Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30

'D73SsAf~> form, it never rallies.
r. b b is take cold
very easily, and have little stamina to re-
sist disease. Pigeons are brought to me
sometimes for sore feet, from treadng on
sharp or pointed substances; or like chick
ems, they sometimes get the pip, which Is
but another form of Indigestion. You treat
them by putting the medicine in their food.
If the roosts are kept comparatively free
from vermin. 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 a dog or a
horse has pneumonia, which IS as prevalent
among them as with US. it will have all the
symptoms of a human being; -labored
breathing, coughing, and the various signs
by which We know exactly where the
trouble lies"
do they make irritable patients?"
queried.
Not as a rule he replied. '"They real
ize that you are trying to help them. and
IL you go to them, and speak kindly and pat
them a few times, you gain their conf
dence and can readily manage them. A
dog does not get as homesick IS cat, for
he will play with other dogs as soon as he
begins to improve. This is one Of the most
useful of our Instruments he continued
taking from the case a pair of blunt scis-
sors. curved at the end very like the nail
take a bone from the throat. You hold the
dogs mouth well open. and this ms trun,ent
reaches down into the lalynx, then you can
easily loosen !: ard remove it, We have
many cases when dog Is Drought almost
choking to death. ard a very few moments
suffice to relieve him"
The Affections of Dogs.
do dogs really suffer with toothache?"
I asked.
Very frequently. For that reason we
always examine the mouth first. dog
will submit very patiently to having a
tooth drawn: 1t is the OILY remedy" Con-
tinuing. he called silky little skye ter
rier, and opening Its mouth he showed me,
on the outer gum OF the right side. a kind
of little sack, or perhaps it nlgnr be called
e fold Of flesh; but 1t looked like little
pocket in the gum. Into this the medicine
Is put; and the mouth held tightly closed
till Mr. Dogg.e has to swallow the noxious
dose
These poor creatures have rheumatism,
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 troubles. At times they be-
come the victims Of chorea, which CORES
ponds With our fashionable nervous pros
tration. There are dogs that become abso-
lutte dyspeptic wrecks, With collie. cramps
and all the variations of indigestion.
THE subject OF an interesting case treat
ed here" said the doctor. was Ajax. the
prize winner of the Philadelphia Kennel
Club. who died here some time ago. He
was over fourteen years old, aud a victim
of dropsy. By making an incis.on quickly"
he said, ''thc affected parts were purctur-
ed and the rapid accumulations drawn Off
After few tappirgs, Ajax realized the
wanted the operation repeated. Toward
the last this became necessary as often as
seven or eight times day
Regarding broken bones" he said,
nn iy,n.V, a II, TO-
plaster of paris, which hardens and while
surgery has not made as much progress as
the actual study of medicine, yet 1t is not
at standstill. The medicines and the
with the treatment of human beings Large
dogs are usually more amiable, little ones
snappish and pugs of any size sluggish and
stupid"
Accidents to Horses.
Now. tell me about horses,'' said. Can
you set their broken bones?"
Very rarely" he answered. eff a horse
meets with an accident of that kind it is
more humane to kill him at once; and
many people, If they love deg or a horse.
prefer to have US kill 1t with anaesthetics.
If horse could be suspended long enough
for the bones to knit together recovery
might be successfully accomplished; but a
horse has very little vitality in proportion
to its size, and would not live under the
heroic treatment necessary. If he did 1t
would leave lump or blemish that would
not only be unsightly. but would detract
materially from his value. With a horse
as with dog, we first examine the mouth.
When an animal refuses his food 1t brings
on indigestion and its attendant Ills A
horses teeth often become very sharp and
cut the tongue when maSticating. He then
swallows his food whole, which, as we 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
IT. sv,4k
file about an inch wide and about three
inches long, which, he said, was used for
that operation.
DO they submit quietly?" I asked.
Much depends on the disposition" he re-
Piled "often we have no trouble; at other
times the teeth are decayed and we draw
them"
The Instruments Used.
A set Of murderous-looking forceps en-
phasized the statement. Then he explained
another instrument with a handle like
corkscrew, only instead of the spiral screw
it had round, open knife about three
fourths Of an inch in diameter. This" he
explained, "is used when a horse has had
e fall, and portion of the bone leading
from the eye to the nose is indented. We
take this and by quick blow cut hole
through the lower section of the bone. In
to this orifice we insert a PROBE and gently
raise the injured part into position; then
the piece first cut out Is reinserted. In
week or ten days 1t is reknit and the horse
is as good as ever.
"Washington is harder on horses than al
most any city I know" he continued. 1.-The
asphalt pavements do not give, and a trot-
ting horse throws his feet in such a man
ner that the shoulders are SO strained that
they are sometimes entirely out Of posi-
ton, and he is unfit for service. In such
cases the only beneficial course is to take
off the shoes, turn him into good pasture
and keep him there until time and rest eff
feet a cure"
How do you give them medicine"'
eve fix it into what we call q bslus It
is cone shaped about three inches long and
round in proportion. We open the horses
mouth and put the bolus deep into the
throat. You must be sure that he swal-
lows it. for If he gets the chance he will
eject it."