The Old Colony town, and other sketches . SOCIETY IN THE MENAGERIE. SOCIETY IN THE MENAGERIE The inhabitants of the menagerie have adoctor who is at home at all hours of theday. He has his prescriptions, his surgicalinstruments, and his professional looks into the eye of the lion, watchesthe appetite of the leopard, notes the ner-vousness of the panther, the despondency ofthe bear, the shivering fits of the monkey,the gluttonous habit of the ostrich, the pal-ing lips of the seal. And although he can-not count the pulses of his wild patients bythe tick of his watch, nor examine the
The Old Colony town, and other sketches . SOCIETY IN THE MENAGERIE. SOCIETY IN THE MENAGERIE The inhabitants of the menagerie have adoctor who is at home at all hours of theday. He has his prescriptions, his surgicalinstruments, and his professional looks into the eye of the lion, watchesthe appetite of the leopard, notes the ner-vousness of the panther, the despondency ofthe bear, the shivering fits of the monkey,the gluttonous habit of the ostrich, the pal-ing lips of the seal. And although he can-not count the pulses of his wild patients bythe tick of his watch, nor examine theirtongues with that openness which a medicalman always desires, he can nevertheless forma pretty good estimate of the daily health ofeach individual in this primeval community. The doctor keeps a professional diary,which he allowed me to read. It contains arecord of the sicknesses in the menagerie, of 128 SOCIETY IN THE MENAGERIE the symptoms of patients, the treatment, andthe result. For example: January 20,Panther Joe taken sick, very feverish, con-tinual vomit
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