e horse meets with an accident of tina
= kind it is more humane to kill him a
1 once; and many people, If they love
{ dog or horse, prefer to have us kill /
n with anaesthetics. Il a horse coult
a be suspended long enough for the bone
$ to knit together, recovery might b
s successfully accomplished; but hors
l, has very little vitality in proportion
s. to its size, and would hot live under tn
% heroic treatment necessary. If he di
1t would leave lump or blemish tina
q would detract materially from its value
e with horse, as with a dog, we frs
r. examine the mouth. When an anima
s. refuses its food it brings on indiges
s ton and attendant illsf A horses teet
often become very sharp and cut tn
" tongue when masticsting. He the
0. swallows his food whole, which, as W
It say, of course, does not digest. Whe
DO we find this to be the trouble we fiji
y the teeth" He took fiom the case a
y instrument about eighteen inches lonl
"a having on one end file about an inc
wide and about three inches lonl
which, he said, was used for that opei
=. alton.
t, Then he explained another instrr
'e ment, with handle like corkscrey
s. only instead of the spinal screw it ha
a round, open knife about three-fourtf
N of an inch in diameter. This" he e.
planned, sis used when horse has ha
fall, and a portion of the bone leat
ing from the eye to the nose is linden