Jill (dog)- Born
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Date: 1907
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![K. Pearson, Albinism in Dogs & Men [1913] [Lecture on Albinism A]](/cslide/img/icons/document.png)
Cited byK. Pearson, Albinism in Dogs & Men [1913] [Lecture on Albinism A]
Description:'Albinism is relatively rare in the [1-2] dog, but fortunately for our work Nettleship in 1907 was able to procure three albino dogs Tong I, Jack and Jill, and later these were added to by the purchase of two others Beenie and Spook, while certain number of other albinos have been offered to me of recent years.' (ff. 1-2)
'There is every grade of pigmentation from a markedly loaded anterior surface to one passed as without anterior pigment in which a few granules will probably be discernable with the microscope. Just as the Mendelian category – absence of pigment – fails with eye, so it fails with coat. Marked aberrations are rare, but albinism does not breed true, if by that is meant its absolute like. Jack & Jill have given us very white coated dogs like Patty, but they have also given us cream coloured albinos, down to brown – look at the coats exhibited – and in one rare instance, they gave us Fe a piebald with imperfectly albinotic eyes. In the above I am speaking of pure-bred albinos, but with extracted albinos I get wider deviations, and have almost established a chocolate albino.' (f. 8)
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Related toE. Nettleship to K. Pearson, 5th Jan. 1910.
Description:'About hair – I enclose 2 little cuttings of the coloured hair from the “spectacle & mark” of one of the Albinos (“Jill” sister of “Jack” the father of your puppies Wee Tong etc.).
I would do them myself if I could but tho. I have a microscope & can look at slides I have now no facilities for staining, using Potash & other reagents or cutting sections.
If you have no-one who can do the job please return the specimen & I will try elsewhere; but if you are in touch with anyone who has done hair work that will be best. I will ask Usher if no one else.
These hairs are cut with scissors from the nasal & temporal end respectively of spectacle mark on or below R. Lower eyelid of Jill. They may have (a) some dirt, (b) some white hairs. These creatures are so jumpy that one has difficulty in getting anywhere near the eyes, even with scissors, without risk.
The 2 samples are enclosed in gummed paper & were cut with scissors whose blades were wet with gum, to prevent scattering. So the paper must be soaked. The gum is unlikely to have any effect on the hair.
I should particularly like to have 1 slide for myself, for reference i[n] future. –
Label – “Hair – R. spectacle mark, albino bitch Jill. 5. 1. 10.”
I have the skin of the Albino puppy that died, minus the spectacle mark region which, with the eyes, has gone for sections to Moorfields.'
