The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-05
seRLiN'S BIG DOG HOSPITAL
Ten Thousand Dogs Treated at the Royal
Veterinary Academy Every Year.

| len Thousand Dogs lfeateu AT the ItOyal
Veterinary Academy Every Year.
The puppy that opens his eyes at the
| beginning or end of the ninth day of his
| life in the city of Berlin is a lucky dog.
! Within the last 10 years an average of
| 10000 dogs d year have been treated for
| illness or hurts at the Royal Veterinary
Academy of Berlin. the most perfectly
appointed institution of the kind in the
world. 1t is situated right in the heart
of the city, occupying about 20 acres of
land. Just in its rear are the celebrated
Botanical gardens of Berlin while OPP
posite is the Pathological institute
which operates in harmony with
the veterinary academy. In the acad-
envy are reception room, laboratory
IL dlspensary, polyclinic an operating
amphitheater and six wards for the
smaller animals. For animals suffering
from contagious diseases there are sep
arate wards. one for mango, one for
distemper and one for rabies
The steward of the academy fills the
double office of steward and matron or
superintendent. 1t is his duty to see
that the food for the animals is proper
ly prepared and served. Although he
does no nursing himself, he is head
nurse, in that he assigns the young stu
dents under him in the cases they are
to attend. These young men attend TO
their cages, and stand beside the house
surgeon and the young veterinary stu
dents with bandages and whatever may
be needed when wounds are dressed
They may also at times give medicine,
but only by direction Of the physician in
charge All this is done for the dog at
a cost of about ~ cents day These
veterinary students have for professors
such men as Monk. Virchow and Hoe
brin. The veterinary surgeon in the
German army holds the same rank and
draws the same salary as the surgeon
for the soldiers.
When dog is brought to the clinic
his age, sex, color. size, weight, color of
eyes and scars of former wounds or on
erations are recorded. 1t is said that if
that dog We're to come back in 10 years
they could identify him by reference to
these histories" After the eXamina-
ton of the dog, if his aiment is slight
his master gets prescription which is
filled at the laboratory of the academy
for the bare cost of the medicine. If
the dog is seriously i'll. he is sent to the
proper ward in the hospital, and one or
more of the students detailed to attend
him. The dog still remains the case of
the physician whose clinic he entered
and this doctor visits his patient al reg
ular times of the day. accompanied by
the house surgeon and the attending
ildents. The cages in which the dogs
are confined are about five feet square
That dogs understand what is done
for them and are grateful for it is
proved by an incident that happened to
DR.. Frank H. Miller when he was stu
dent in the Berlin academy. A young
woman owned pet dog that had a very
bad habit of running before horse,
jumping up and barking. Upon a GER
tain occasion the horse stepped on the
Il Il.
bones The dog was taken to the hospi-
tai, was operated on and got we'll. He
was not, however, cured CT this bad
habit, which soon brought him to grief
again. This time the horse got the end
of the dogs tail in his mouth and gave
1t such bite that three or four inches
of the tail Topped down. refusing to wag
at its owners command. The young
woman who owned the dog attached Il
strap to his collar and started toward
the academy. Upon this visit she ap-
preached the house by different route,
but when the dog got near the clinic he
seemed to recognize where he was. He
tugged and jumped SO desperately that
he got away from his mistress.
The young woman found him stand
ing patiently beside the table in the
clinic room, waiting his turn to have
the useless end of his tail shipped off
When a dog dies in the academy his
master can not claim his body. It is
sent to the morgue, and a post-mortem
operation is performed to approve or
condemn the diagnosis and treatment
The dog doctor has to be as diplo-
matte and tactful to get the friendship
and good will of his patients as does
the physician who ministers to human
beings. 1t is important not to give the
dog pain if it is possible to avoid 1t
Even to draw a tooth ether is admins
| tered.-New York Sun.