The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-24
HEALING ART OF BEASTS
AntiSeptic Methods Used by
the Dog.
A CANINE SURGEON
That Treated Its Feilows---Monkey'i
Remedy, for swound-Blrds Tbs
Set Broken Limbs and Dressed In
u IurIss5sTbe sss as Doctor. a;.j

~ 1870 n
While medical Science has excited
the wonder of mankind by its rapid
strides, very little attention has been
given to the study Of the art OF
healing employed by dumb animals.
which upon investigation appears to
be as wonderful as that of man him
self, says the New York Times.
1t is believed that the dog has
valuable secret for man in the treat
ment of wounds with its saliva. It is
stated that the saliva of the dog
has a perfect bactericidal and healing
power and there is little doubt in the
minds Of those who are now delving
into the subject that this same agency
is good antiseptic.
Proof is apparent In the prompt use
OF saliva upon his wounds by the dog
and its speedy recovery through this
treatment. II was "a matter, of com.
ment when this matter was first un.
dertaken at the Hopkins, medicai
+ school that no bacteriologist had
taken the hint from the dogs lesson
B ana engaged in experiment along this
line.
r That the dog possessed "a marked
surgical instinct is verified by many
INSTANCES out of the COMMONPLACE.
Mr.. Young, who was engaged for a
long time in missionary work I'm north
western Canada. had among his dogs.
OF which large number were neces.
sary for drawing his sleds, one Rover
Ihis dog not only attended it's own
wounds but actually performed the
duties Of surgeon to all of its fellows.
Calls, wounds, frozen feet and other
ike injuries consequent upon the pc
culiar toll they had to perform were
systematically and successfully treat.
ed by DR.. Rover. The dog had one
remedy, the Amounting of the affiict.
I'd parts with saliva. Wherever IL
applied the remedy the cure was
speedy.
IL was noticed that parts of the toes
Pf the dog patients whic hcould NOT
be reached by the dog doctors tongue
went unhealed. The Rev. Mr.. Young
says that the Indians I'm admiration
OF the dogs wonderful learning called
II Muskeke Atm. meaning the sur.
geon
& monkey scratched his shoulder
badly on u nail which projected from
the side OF its cage. Immediately
upon sustaining the injury the queer
creature went to corner and select
ed a handful OF clean sawdust, which
it pressed firmly on the profusely
bleeding scratch. .
The monkey held the sawdust In
place until the bleeding stopped.
which was In but a few minutes.
The sawdust was saturated with
blood, which had dried and formed
an excellent coating for the wound.
protecting II until entirely well.
The fOndness of the domestic cat
for catnip is not condition of mind
attendant upon the enjoyment of alb
soluIte health, for II Is only when
the cat Is somewhat under the
weather that II will seek the solace
OF the soothing properties of this
vegetation. Under such circum.
stances cats have been known to
travel miles to get the catnip.
Not the least remarkable of all the
achievements of dumb creatures In
the line OF surgery and medicine are
those of the birds. DR.. George NJ.
Gould cites instances of woodcock
killed which when examined were
found to be recovering from previous
wounds inflicted by hunters.
The same authority tells of cases
Of bone setting by birds which would |
be beyond belief II man was not al !
ready familiar with the marvellous
Intelligence Of the lower creatures.
Birds which have fallen into the |
hands of naturalists and which had
previously suffered serious wounds |
on the legs were found to have actu.
ally reinforced the dressing of down
with small straws or twigs just as
doctor would set broken limb In
splints before applying bandages.
The bee, that wonderful little Great.
lre, the organization of whose com.
must always be a source of
is among other things an
excellent doctor and goes about its
work In this particular with the same
care that II exercises In all
slse that II does. For certain all
nents II sucks the astringent dog
wood, poplar, wild cherry or hickory.
Bee keepers somtimes place small
gessel containing a decoction of wild
'herry In the bee hives during the
winter that the little honey makers
nay minister to their ailments If they
ire stricken during the period when
he rigors of weather would make 1t
lificult for them TO obtain remedies
elsewhere. <
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