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Show First Aid for Injured Animals. A West Philadelphia physician Is writing nn interesting nnd valuable littlo book that ho lntonds to call i "First Aid to Injured Animals." Tho ' book doals with tho treatment of tho common accidents that hnppon to dogs, cats and horses. It shows how 50 per cent of the deaths that occur ' among domostlc animals aro duo to ' tho mistnken treatment that theso nn- ' lmals recelvo In tho Interim between I their falling ill and tho veterinary surgeon's arrival. Tho physician said: "Tako tho caso of a valuable dog, for Instance. Dogs frequently choke A bone, a nail or n plcco of tin gotB .JntJUclrMciat, and thero 1b .great feeifacomeajgUflnB hotoro "Uipisur-fbut "Uipisur-fbut thoro Is n3rcasonI6r."iiiiiWA'f'. it is easy, without tho slightest danger dan-ger of being bitten, to put tho hand In tho mouth of a dog and to draw out or push down tho obstruction that is killing him. A bandage a handkerchief hand-kerchief or n towel will do is passed between tho teeth and over the upper Jaw, nnd In a similar way another bandago is pnsscd between tho teeth and over tho under Jaw. Ono person' per-son' holding tho onds of two hnndnges keeps tho dog's mouth wldo open; a second person enn then, with perfect per-fect caso and snfety, put his lingers down tho animal's throat and relievo him. Thoro aro u hundred emergencies emergen-cies llko this ono Just as dangerous and Just as easily treated. In my hook It Is my purposo to describe all theso emergencies and thus I hopo to savo many animals' lives." |