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« 0^1 ri«; %Aiiby i^rt u^ur U1JS CuBCerCin Peking all day, even in one’s house. ITOO MANY PEANUTS CRIPPLED ELEPHANTToo many peanuts and not enough lay and other roughage proved to be a bad policy for Nizie, a highly trained dwarf elephant, says the Scientific American, The elephant’s part in the performance of Nicola the Magician consists of a disappearing act, requiring some agility, and when his left foreleg stiffened tip for no apparent i reason the veterinarian was at a loss 1 to know what treatment to prescribe. The situation seemed to call f6r an X-ray examination, but even a dwarfelephant is a little bulky for bospl- 1talizatlon.Engineers of the General Electric X*Ray corporation had solved a similar problem for c. V. Whitney’s famous horse. Equipoise. Armed with a newly developed small portable shock-proof outfit they paid a visit to the elephant’s stall. Whereas it took only five seconds to make an exposure of Equipoise’s leg. the thick elephant , hide required 45 seconds, during which ] time Nizie was kept in place by chains and promises. The X-ray recorded every detail of stiffened joints and bone formation, and a verdict of arthritis. , or rheumatism, was handed down by j •pfcr. F. M. Kent, together with a pre- , seriptloa for a change in diet.
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Deming Headlight
Deming, New Mexico, US
Fri, Sep 14, 1934
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