20 DOG STORIES 



A DOG NURSE. 



[Feb. 20, 1875.] 



A PATIENT recently consulted me who was 

 blind and subject to fits. I pointed out to 

 her friends the danger to which she was 

 exposed in case a fit came on when she was 

 in the vicinity of a fire, and they informed 

 me that she incurred little or no risk, because 

 a favourite dog ran at once and fetched 

 assistance the moment a fit came on. This 

 intelligent animal would rush into the next 

 house barking eagerly, would seize the dress 

 of the woman who lived there, and drag her 

 to the assistance of his mistress. If one did 

 not go, he would seize another, and exhibited 

 the most lively symptoms of distress until his 

 object was accomplished. 

 CHARLES BELL TAYLOR, M.D., F.R.C.S. 



