22 DOG STORIES 



HOSPITAL DOGS. 



\June 26, 1875.] 



DR. WALTER F. ATLEE writes to the editor 

 of the Philadelphia Medical Times : 



" In a letter recently received from Lan- 

 caster, where my father resides, it is said : 

 1 A queer thing occurred just now. Father 

 was in the office, and heard a dog yelping 

 outside the door ; he paid no attention until 

 a second and louder yelp was heard, when 

 he opened it, and found a little brown dog 

 standing on the step upon three legs. He 

 brought him in, and on examining the fourth 

 leg, found a pin sticking in it. He drew out 

 the pin, and the dog ran away again.' The 

 office of my father, Dr Atlee, is not directly 

 on the street, but stands back, having in 

 front of it some six feet of stone wall with 

 a gate. I will add, that it has not been 

 possible to discover anything more about 

 this dog. 



" This story reminds me of something 

 similar that occurred to me while studying 

 medicine in this same office nearly thirty 



