The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-10-08
Times- s-M ullutaineer.
SATURDAY. ....OCTOBER /, 1885
ONE OF ALGER's SURGEONS

When an army Is called Into active
service there is al&ays work for sur
geons, and it is generally presumed
that the best talent in the medica
fraterrity is called into servi :e. Ply
sicians of the highest standing as sur
- geons give up their practice TO entel
the service of their nation where The
best of skill is required. At least thi.
has been the rule in the past, and ut
doubt many such men were enlisted il
the service during the recent war; bu
secretary Alger, who ran the war de
parLment on. new lines. sprung u sur
prise on the doctors and on the soldier.
as we'll, by stepping over old estab
nary surgeon in the service as chief oi
the medical staff of the First army
corps. He is DR.. r. 5. Huldekoper
of New York. and his professional car d
reads as follows:
HOSPITAL OF THE NEW
YORK COLLEGE OF VEIERI-
NARY SURGEONS,
NEV YORK.
RATES OF BOARD:
Horses, per day, s1.5O; dogs per day,
90 cents; cats per day, 81 Genus.
BATHS FOR DOGS:-
Small dogs. so cents; large and long
haired dogs ST.; medicated, spe ;ial.
Professional charges according to
the nature of the case.
DIR. r. s. HUI
That card would be neither attrac-
tive nor inspire con idence 10 perma-
nent or field hospital. Probably DR..
Huidekoper knows all about the all
ments of .ast and fancy horses, of pedi
greed dogs and long-tailed cats, but
his, card does not Indicate that he
knows anything about the ills to which
human flesh is heir. If d man is lame
you can't nerve" him as you can d
horse; if he has been shot in the
shoulder or ''sweeneyed," and the
shoulder begins to shrink, you can't
put ''rowI" in or dime under the
skin. And if soldier is suffering
from cold YOU can't '.smoke" him; in
fact, men cannot be doctored after the
fashion of horse doctors.
And how did this New York horse
doctor get SO prominent a place 10 tue
medical corps as he did? He had pull
and he used it. His social connec-
tions in Washington are of the highest,
it is said; he is relative of New
York and Boston banker, while.h is
wealthy himself. With such connec-
tions and qualifications does anyone
think that the mammon worshipping
Alger could resist giving him the
best in the shop?" Not much.
How he got the appointments, if not
by reason of his station and wealth.
may be accounted for in the stor.
that DIR. Huidekoper was so fortunate
as TO secure the patronage OF Mrs. Me-
Kinley with relation TO her pct dog
He cured the dog, and in this way, Or
in some other way, he got position
in the med zeal service OF the army
higher one even than he WAS recon-
mended for. The appointing auJnor-
ity did not know at the time that the
applicant was a veterinary surgeon. |
Allusion is made TO the story under re
serve. but General Alger owes it TO tht |
country that it be properly Site |
The records of the appointment
should be published. The woro |
of a surgeon general placed TO waite
over the health, life and welfare OF
many thousands of men is so import
ant that the claim for such appoint
mept 10 view of the fact that there il |
q superabund4nce of excellent physic
ians in the country, must be of an in
disputabla charactes toward securing