THEY DOCTOR THEMSELVES.
It would appear that animals are as good praotitioners of medicine as a majority of the human species, and that in hygiene man migbt well take t» lesson from them, Blephanto, stags, birds and ants wash themselves oi bathe. Sheep when ill seek out certain herbs, and pusß also finds a remedy in a certain speoies of grass or herbs. An auifnal -suffering from rheumatism keeps in the sun. The warrior ants have ambulances, and when an investigator out the antennae of an ant. other ants cohered the WOUnd With, a transparent fluid, secreted in thieir mouths. A wounded chimpanzee stops the bleeding of a wound by placing leaves and grass on the wound. A dog on being stuo-g on the muzzle by a viper, plunged his head repeatedly for several days in running water, and recovered. A terrier dog hurt its right ej e. He remained lying under a counter, avoiding light- and heat, although he had previously been in the babit of keeping close to the 'fire. He rested foj several days, abstained from food during that time, licked his paw, and applied it to the wounded eye.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 143, 12 June 1903, Page 2
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