Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-30
CAT AND DOG
HOSPITAL UNIQUE
CBy Associated Fress,

:
once was a time when the Amer
lean small boy nursed sometime
during the -eriod between infan-
cy and adolescence an ambition
! that probably few of the boys of
the present generation expert
cnce. He, the small boy OF those
days, was determined to grow
up and be a blacksmith.
/ Times have changed. Where
once the spreading chestnut tree
| shaded the village smithy now an
| electric sign blazes to the pass
! ing world that the establishment
Of garage" The smith with
the braWny arms has stepped
aside for the motor surgeon with
the agile tongue and the ability
TO convince the automobile own
i er of unsuspected motor ills.
| When the automobile has sue
cessfully upset all vital statistic
tables with reference to birth
, and death ratios, blacksmiths ALL
tomatically were divided into
! two classes.
| Those on one hand continued
to shoe horses until the sheriff
tackled up the red flag. On the
other hand there were smiths
! who changed their sign from
Smiths Blacksmith Shop to
Smiths Garage and Repair
Shop"
DR.. c. A. Miller, a Louisville
veterinarian, took tip from the
garage smiths. When the inva-
sion of the motor car began to
make threatening inroads on his
business he joined forces with
| DR.. E. Calldemeir and the two
men opened the Cat and Dog
! Hospital" This unique institu-
ton proved a success from its |
opening last September. III the
year since its Inauguration more
than 2,CO0 cases have been treat
ed at the hospital and it has been
necessary to add third man
DR.. Floyd NJ. Kearn, to the staff
! Although all animals are adj !
mitted to the hospital, dogs seem
to get the greatest call.
The majority of dogs, accord
ing to DR.. Miller, are killed by |
kindness. They are petted and
cuddled by their owners and as
d result become sickly. Diges-l
tive troubles are the greatest
cause OF sickness to come underE
bis observation, he stated, being !
die to over feeding and lack oil
exercise.
The temperature of a dog va
ries according to his tempera-
| ment, DIR. Miller finds. The av
crage canine temperature is lO1
bit in the case of a well bred |
highly intellectual animal, it viii. |
run higher.
The same fact holds true in re-
gard to pulse. The average nor
NAL pulse for the dog is betwee,
90 and 20
Recently r. p. Bruce, of Hunt |
ington, ". Va, sent to the hos
pital collie presented to his
daughter some years ago by /
governor of that state. The an
imal, named Governor" i'll hon |
or of the donor. was suffering
from tumor. An operation wa
performed and now the patient
is resting nicely"
The hospital has cages, insteat
OF beds, and is divided into two
[ wards, one for the contagiou:
cases and one for boarders anc
non-contagious cases.
At present a French poodle i,
among the boarderS. The poo
dies owner sent to the hospita
the dogs bed, a doll-like affair
and upon this the fluffy little
animal reclines with bored air
! 1t was found that the MAORI;
ty of the owners of patient
were without children. Childless +
couples evidently have the time
and money necessary to take
such excellent care of their pets,
while those with children, arr
not, as a general rule, possessefa
of the time to look after tn
j dogs, or in case they have sucl
j pets, the means to provide hos
i pital treatment for them, wa
the conclusion reached by the t
\ management.
IL Tho O,1ic1-c ot,d ho1i ct,,h MOI