The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-06

CNIASS uHutT the SlSllIul ILLUSTRATIONS
of the veterinary surgeon. Frisky. q
handsome seven-year-oid tabby which
broke its foreleg, was in splints for
three weeks at the animal hospital but
was as frisky as ever when she came
out.
An elderly schipperke had fine set
of false teeth put in by his owner, a
dentist The dog, hitherto of blameless
record, celebrated his acquisition by
stealing a chop the very first day. 1t
had been so long since he had been able
to enjoy a bone that he could not re-
sist
The same dentist made several sets
of teeth for an old collie. The dog
swallowed the first set, smashed the
second over a toothsome bone and be-
came an expert in removing them with
his paw. Finally permanent plate on
the American bridge plan, which ef-
fectually prevented him from taking
them out and losing them, was put in
with bars Of twenty-four carat gold,
The consulting room of a. famous
veterinary surgeon during consulting
hours is full Of interest. Patients Of
every kind arrive, from a pigeon with
a broken wing to a sick rabbit,
IA three months-old puppy comes
with broken leg. He is speedily put
up ina plaster of paris splint, which,
after the custom of his kind, he tries
to eat.
Bandages, splints and every type of
surgical appliance are as grist to the
dog mill, but cunningly made collars
prevent this playful eplcureanism. Prof
HOLIDAY, notable veterinary surgeon,
has invented an electrical motor pump
for administering anaesthetic vapor to
dogs to obviate pain during operation,
The fitting Of a glass eye in a dog or
cat is now quite commonplace thing
I'm veterinary practice. Peggy, beau
tiful Jap spaniel, was fitted out with
perfect match for her sinle eye, but
the first day she sported it she lost it..
That is to say, being out with her
mistress, she unperceiyedly extracted
the new eye and not being able to carry
1t in her paw dropped it by the way,
But it was bought back for a shilling
from a street boy who found 1t.
Peggy did not always wear her glass
eye, but it was invariably put in for
afternoon tea.
AT the dogs sanitarium, Beddington
Lane, Mitcham, some 300 dogs may be
seen under treatment in sthe wards.
The hospital covers about three acres
OF land; the air is bracihg, and SCENT
ed from the famous Mltcham lavender
fields.
| The bright wards are built bungalow
fashion on one floor. Each dog has a
self-contained fiat or cage, consisting Of
a large bedroom with straw and litter
couch, and nice sittingroom Or exer-
] cising yard. An even, warm tempera-
ture is maintained by hot water pipes
out of reach of doggte's paws and in
yestigating nose.
The sickbeds of all are surrounded
with every comfort and tendar care.
Experienced kennel men watch over the
invalids throughout the day and night
Their temperatures are taken and re-
corded, their diet carefully prescribed
and cooked In a dainty little kitchen
A qualified resident surgeon In charge
lives in a delightful old-fashioned
farmhouse in the grounds, while the
specialists and consultants pay period
ic visitsw for inspection and operation
The surgery Is fitted up with the most
elaborate appliances such as electro
scopes for the examination Of canine
threats. The pills, potions and Iini-
ments are varied and attractive.
The distemper hospital is absolutely
I cut off from any possible contact with
the other departments, A separate staff
is told off both for the dlstemper sec
lions and the isolation wards, where
cases of infectious troubles are treated.
A special ward is provided for healthy
pet dogs whose owners are abroad, and
separate section also for imported
dogs in quarantine. Dogs from every
part of the world and a happy home
here while in durance vile--or the six
months quarantine prescribed by the
Board of Agriculture for dogs coming
from foreign parts.
There are two forms of quarantine
indoor and outdoor The regime depends
on the climate from which the dog has
come
Each dog from quarantine has-by
order of the Board Of Agriculture-to
take his walks and runs abroad in sob
itary state tn the exercising grounds
lest he may communicate rabies or In
lection of some sort to his canine COM
panions. 1t is said that almost $S,0O0,0Ot
j = i.anAnd A. dnrte In Great Rritaif