The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-06-11
ILLS OF ANIMALS.
THEIR CASES DIAGNOSED JUST
ASIN HUMAN BEINGS.
Physicians Who Make "A Speciality of
Treating Them-Canine Dys-
peptic Wrecks-Vcter-
mary Surgery.

SICK and droop, more from that cause
than actual illness. Colds and indi-
gestion constitute four-ffths of feline
troubles; and if cat is given chloro-
form, it never rallies. Rabbits take
cold very easily, and have little STAN
ina to resist disease Pigeons are
brought to me sometimes for sore feet,
from treading on sharp or pointed
substances; or like chickens, they
sometimes get the pip, which is but
another form of indigestion. You
treut them by putting the medicine in
their food. If the roosts are kept
comparatively free from vermin, there
Will be less disease among the feath-
cred pets"
How do you diagnose cases ?"
asked.
Much the same as in human be-
ings; listen to the breathing. If
dog or horse has pneumonia, which
is as prevalent among them as with
us, 1T will have all the symptoms of IA
human being; labored breathing,
coughing, and the various signs by
which we know exactly where the
trouble lies. "
do they make irritable patients 2"
l queried
Not as rule" he replied. "They
realize that you are trying to help
them, and II you go to them, and speak
kindly and pat them few times, YOU
gain their confidence aud can readily
manage them. A dog does not get as
homeslck as cat, for he will play with
other dogs rs soon as he begins to i'm
prove. This is one of the most use.
ful OF our instruments" he continued.
taking from the case pair of blunt
scissors, curved at the end very like
the nail scissors used by manicures.
This is to take bone from the throat.
You hold the dogs mouth we'll open.
and this instrument reaches down into
the larynx, then You can easily loosen
1t and remove it. We have many cases
when q dog is brought almost choking
to death, and very few moments euf
flee 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 hav-
ing n tooth drawn; it is the only
remedy. 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 arc reared,
the wilder becomes the range of these
troubles. AT times they become the
victims of chorea, which corresponds
with our fashionable nervous prostra.
ton. There are dogs that become alb.
solute dyspeptic wrecks, with collie.
cramps and all the variations of indi-
gestion.
Regarding broken bones" he said.
"thcy are set and Immediately incased
in plaster of paris, which hardens, and
while surgery has not made as much
progress rs the actual study of medi-
cine, yet it is not at n stanistill. The
medicines and the quantities given
dog are almost identical with the treat
ment OF human beings. Large dogs
are usually more amiable, little ones
snappish and pugs of any size slug
gish and stupid"
Now, tell me about horses" / sail.
Can you set their broken bones?"
VERY rarely" he answered. off
horse meets with an accident OF that
kind it is more humane to kill him Mt
once; and many people, if thoy love
dog or horse, prefer to have us
kill 1T with anaesthctics. 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 to its size, anl would not
live under tho heroic treatment neces.
sary. If ho did it would leave lump
or blemlsh that would not only be
unsightly, but would detract matcri
ally from his value. With horse. n,
with dog, we first examine the mouth.
When IN animal refuses his food it
brings on indigestion and its attend.
ant ills. A horses teeth often become
very sharp and cut tho tongue when
masticnting. He then swallows his
food whole, which, rs We say. of
course, does not digest, When we
find this to be the trouble we file the
teeth" He took from the case nm in
strumcnt about eighteen inches long.
having Mt one end file about an inch
wide and about threo inches long.
which, Inc said, was used for that Oh
Grafton.
'Do they submit quietly?" I nskod.
Much depends on tho DISPOSE
ton, ho replied. "OHon wo hive
no trouble; mt other times tho teeth
arc docnycd and We draw them.
a set Of murdcrouslooking forccps
emphasized the statement Then Inc /.
explained another instrument. with n
handle like corkscrcw, only instead |
Of the spiral screw it hal round. |
open knife about thrco.fourths OF nm |
inch in diameter. "rhis." be ok |
planned, els used whe1 u horse has /
had a fall, and n portion Of the bone
leading from the eye 10 the nose is In. |
dcntcd, We take this and by n quick |
blow cut n hole through tho lower sec.
ton OF tho bone. Into this orifce we /
insert q probe, and gently raise tho /.
injured Tat into position thon the |
piece first cut out is roinseriod. Ina
week or ten days it is reknit and tho |
horse isns good ns ever.
How do you give them medicine?" /
We fix 10 into what we call boIus. /
1t Is cone.shapol, about three inches