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and put up his leg. He broke his leg a second time, and 

 underwent the same operation, c with the same quietness and 

 patience, though it must have been more painful than before ' 

 ('Animal World'). 



Another bull-dog, that had seen a broken arm of its 

 master's repeatedly dressed by a surgeon, brought to the 

 doctor's surgery a companion dog with a broken front leg, 

 obviously introducing it as a patient. It gained admission 

 by pawing or scratching at the door, and when the door 

 was opened, the wounded dog held up its broken fore leg 

 to show what was wanted. The fracture was set with splints 

 just as was done in the case of the bull-dog's master. Here 

 the bull-dog, an animal, by the way, not usually credited 

 with sagacity, must have carefully watched the operations 

 on its master's arm, must have understood their object, must 

 have appreciated the result, and must have drawn the in- 

 ference that what proved successful in its master's case 

 would prove efficacious in its own, or in that of a fellow. A 

 second canine patient presented itself at the door of the 

 same surgery in this case a single dog standing on three 

 legs, the fourth limb having a pin sticking painfully in it. 

 Here admission was gained by yelping, and the foreign body 

 was extracted. 



A well-known Manchester fire-dog occasionally, like the 

 firemen, got wounded, and like them he submitted to be 

 bandaged, poulticed, and plastered till he felt himself again 

 able for duty, or was reported off the sick list by his (veteri- 

 nary) surgeon (' Science Gossip '). 



A dog, whose temper is described as e infernal, 3 having 

 got his leg broken, became quite docile under surgical inter- 

 ference, 'allowing his limb to be set and laid in splints 

 without showing the least anger, and being evidently grateful 

 for the services rendered. . . Afterwards, when he happened 

 to injure a paw, he went of his own accord to the surgeon, 

 held up the damaged limb, and asked for help as plainly as if 

 he had possessed human language ' (Wood). 



There are many dogs and other animals that will not 

 suffer themselves to be meddled with, perhaps even ap- 

 proached, when in a state of health, which nevertheless 



