Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

I - raFenous patient ROW and then wfH
not only eat his portion OF hay bus
/ the rope net that surrounds BE- a few
nights ago one had sueh healthy
appetite he tried to eat the blanket
OFF his nearest neishuor.
All the horses iu hospital are fed
four times Il daT The more debiHEa-
ted ones are led FIVE and SIX shines
When they are particularly run down
and iH danger 81 being mistaken lor "a
sort OF boueEaFd batracEs, tHe patients
ger nothing but cooked foods and they
fairly reVeI iu them They have ton
les too, and III is remarkable ro see
the Improvement En their condition
th8J a few weeks work. The diet for
debiiities consists of oatmeal Cruel
Ilnseed Cruel boiled c4rnips and
scalled oats. Later they get crushed
oats and chopped hay and almost be
fore they know lt are in the GONZALES
cent ward
The operating rooms with their bis
beds spread upon the concrete floors,
are IS CHEEKY and immaculate as r.
intended fer human beings. For all
except the most minor operations au
auaesthel5e IS administered
1.-The horses take the chllrofarm re-
markedly Well said The officer com
handing one OF the hospitals so the
corresp Cndeul of The Associated
Press. 81 don't lhiuE we have lost but
one patient iu the last SIX months
he added
Patient seems most appropriate
designation for the horses. They are
very pictures Of patience until they
reach 5he stage of CouvalasCeuce. Each
patient has a little aluminium tag and
q hospital chart which tells his age
.rgr
shall have to eat and drink and take
when he shall have a nice hot bath
and various uolat.ous as lo his con-
dittou and behavior There is per
sonal touch about The treatment Of the
horses which IN itself bezpeaEs the
esteem in which they are held Walk
ing about the wards. the 20. c. had
KIND word or two for his patients. ~
seemed q particularly human thing Io
do. And lac patted most OF hem and
called many by name.
This old charger he said OF one
lis great favorte iu the hospital. .
He has been one of the hravest of the
brave. has lost an eye ia battle. and
SO we call him Nelson ] am going
10 send 10 Paris and get him good
glass eye before Inc goes back 10 the
front so none Of the other horses VIII .
have a chance to 'swanz' Fl over him +
Ir won't really he a glass eve. because +
they are made Of a composition not SO
fragile. The horses do not mind The
artificial eyes al all and they look
awfully we'll I'm them q"
So thorough is the work of the vet
Urinary service that IL q patient de-
Velops contagious disease all the
horses i'm the unit from which he came
are called IN for disIufection and ex-
animation So successful is the work
THAR 50 per cent OF all sick cases ana
casualties are returned TO active ser
vice
IF We were dealing with human
beings said the officer commanding.
We could run the percentage up 10
he niueties But unfortunately in
dealing with the horses we have at
times 10 weigh their cases fin the
scales or pounds. shIlUngs and pence
IN othe words. we have to decide
whether it viii pay to save the animal
Is he too old 10 be OF much service
when he is cured. or viii the course of
treatment be so long and expensive a.
10 outweigh the value of future useful
ness In striving for war efficiency
and the highest potentiality Of horse
power all these things must be cons{d-I
cred. II is the old old story again
1f the survival CT the tlttest There is
10 other way"
some idea OF the number OF Amer
can horses doing their hit" in tho
war can be gained from the fact tina.
- per cent Of All admitted TO hospital
ONE from the United States.