REPAIRING A DOG.

Lake County Press, Issue 2134, 6 September 1906, Page 6

REPAIRING A DOG.

, I log's anti cats can now In’ titled with fai.se teeth, wooden legs, imitation paws and glass eyes. This development of surgical science I is described by Professor Hobday, of 1 Kemiington, one of the foremost, vet(erinarv surgeons in Kngland in liis book on ‘'Canine and Feline SurI getw . ‘' j The book is iI i nsi ra led from photoj graplis from lift*. The artificial limits j are made of silver and vulcanite, wit.li a flexible joint and false paw. This is I lie most expensive form of false limb : others may he had of j leather with a wooden stump, and the cheapest limb, costing 2/fi may I be bad. consisting entirely of leather. | In the accounts of operations several cases are mentioned of dogs hei ing lilted with false teeth. A picture I of an aged collie shows how its lost ; teeth were replaced with gold by j A ineriean bridge w orb. * The professor mentions man\ inter- ! estimr operations and tells of an in- [ stance when* he recovered a \a!uable | diamond collar stud in a dog’s body, j the owner having missed it and sns- | peeled his dog of .swallowing it.