American veterinary hospital. 
57 
CLASSIFICATION. 
% 
The number of patients suffering with diseases for which 
treatment was sought and rendered during the last ten years may 
be classified as follows: 
Lesions of the Organs of Locomotion. 1,009 
“ “ “ Digestion. 324 
“ “ “ Respiration. 177 
“ “ “ Innervation. 120 
“ “ Circulation. 109 
“ “ Genital Apparatus. 92 
“ “ Special Senses.'. 296 
Cases of Abnormal Growths. 177 
Examined for Soundness. 402 
RESUL TS. 
The mortality of the whole number treated has remained this 
year about the same as in the preceding—viz., about one per cent. 
The mortality may be further represented as follows: 
Diseases of the Apparatus of Locomotion. 5 
“ “ “ Digestion. 9 
“ “ “ Respiration. 3 
“ “ “ Innervation. 7 
“ “ “ Circulation. 4 
“ “ Genito-Urinary Organs. 4 
“ “ Special Senses.. — 
Cases of Abnormal Growths. — 
Post mortem examinations were held in all these cases, for 
purposes of instruction in pathological anatomy, besides those made 
on other animals brought to the hospital after death for that pur¬ 
pose- 
The results of the treatment during the ten years of our active 
existence may be thus tabulated : 
YEAR. 
' 
Patients. 
Died. 
Destroyed. 
Relieved. 
1876. 
731 
13 
21 
699 
1877. 
1,061 
30 
19 
1,012 
1878. 
1,478 
30 
28 
1,420 
1879. 
1,896 
22 
24 
1,480 
1880. 
2,442 
24 
12 
2,406 
1881. 
2,585 
31 
14 
2,540 
1882. 
3,182 
48 
14 
3,120 
1883. 
2,679 
31 
11 
2,637 
1884. 
2,561 
15 
15 
2,490 
1885. 
2,686 
20 
15 
2,617 
