Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1911 — MONKEYS CATCH COLD EASILY [ARTICLE]

MONKEYS CATCH COLD EASILY

Dr. Chalmers Mitchell of London Says Animals Are Quite Susceptible to Human Ailments.

Kansas City, Mo. —Monkeys are just as susceptible to colds and tuberculosis as human beings, and often catch colds from the people who come to watch their antics, according to Dr. Chalmers Mitchell, secretary of the Zoological , society- iff London, who passed through the union station of Kansas City on his way to the Philippine Islands. “Cold weather Is bad for animals, and for monkeys, who are nearest to man species, especially,” said Dr. Mitchell. “During the recent cold spell In London—the worst April for 14 years—there was no serious mortality among the animals, but I expect they will feel the results of the severe weather later on. 'Jheir constitutions will have been weakened, and there may be many deaths. - “Damp, not cold, Is the monkey’s enemy. Consumption is their disease in captivity,'largely because they are living In community, and one tuberculosis monkey may Infect the others. Monkeys, being nearly allied to man, catch man’s diseases. . “I wouldn't say that a lion couldn't catch a cold from a man, but I should say It would be unlikely. A monkey, on the other hand, would be easily Infected, as would crocodiles If they were exposed properly.”