BEVERAGES 77 



Dr. C. F. Hodge of Clark University, Worcester, 

 Massachusetts, has reported some interesting experi- 

 ments in feeding alcohol to dogs. He selected four that 

 were born on the twenty-second day of February, 1895. 

 Of these two, Nig and Bum, were brothers, and the 

 other two, Topsy and Tipsy, were sisters from another 

 litter. Nig and Topsy were placed in a kennel by 

 themselves and given the ordinary dog food. Bum 

 and Tipsy were likewise placed in a kennel by them- 

 selves, but, as their names might indicate, alcohol 

 was mixed with their food each day. They would 

 not have eaten such food if they could have procured 

 other, for in this respect, at least, dogs are wiser than 

 some men. 



No special difference was noticed in the occupants 

 of the two kennels for a long time. However, in about 

 two years, an epidemic broke out among the dogs of 

 Worcester. Bum and Tipsy were among the first to 

 take it, and both were very ill. For weeks they would 

 eat almost nothing, and both were blind for several 

 days. The alcohol was stopped, but it was only after 

 long and careful nursing that they were restored to 

 health. Nig and Topsy, on the other hand, were 

 scarcely sick at all. They showed hardly any loss 

 of appetite, did not grow thin, and suffered very little 

 during the time they were affected. 



After Bum and Tipsy had regained health, the al- 

 cohol diet was resumed. Later Dr. Hodge gave the 

 following test to see which pair of dogs was the stronger 



