C.H. Usher to E. Nettleship, 11th Nov. 1912.- External URL
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Sent From (Definite): Charles Howard UsherSent To (Definite): Edward NettleshipDate: 11 Nov 1912
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Holder (Definite): University College London: Special Collections
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Sent fromCharles Howard Usher
11 Nov 1912
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‘Dear Mr Nettleship,
The pup photo enlargements will be seen to at once.
The enclosed photos [four enclosed] are not pretty, but you will get some notion of the last two litters from them. They would enlarge I should say.
It is likely that the first litter died partly because the mother was in a cart shed separated off by wire only from 3 or 4 other pairs of dogs & I expect when she made a noise at pupping time the other dogs would bark & this probably disturbed her. This must be avoided another time. The albino pup of the 2nd litter was evidently suffocated.
The other pups have not been examined, only opened sufficiently after skinning to let formalin into them. It is very interesting to dind a patent foramen ovale & the pups here will be examined carefully as regards that point. In one pup the orbits were imperfectly developed and no eyes could be discovered.
The skins are cleaned of fat etc. as far as possible & then stretched by aid of tacks which fix them to a board. The hair surface is next [to?] the board. The board is [continued, not present in photographs]’
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Sent toEdward Nettleship
11 Nov 1912
Description:
‘Dear Mr Nettleship,
The pup photo enlargements will be seen to at once.
The enclosed photos [four enclosed] are not pretty, but you will get some notion of the last two litters from them. They would enlarge I should say.
It is likely that the first litter died partly because the mother was in a cart shed separated off by wire only from 3 or 4 other pairs of dogs & I expect when she made a noise at pupping time the other dogs would bark & this probably disturbed her. This must be avoided another time. The albino pup of the 2nd litter was evidently suffocated.
The other pups have not been examined, only opened sufficiently after skinning to let formalin into them. It is very interesting to dind a patent foramen ovale & the pups here will be examined carefully as regards that point. In one pup the orbits were imperfectly developed and no eyes could be discovered.
The skins are cleaned of fat etc. as far as possible & then stretched by aid of tacks which fix them to a board. The hair surface is next [to?] the board. The board is [continued, not present in photographs]’
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