A SAGACIOUS ELEPHANT,
Tbe following story, told of Lizzie, an elephant belonging to Wombwell'a menagerie, is very striking :— ln 1874 the menagerie viaited Ternary, and Lizzie, who had drunk a quantity of cold water when heated by walk n? (just as a "human" might' have done), was attacked by epaemn, and treated by Mr Turley, a local chemist. He applied a large blister to tbe aide, and relieved, the pain. Five years afterwards the menagerie came round as;am, and Lizzie recognised her medical advsar as he stood m the shop door, stepped oucof the ranks and greeted him by placing her trunk round bis hand. She even diewhls attention to the side where the blister had been applied*. Two years afterwards the menagerie came again. This time Lizzie lifted her friend m a very gentle manner from the ground, bhe had, it seemed, been led to form a still higher opinion of his merits as a dootor, and even generally to prefer physio to surgery. A veterinary surgeon bad been called m to preßoribe for another ailment and had used the lancet. Accordingly, she drew Mr Tuxley's attention to the limb which had been lanced, and did her best to show how much she. preferred his milder treatment i
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1746, 21 January 1888, Page 2
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209A SAGACIOUS ELEPHANT, Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1746, 21 January 1888, Page 2
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