Index
A
Abyssinian cats, 131
Académie de médecine, 9 -11, 15 , 19 , 98 , 105 , 158 n3
Académie des sciences, 14
Académie impériale de médecine, 121
Acclimatation,81
Ackerley, J. R., 47
Adam, Paul, 24 -25
Adams, Tom, 150 n7
Aesthetics: modem, 4 , 137 . See also Art;
Imagination
Aging, pet, 89
Agulhon, Maurice, 5 -6, 142 n46
Allen, David Elliston, 58 , 61
Ancien régime: and canine fidelity, 24 ;
dog breeding and, 25 ;
dog food, 92 ;
and dog tax, 39 -40, 41 , 53 , 111 ;
history of man and dog, 108 ;
and muzzles, 111 ;
petkeeping (general), 3 , 39 -40, 78 -79, 137 -38
Animal protection, 5 -21, 22 , 131 , 139 -43
Animal protection society. See Société protectrice des animaux
categorizing,117 ;
denatured, 77 -78, 89 , 91 , 108 -9, 111 -12;
morality embodied by, 48 , 133 -34;
rescue of, 17 ;
smell of, 17 ;
vivisection choices, 12 -13. See also Animal protection;
Pets;
Veterinarians;
Vivisection
Les Animaux d'agrément, 80
Annals of Natural History,58
Anthropology, methods, 65
Aquarium (Gosse), 59
Aquariums, 56 -64, 133 -34, 150 n7;
fresh-water, 62 -63;
public, 59 -60
A quoi tient la supériorité des Anglo-Saxons? (Desmoulins), 68
Architecture, and privacy, 49
Argus (dog of Ulysses), 32
Aristocracy. See Upper class
Art: modern, 3 -4, 115 , 137 , 167 n2;
Salon exhibition (1861), 31 . See also Literature;
Music;
Painting
L'art et le goût au foyer (Hennequin), 80
A Sa Majesté l'Empereur des Français,11
Asnières, pet cemetery, 33 -35, 90
Assemblé nationale, and animal protection, 5 , 6
Aviaries, 64 , 151 n29. See also Birds
B
Bachelet, François-Joseph, 104
Une Baignade à Asnières (Seurat), 33
Balzac, Honoré, 27
Banister, Keith, 150 n7
Barbet dogs, 75 , 87 , 88 , 146 n37
Barbey d'Aurévilly, Jules, 124
Barbou, Alfred, 49 , 72 , 89 , 109 ;
on dogcare industries, 87 -88;
on dog collars, 84 ;
Baron (Hugo's dog), 22 , 32 , 35
Baudelaire, Charles: and cats, 115 -16, 123 , 126 , 163 n2;
"The Swan," 23
Bell, Charles, 140 n15
Belle Epoque: and dog diet, 93 ;
pet experts/writers, 78 , 82 , 118 , 126 ;
pugs in, 75 ;
and vivisection, 15 -16
Belleville, colonel de, 104
Benjamin, Walter, 1 , 75 , 99 , 153 n72
Berlin, aquarium, 60
Bernard, Claude, 13 , 16 , 17 -18, 142 n41, 46 , 143 n59
Bernard, Fanny, 17 -18, 142 n46
Bert, Paul, 16 , 21 , 142 n41, 143 n61
Besse, Jules, 142 n46
Bezons-la-Garenne, dog refuge, 18
Bibliothéque morale de la jeunesse, 82
Birds, 56 , 64 , 126 , 151 n29
Blaine, Delabere Pritchett, 64 , 80 , 91 , 105
Blatin, Henri, 5 ;
and canine fidelity, 145 n19;
and denial of pets' animal nature, 91 ;
Blatin, Madame, 15
Blenheim spaniel, 73
Bobby, of Greyfriars' churchyard, 145 n17
Boeswillwald, Mme Charles. 82 -95 passim
Bohemia, 123 -25, 165 n29, 166 n35. See also Art;
Intellectuals
Bonnardot, Alfred, 79 -80, 81 , 89 -90, 93 , 94
Bony de la Vergne, count, 26
Books. See Literature;
Pet-care books
Boudin, Dr., 105
Bouley, Dr., 105
Bourgeoisie, 1 -4, 39 -40, 76 , 135 , 137 -38;
and animal protection, 6 -7, 12 -14, 21 ;
bohemia and, 125 , 165 n29, 166 n35;
bourgeois dogs, 2 , 51 , 53 , 74 , 87 , 133 ;
cats discordant with, 115 -16, 117 -18, 124 -25, 127 ;
cats rehabilitated by, 116 -17, 127 -30, 134 -35;
and dog-care books, 77 -78, 81 -82;
and dog food, 92 ;
and dog tax, 39 -40, 42 -44, 46 -48;
and fidelity, 2 , 22 -38, 117 , 127 -28;
and hunting dog, 25 ;
and past, 24 ;
petits rentiers,48 ;
and pets as countericon of modern age, 7 , 21 , 49 -50;
rabies phobia, 98 -114;
and Saint Guinefort, 26 ;
self-reflection in pets, 66 , 77 -78, 95 -96, 117 ;
women's ideas associated with, 19 . See also Control;
Home;
Imagination;
Interiority;
Modernity;
Morality;
Pets;
Positivism;
Sentiment
Bourrel, J., 19 ;
and rabies, too, 105 , 106 -7, 109 , 122 , 127 , 158 n3
Bout, H., 58
Boyer, Joseph, 65
dog, 64 -75, 86 -87, 94 -95, 131 , 153 n60, 67 . See also Class
Brenson, Michael, 115
Brighton Aquarium, 60
Britain: animal protection society, 5 ;
and aquariums, 57 , 58 -59, 60 , 61 ;
cat shows, 131 ;
dog breeding, 66 , 67 -68, 69 ;
dog care, 79 ;
dog-care books, 78 , 79 , 80 ;
dog epitaphs, 33 -34;
and dog fidelity, 27 , 145 n17;
petkeeping in, 3 ;
and vivisection, 13
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 58
Broca, Paul, 65
Brown-Séquard, Charles Edouard, 16 , 142 n41
Buffon, comte Georges-Louis Leclerc de: and cats, 117 -19, 120 , 122 , 129 , 166 n53;
Bulldogs, 66
Byron, Lord, 24
C
Calves, abused, 6
Capitalism, commodity, 77
"The Cat" (Baudelaire), 115 -16, 123 , 126
Cats, 115 -33, 139 n2, 163 -67;
bourgeois rehabilitation of, 116 -17, 127 -30, 134 -35;
breeding, 116 -17, 131 -32, 134 ;
cleanliness, 132 ;
clubs, 131 ;
dog rescuing, 30 ;
family, 116 -17;
feminization of, 119 -21, 126 ,
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128 -29;
history, 132 -33;
refuges, 131 ;
ritually murdered, 119 ;
and sexuality, 115 , 116 , 118 -23, 126 ;
shows, 131 -32;
stories about, 123 , 128 , 165 n26. See also individual breeds
Cattle: abused, 6 ;
veterinarians for, 79
Cause de la rage (Bachelet & Froussart), 104
Cemeteries: dog, 2 , 33 -35, 90 , 156 -57;
dog visits to, 22 ;
epitaphs, 33 -35;
Cham (Amadée de Noé), 14 -15, 46 , 123 , 141 -42
Champfleury, 126
Le Charivari,14 -15, 39 , 46 , 54 , 55 , 123 , 141 n35
Charles II, 74
Channel, Mme de, 19
Charpentier, Mme Georges, 115 , 116 , 163 n1
Chattier, Roger, 119 , 164 n12
Chateaubriand, vicomte François René de, 124
Chat et chien, 82
Chemical Society, British, 58
Chéri, suicide of, 23 , 28 -29, 35
Chevalier, Louis, 138
Le Chien de lure (Boeswillwald), 82 , 86 , 88
Les Chitin (Bony de la Vergne), 26
Chrétien, Miles, 110
Christianity, and cats, 119
Clark, T. J., 122 -23
Class, 2 , 4 , 35 , 89 , 133 -35, 137 -38;
and animal protection, 5 -6, 7 , 19 , 139 n1;
of animals, 94 , 109 , 117 , 133 ;
dog breeding and, 66 , 67 , 68 -69, 94 -95;
dog sexuality and, 94 -95;
dog tax and, 41 -48;
fidelity and, 35 ;
and guard dogs, 48 ;
hegemonic, 7 ;
and hunting dogs, 25 ;
irrational, 8 -9;
and rabies, 111 . See also Bourgeoisie;
Breeding;
Intellectuals;
Peasantry;
Poor;
Upper class;
Working classes
Clater, Francis, 91
Le Coeur des bites (Honoré), 50 -51, 134
Colin (publisher), 80
Collège de France, 11 , 16 , 17 , 63
Comité consultatif et des conseils Whygiène publique, 97 , 121 , 158 n3
Common Objects of the Country (Wood), 60
Condier, Doctor, 20
Conseil d'Etat, decrees on pets, 44 , 46 , 148 n15
Conseil d'hygiène publique et de salubrité du département de la Seine, 100 , 111 , 158 n3
Conies de l'asile du quai d'Anjou (Testas), 132
Control, 76 ;
clothed pet and, 85 ;
dogcare books and, 77 , 79 , 81 -83, 93 -94;
of dog sexuality, 93 -94;
guard dog and, 48 ;
of nature, 69 , 76 -78, 107 -9, 111 -12, 115 ;
obedience training for dogs, 77 , 79 , 82 -84;
rabies and, 99 -101, 107 -11. See also Social coercion
Costuming, dog, 81 , 84 -86, 155 -56. See also Hairstyles
Cours-la-Reine, dog shows, 68
Couteulx de Cantelou, Baron, 67 , 74
Couturier de Vienne, F. A., 108 -9, 141 n33
La Cuisine, simple et à bon marché (Moll-Weiss), 80
La Curée (Zola), 146 n41, 151 n29
Curry, Patrick, 164 n12
Cynograpbia Britannica (Edward), 80
D
Daudet, Léon, 15
Death: canine euthanasia, 89 ;
and pet disposal, 90 ;
Death (continued) from rabies, 97 , 101 , 102 , 112 , 158 n3, 160 n24. See also Cemeteries;
Suicide
Déjazet, Virginie, 18
Delavigne, Casimir, 28
Department of the Seine, 54 ;
Conseil d'hygiène publique et de salubritè, 100 , 111 , 158 n3. See also Paris
Deraismes, Maria, 16
Des petits chitin de dames, spécialement de l'épagneul nain (Bonnardot), 79 -80
d'Este Davenport, Mine, 17
Desvernays, Laure, 48 , 49 , 80 , 82 , 86 -87, 93
Desvignes, 93 -94
"Devil in Paris" (Ségalas), 9
Dictionnaire. See Larousse, Pierre
Dictionnaire de médecine,99 , 102 , 105 , 121
Dijon, no place for pets in, 52
Dingu dogs, 66
Diseases. See Health: Rabies
Dogs, 3 , 39 -56, 64 , 79 , 130 -31, 133 , 139 n2;
accessories for, 77 , 81 , 84 -86;
Baudelaire and, 163 n2;
bourgeois, 2 , 51 , 53 , 74 , 87 , 133 ;
breeding of, 64 -75, 86 -87, 94 -95, 131 , 153 n60, 67 ;
butcher's, 52 ;
cats compared with, 117 -18, 124 -25, 127 , 128 , 129 , 132 ;
cemeteries for, 2 , 33 -35, 90 , 156 -57;
census. 53-54, 148 -49;
classification systems, 65 -66;
costuming of, 81 , 84 -86, 155 -56;
deodorization, 81 ;
dog-care books, 37 , 53 , 69 -71, 76 -96, 97 , 108 ;
and emotional life, 37 -38, 50 , 52 , 55 , 79 , 133 ;
euthanasia of, 89 ;
fidelity of, 3 , 22 -38, 133 , 145 n17, 19 , 22 ;
flea transmission, 95 ;
food for. 40 -42, 78 -79, 91 -93, 94 , 157 n69;
"great dog massacres," 98 ;
"green disease" and, 95 ;
guard, 44 -49 passim, 52 , 70 , 71 , 108 , 148 n15;
guide, 44 ;
health (except rabies), 41 , 78 , 82 , 91 -93, 95 , 157 n69;
history of domesticated, 50 -53, 108 ;
hospital, 19 ;
"incredible journey" by, 22 , 32 ;
"incredible rescue" by, 25 -32, 36 , 72 ;
"incredible wait" by, 31 -32;
infantilization of, 82 -83, 93 , 95 ;
little, 3 , 41 , 47 , 51 , 73 -75, 87 , 108 , 155 ;
luxury, 3 , 41 -42, 44 -48, 51 , 55 , 148 n14;
marriage between, 94 -95, 109 ;
mountain, 70 -73;
muzzles, 109 -10;
names (popular), 67 ;
Oriental. 2 ;
personality types, 23 ;
poems about, 31 -32, 144 n6, 163 n2;
population figures, 53 -54, 130 , 137 , 148 -49, 167 n1;
portraits painted, 31 , 54 , 55 ;
pound, 16 , 19 -20, 109 , 141 -42;
rabies, 92 -93, 97 -114, 121 , 159 n6;
rescue of, 17 -18, 19 , 144 n62, 145 n19;
selling of, 77 ;
and sexuality, 41 , 77 , 78 , 93 -95, 103 -5, 109 ;
shops for accessories, 84 -85;
and siege of Paris, 130 ;
stories about, 22 , 24 -32, 36 , 40 , 46 -47, 50 , 72 , 82 ., 144 -45;
suicide, 22 , 23 , 28 -30, 35 , 145 n21;
tax on, 1 -2, 40 -48, 53 -54, 111 , 147 -50;
for vivisection, 10 , 12 -13, 21 , 140 n15, 141 n28, 143 n61;
weddings for, 94 ;
working-class, 2 , 42 , 52 , 53 , 133 ;
working vs. luxury., 41 -42, 44 -48, 53 , 148 n15. See also Hunting dogs;
individual breeds
Doll-like pets, 77 , 82 -83, 93
Domesticity. See Home;
Pets
Dreamworlds. See Imagination
Ducret-Baumann, Mme H., 95 , 157 n78
Dumas, Alexandre, 129
Dumont de Monteux, 5
E
Eagleton, Terry, 154 n7
Ecole nationale vétérinaire, Maisons-Alfort, II, 79 , 92
Economy: animal protection and, 6 ;
commodity capitalism, 77 ;
dog tax and, 41 -42
L'Education et l'bygiène du chien (Ducret-Baumann), 95
Une Education française (Marcel), 76
Edward, Sydenham, 80
Edward of Norwich, 78
Emma, epitaph to, 33 -35
Emotional life: controlled, 76 ;
dogs and, 37 -38, 50 , 52 , 55 , 79 , 133 ;
and dogs as "love machine," 55 . See also Fidelity;
Sentiment
L'Enfance du chien (Leroy), 37 , 82
England. See Britain
Eskimo dogs, 66
Esprit des bêtes (Toussenel), 50 , 73
Essig, baron, 73
Ethics. See Morality
Eugenics, 16
Eugénie, Empress (hairstyle), 156 n44
Exposition internationale des chiens, 70
Exposition universelle des races canines, 66 -67
F
Fantasies. See Imagination
Fascism, 117
Faure, Félix, 74
Favre, Mine Addle, 127
Fée, A. L. A., 53 , 121 -30 passim
Feeling. See Emotional life;
Sentiment
Female species: in aquarium, 57 ;
"fraternité" of cat, 128 -29;
progress working through, 120 ;
and sexuality of cats, 118 -22. See also Feminization;
Women
Feminism, and masculine science, 18 -19
Feminization: of cats, 119 -21, 126 , 128 -29;
Fidelity, 2 ;
of dogs, 3 , 22 -38, 133 , 145 nn17,19,21;
and loss with people, 2 , 23 -38 passim
"Fifth estate," 109 -10
Le Figaro, 18
Finot (mourning dog), 27 -28
Fish, 56 -64. See also Aquariums
Flaubert, Gustave, 23 , 64 , 126
Fleming, Dr., 105
FIourens, Pierre, 140 n15
Fontanier, Pierre, 163 -64
Food: for dogs, 40 -42, 78 -79, 91 -93, 94 , 157 n69;
dog tax and supply of, 40 -42
Fourrière (dog pound), 19 -20, 141 -42
France: cat population, 130 ;
dog breeding, 66 -68;
rabies a policing problem in, 162 n70;
Restoration (1815), 25 . See also Ancien régime;
Belle Epoque;
Department of the Seine;
Government;
Paris
Fredet, G. E., 99
La Fronde, 33
Froussart, C., 104
Futurism, 117
G
Gaston III de Foix (Phébus), 78
Le Gaulois, 29 -30
Gazette de France,36
Gender: in aquarium, 57 ;
feminism and masculine science, 18 -19;
rabies and, 104 -5, 121 -22. See also Female species;
Feminization;
Male dominance;
Sexuality
Germ theory, of disease, 114 , 132
Gesta romanorum,26
Godin, Alexis, 47
Goneourt, Edmond & Jules de, 38 , 147 n42
Gordon setters, 74
Gosse, Philip Henry, 58 -59
Government: ancien régime, 3 ;
Assemblé nationale and animal protection, 5 , 6 ;
Chambre des députés, 108 ;
Conseil d'Etat decrees on pets, 44 , 46 , 148 n15;
First Empire, 74 -75;
July Monarchy, 5 ;
and muzzle law, 111 ;
Paris Commune, 130 ;
vivisection lawsuit against, 20 -21, 143 -44. See also Laws;
Tax
Grand Dictionnaire universel. See Larousse, Pierre
Grande Encylopédie,58 , 59 , 60 , 65 , 78 -79, 92 , 113 -14
Grandville, J. J., 57 , 150 n4
Gréve, Dr., 105
Greyhounds, 24 -27, 51 , 74 -75, 79 , 84 , 155 n35
Guardia, Dr., 12
Guinefort, Saint, 25 -26
Guy-Raoul, 159 n7
H
Hairstyles: dog, 86 -87, 156 ;
dyed (pet), 91 ;
Empress Eugénie, 156 n44
Hailer, Albrecht yon, 10
Hastings, Hester, 3
Haussmann, Georges, 7 -8, 21 , 38 , 45 , 46 , 148 n19
Havanas (dog breed), 87
Health: aged and infirm pets, 89 ;
and animal protection, 6 ;
aquarium hazards, 60 -61;
dog, 41 , 78 , 82 , 91 -93, 95 , 157 n69;
and dog tax, 54 ;
and pet cemeteries, 90 ;
in pet-owner contact, 37 ;
and strangles (disease), 92 . See also Death;
Rabies;
Veterinarians
Hennequin, Mine M., 80
Histoire naturelle (Buffon), 117 -18
History: of cats, 132 -33;
of domesticated dogs, 50 -53, 108 ;
of petkeeping, 1 -2, 3 -4, 40 , 50 -53, 108 . See also Breeding;
France;
Middle Ages;
Natural history
History of Private Life (Corbin), 132
isolation of individual within, 48 -50;
nature banished from, 76 -78;
petkeeping for emotional life at, 50 , 55 , 79 ;
petkeeping relating to syntax of, 75 . See also Pets;
Privacy
Homer, 32 -32
Horses: abused, 6 ;
veterinarians for, 79
Huart, Louis, 141 n35
Hugo, Victor, 15 , 22 , 23 , 32 , 35 , 144 n1
Hunting: books, 78 ;
cats and, 127 ;
rights, 25
Hunting dogs, 3 , 47 , 153 n67;
in dog show, 69 ;
in urban life, 108
Huzard, Dr., 105
I
Illness: feeling as, 143 n50. See also Health;
Rabies
Imagination, 2 , 4 , 7 , 56 , 115 , 138 ;
aquarium, 56 -44, 133 -34, 150 n7;
and class, 89 ;
and deanimalization, 77 -78, 89 , 91 , 111 -12;
and dog breeds, 64 , 66 , 69 -75, 133 -34;
dog-care books and, 53 , 69 , 77 -96 passim;
dog costuming, 81 , 84 -86, 155 -56;
dog fidelity and, 24 , 25 , 27 -28;
and infantilization of dogs, 82 -83, 93 , 95 ;
and rabies, 97 -98, 109 , 113 , 162 -63;
and self-reflection in pets, 66 , 77 -78, 95 -96, 117 ;
and vivisection, 13 , 20 -21. See also Literature;
Painting;
Past;
Sentiment
Individualism: canine fidelity and, 33 , 133 ;
of cats and intellectuals, 125 , 126 ;
petkeeping and, 2 , 48 -49, 137 -38;
and rabies phobia, 101
Infantilization, of pets, 77 , 82 -83, 93 , 95
Institute of France, 14
and cats, 115 -16, 123 -25, 126 . See also Literature
of art nouveau, 137 ;
vocabulary of fantasy, 75 . See also Home;
Imagination;
Privacy
Introduction à l'étude de la médecine expérimentale (Bernard), 18
Isolation: dogs protected by, 95 ;
petkeeping and, 36 -37, 48 -50, 133 . See also Loss;
Privacy
J
Jane, epitaph to, 33
Jardin des plantes, 131
Jardin zoologique d'acclimatation, 67
"Jenny and Minnie," 128
Jocelyn (Lamartine), 31
Joulin, Dr., 12
Le Journal amusant,123
Journal officiel des théâtres,111
K
Kant, Immanuel, 4
Keegan, Paul, 163 n2
L
Lafosse, Dr., 105
Lamarckism, moral, 134
Lamartine, Alphonse de, 6 , 23 -24, 25 , 31 , 144 n6
Landrin, Alexandre, 163 n78
Lansbury, Coral, 18
Larbalétrier, Albert, 150 n49
Larousse, Pierre, 114 ;
and cats, 117 -33 passim, 166 n53;
and dogs, 28 , 64 -65, 67 , 109 , 152 n43, 44
Latour, Amadée, 13
Lantard, Henri, 51 , 118 , 126 , 131
Laws: animal protection, 5 , 6 ;
muzzle, 110 -11
Lawsuit, vivisection, 20 -21, 143 -44
Leblanc, Camille, 104 , 105 -6, 108 -9
Le Moyne, Nicolas-Toussaint (Des Essarts), 41
Lenoir, Jean-Pierre, 162 n70
Leonberg (dog breed), 73
Lestrange, Robert, 131 -32
Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 85
Levrette dogs, 84
Life of Pasteur (Vallery-Radot), 114
Ligue populaire contre les abus de la vivisection, 16
Literature, 40 ;
bird stories, 64 ;
cat stories, 123 , 128 , 165 n26;
dog stories, 24 -32, 40 , 46 -47, 50 , 72 , 82 , 144 -45. See also History;
Pet-care books;
Poetry;
individual writers
Little Handbooks for the Home, 48
Livre de chasse (Gaston III de Foix), 78
London Zoological Society, 59
Longue durée,3
Lorenz, Konrad, 23
Loss: fidelity and, 2 , 23 -38 passim. See also Death;
Isolation
Louvre, dog (Médor) of, 28 , 35
M
Macaire (murderer), 26 -27
Magendie, François, 140 n15, 143 n59
Magnan, Valentin, 18 , 143 n50
Maisons-Alfort, Ecole nationale vétérinaire, 11 , 79 , 92
Male dominance: and animal protection, 9 , 16 , 18 -19;
in aquariums, 57 ;
and class issues, 21 ;
dog-care books and, 78
Manchester, aquarium at, 60
Manet, Edouard, 122 -23, 165 n24, 25
Marcel, Odile, 76 -77, 78 , 153 n1
Marginality, 1 ;
canine fidelity and, 36 ;
cats associated with, 115 . See also Loss
Master of Game (Edward of Norwich), 78
Mazerolles, Mile, 18
Médor (dog), of Louvre, 28
Mégnin, Paul, 81 ;
and dog breeds, 68 , 70 , 71 , 73 , 153 n60;
and dog coiffure and costuming, 84 , 87 ;
and dog "marriage," 94
and dog breeds, 65 -66;
and dog history, 51 ;
and dog sexuality, 94
Michelet, Jules, 125
Middle Ages: eats in, 115 , 119 ;
dogs in, 24 , 25 -27, 50 , 51 , 74
Middle class. See Bourgeoisie
Migneaux, Th., 95
Modernity, 2 -4, 7 -8, 133 , 137 -38;
animal protection and, 7 -9, 10 -11, 19 , 21 ;
art, 3 -4, 115 , 137 , 167 n2;
cats and, 115 , 116 -17, 119 , 126 , 132 -33, 135 ;
and dog breeding, 69 ;
and dog care, 79 ;
and dog food, 92 -93;
and dog tax, 39 -40;
isolation and petkeeping in, 36 -37, 48 -50, 133 ;
machine and, 117 ;
no place for pets in, 51 -52, 108 -10;
pets as countericon of, 7 , 21 , 49 -50;
rabies and, 98 -99, 108 -10, 114 ;
self-reflection in pets, 96 , 117 ;
women and, 19 . See also Urban life
Moll-Weiss, Mme Augusta, 80
Moniteur universel , 107
Montargis, dog of, 25 , 26 -27, 32
Montcalm, marquess de, 14 , 134 , 141 n33
Morality, 48 ;
and animal protection, 5 -7, 14 ;
animals embodying, 48 , 69 -70, 133 -34;
and evil science, 12 , 14 , 16 , 21 ;
and little dogs, 41
Morand, Paul, 125
"Murders in the Rue Morgue" (Poe), 99
Music: in dog-care book, 78 ;
Mustapha (heroic dog), 31 , 35
Muzzles, 109 -10
"My Last Gunshot" (Lamartine), 24
Mysouff (cat), 129
N
Names, popular dog, 67
Le National,110
Natural history: and aquariums, 58 -59;
cataloguing methods, 65 , 66 ;
imagination vs., 133 -34;
and vivisection, 141 n28. See also Buffon;
Pet-care books
Naturalist's Rambles on the Devonsbire Coast (Gosse) , 59
Nature: subdued/controlled/feared, 69 , 76 -78, 89 , 107 -9, 111 -12, 115 . See also Animals;
Natural history;
Plants;
Sexuality
Neighborhood life: modernization of Paris affecting, 38 ;
vivisection affecting, 20 -21. See also Isolation
Newfoundlands (dog breed), 73 , 79 , 87
New York, aquarium, 60
Noailles, comtesse de., 15
Nobility. See Upper class
"Notes pour servir à l'histoire de l'aquarium" (Bout), 58
Notre Ami le chien (Vaux), 52 -53
Nymphomania: in dogs, 93 , 94 , 157 n69;
O
Obedience training, for dogs, 77 , 79 , 82 -84
Observations sur la spontanéité de la rage (Simon), 106
Ollivier, Auguste-Adrien, 100
Olympia (Manet), 122 -23, 165 n24, 25
"On Some Motifs in Baudelaire" (Benjamin), 1
Ordinary: realm of, 1 , 2 , 4 , 14 -15, 27 , 31 . See also Bourgeoisie;
Pets
Osier, William, 114
Ovid, 145 n16
P
Paganism, and cats, 119
Painting, 163 n1;
Watteau, 41
Parent-Duchâtelet, 6
Paris, 38 ;
ancien régime, 3 ;
cat shows, 131 ;
dog-care books, 79 -80;
dog refuges, 18 ;
Grand Exposition, 7 -8;
greenhouses vs. aviaries in, 64 ;
modern/Haussmannized, 3 , 7 -8, 21 , 38 , 45 , 46 , 148 n19;
rue de la Sourdière, 35 , 36 ;
Second Empire, 3 ;
siege of, 130 ;
telephone book evidence of petkeeping, 137 , 167 n1;
vivisection lawsuit against, 20 -21, 143 -44. See also Bourgeoisie;
Government;
Société protectrice des animaux;
Urban life
Paris Commune, 130
Parisot de Cassel, 5
Parrots, 64
Pascal, Blaise, 33
Past: canine fidelity and, 24 ;
dog breeds and, 74 ;
modern art and, 137 . See also Ancien régime;
History
Pasteur, Louis, 98 , 103 , 113 -14, 132 , 159 n9
Pathdogie canine (Delabère-Blaine), 80
Paul, Mme Constantin, 124
Pavie, Auguste, 131
Payele, Georges, 144 n1
Peasantry: animal protection movement and, 7 ;
and Saint Guinefort (holy dog), 25 , 26
Perrot. Philippe, 85
Pertus, Joanny, 94 -95
Pet-care books, 56 -57;
on birds, 151 n29;
on cats, 132 ;
on dogs, 37 , 53 , 69 -71, 76 -96, 97 , 108
Petit Buffon, 117
Petit Moniteur universel , 53
Petit National , 30
Pets, 2 , 56 -75, 135 , 137 -38, 139 n1;
aged and infirm, 89 ;
for amusement, 84 ;
bourgeois self-reflection in, 66 , 77 -78, 95 -96, 117 ;
as countericon of modern age, 7 , 21 , 49 -50;
death of, 41 , 89 -91, 98 , 119 ;
dyed, 91 ;
history of keeping, 1 -2, 3 -4, 40 , 50 -53, 108 ;
infantilized/ doll-like, 77 , 82 -83, 93 , 95 ;
and isolation of people in modernity, 36 -37, 48 -50, 133 ;
no place for in modern life, 51 -52, 108 -10;
portraits of, 31 , 54 , 55 , 95 ;
and private life, 48 -49, 52 -53, 56 -96;
qualities of vulnerability and sensitivity, 19 ;
stuffed, 89 -90;
turtles, 1 . See also Birds;
Cats;
Dogs;
Fidelity;
Fish;
Pet-care books;
Plants
Pichard, Lilla, 19
Plants, 56 -57;
Poe, Edgar Allan, 38 , 99 , 147 n42
Poetry: on cats, 115 -16, 123 ;
in dogcare book, 78 ;
on dogs, 31 -32, 144 n6, 163 n2;
women reading, 9 . See also individual poets
Poitou, dogs of, 25
Police: measures against dogs, 54 ;
rabies as problem of, 162 n70
Politics: and animal protection law, 5 ;
and bourgeois culture, 2 ;
machine and, 117 . See also Government
Pomeranians, 74
Poodles, 75 , 79 , 87 , 146 n37
Poor, dogs of, 3 , 41 , 42 , 111 , 162 n70
Popular History of the Aquarium (Sowerby), 61 -62
Population: cat, 130 ;
dog, 53 -54, 130 , 137 , 148 -49, 167 n1
Pornography, 41
Portanier, Marius, 50 , 112 -13, 158 n3
Portraits, pet: painted, 31 , 54 , 55 ;
photographed, 95
animal protection and, 7 , 8 , 9 , 11 -14, 17 , 19 ;
of Grande Encyclopédie,58 ;
and rabies, 103
Posner, Donald, 41
Postcards, canine and human children on, 82
Pounds, dog, 16 , 19 -20, 109 , 141 -42
Prévost, Florent, 56 ;
and aquariums, 56 -57, 59 , 63 ;
and cats, 132 ;
Priestiey, Joseph, 57
per. keeping and, 48 -49, 52 -53, 56 -96. See also Home;
Imagination
Prostitution: cats associated with, 119 -21, 126 ;
petkeeping compared with, 49 -50
Pyrenean mountain dogs, 71 , 87
Q
Quatrefages, Jean Louis Armand de, 67 -68
Les Quatre Vents de l'esprit (Hugo), 32
R
Rabies, 41 , 92 -93, 97 -114, 158 -63;
death from, 97 , 101 , 102 , 112 , 158 n3, 160 n24;
and deviance, 114 ;
dogs and, 92 -93, 97 -114, 121 , 159 n6;
and germ theory, 114 ;
hysterical, 98 , 100 , 159 n10;
as policing problem, 162 n70;
and sexuality, 98 , 101 -5, 107 , 114 , 121 -22;
spontaneous, 103 -6, 108 -10, 113 , 121 -22;
symptoms, 97
Les Races de chiens (Mégoin), 65
La Rage (Fredet),99
La Rage au point de rue physiologique (Belleville), 104
Raspail, Xavier, 158 n3
magical, 27
Recherches sur les races humaines de l'Auvergne (Boyer), 65
Recueil de médecine vétérinaire, 105
Refuges: cat, 131 ;
Renaissance, dogs associated with, 73
Renault, Dr., 105
Renneville, Count, 5
Renoir, Pierre Auguste, 115 , 116 , 163 n1
Requête à mes concitoyens pour l'extinction de la race canine à Dijon (Fétu), 51 -52
Restoration (1815), 25
Retrievers, 64
Revue Britannique,19
Rey, Dr., 105
Reynai, Dr., 105
Ricoeur, Paul, 163 -64
Riwo, Harriet, 3 , 66 , 80 , 131 , 167 n61
Robert, Jean, 80 ;
and dog food, 93 ;
and dog population, 53 ;
and dog training, 79 , 82 , 83 -84;
and euthanasia for dogs, 89 ;
and flea transmission, 95 ;
and greyhounds, 74 ;
and rabies phobia, 159 n6;
and Saint Bernards, 71 -73;
and useful dogs vs. pets, 47 , 70
Roche, Dr., 10
Rohan, Cardinal de, 78
Romanticism, canine fidelity and, 23 -24, 33
Rossolis plant, 57
Rothschild, Baron James de, 67
Roucher, Dr., 105
Rousseau, Théodorc, 67
S
Saint Bernards, 64 , 71 -73, 75 , 79 , 87 , 153 n60
Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, 124
Saint-Hilaire, Albert Geoffroy, 67
Sainthood, dog, 25 -26
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 74
Salon exhibition of art (1861), 31
Sanson, André, 105 , 113 , 159 n6
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 126
Satyriasis: in dogs, 93 , 157 n69;
Schama, Simon, 165 n30
Schmitt, Jean-Claude, 26
Scholl, Aurélien, 15 , 26 , 51 , 52 -53
Science: ambition in, 12 ;
categorizing, 131 -33;
and vivisection, 9 -16, 140 n14, 141 n25, 143 n61. See also Académie de médecine
Science fiction,: 17
Ségalas, Madame, 9
Seigel, Jerrold, 165 n29
Sentiment: animal protection and, 19 ;
about dogs, 25 , 33 , 37 -38, 46 -55 passim, 79 , 133 ;
as illness, 143 n50;
parrot-loving, 64 ;
and pet cemeteries, 90 -91;
vivisection and, 12 , 16 . See also Emotional life;
Imagination;
Pets
Sentimental Education (Flaubert), 23
Seurat, Georges, 33
Sexuality, 114 ;
cats and, 115 , 116 , 118 -23, 126 ;
dogs and, 41 , 77 , 78 , 93 -95, 103 -5, 109 ;
fish and, 56 -57;
masturbation, 103 ;
nymphomania and satyriasis, 93 , 94 , 101 -3, 114 , 157 n69;
rabies and, 98 , 101 -5, 107 , 114 , 121 -22;
of vivisection science, 13 . See also Gender;
Prostitution
Shaw, Vero, 73
Sherwood, Ben, 167 n1
Shows: cat, 131 -31;
Silverman, Debora L., 137
Simon, Paul, 106
Simple Heart (Flaubert), 64
Smells, animal, 17
Social coercion: in animal protection, 6 -7. See also Control;
Laws
Social status: aquariums as symbols of, 59 ;
of dog breeding, 66 . See also Breeding;
Class
Société anonyme du cimetière des chiens, 90
Société anonyme du cimetière pour chiens et autres animaux domestiques, 90
Société centrale pour l'amélioration des races de chiens en France, 68 -69
Société d'anthropologie, 65
Société française contre la vivisection, 15 -16
Société impériale d'acclimatation, 65
Société impériale zoologique d'acclimatation, 67
Société protectrice des animaux, 1 -2, 5 -10, 21 , 31 , 108 , 134 , 139 -40;
on cats, 127 , 128 -29, 130 -31, 166 n58;
dog articles (number of), 130 -31;
and dog fidelity, 22 -23, 27 -28, 33 , 35 -36,
145 n19;
and dog hygiene, 132 ;
and dog pound, 141 -42;
dog rescue by, 19 -20, 145 n19;
and dog tax, 42 ;
medals of honor from, 24 , 56 , 104 ;
and rabies, 103 -4, 105 , 108 -9;
and siege of Paris, 130 ;
Vaillant testimony, 52 ;
and vivisection, 9 -11, 12 , 13 , 15 , 19 -20, 141 -42;
women in, 8 -9, 15 , 16 , 19 , 139 n1
Société zoologique du jardin d'acclimatation, 59
Southport, aquarium at, 60
Sowerby, George B., 61 -63
Spaniels, 47 , 64 , 73 -75, 83
Spratts Patent dog food, 91 , 92
Starkie, Enid, 163 n2
Stickleback (épinoche ), 56 -57
Stuffed pets, 89 -90
dog, 22 , 23 , 28 -30, 35 , 145 n21;
dog owner, 37
Suzor, Renaud, 159 n6
"The Swan" (Baudelaire), 23
Sydenham, Crystal Palace, 60 , 131
Syphilis, rabies and, 102 -3
T
Le Tableau de Paris,41
Tardieu, Ambroise, 105 , 121 , 158 n3, 159 n7
Tax: dog, 1 -2, 40 -48, 53 -54, 111 , 147 -50;
glass, 61
Taxidermy, 89 -90
Teleguny, 94
Le Temps, 12
Testas, Marie-Félicie, 128 , 132
Thérèse Raquin (Zola), 123 , 165 n26
Time: nineteenth-century experience of, 32 . See also History;
Past
Titian, 122
Toffoli, Dr., 105
La Toilette (Watteau), 41
Toussenel, Alphonse, 50 , 73 , 119 -21, 127 , 129 , 164 n13
Training, dog, 77 , 79 , 82 -84
Trim, suicide of, 23
Trocadéro, underground sea palace, 60
Tuileries, dog shows, 68
Turtlewalking, 1
U
Union médicale , 13
Upper class: and animal protection, 5 , 7 ;
bourgeois influenced by, 138 , 167 n2;
dogs of, 3 , 25 , 41 , 42 , 53 , 66 ;
masculine violence of, 21
Urban life: and animal protection, 7 , 18 , 19 , 21 ;
crowd behavior vs. canine heroism, 30 ;
journal anecdotes of, 29 -30;
no place for pets in, 52 , 108 -10;
petkeeping and emotional life in, 50 , 133 ;
and rabies, 108 -10. See also Paris
Utilitarianism: and animal protection, 6 -7, 9 -10;
cats and, 125 -26;
and pets associated with emotional life, 50 , 52 , 55 , 79
V
Vaillant, Marshal Jean-Baptiste Philibert, 32 , 52
Vallery-Radot, René, 114
La Vénerie (Jacques du Fouilloux), 78
Venus of Urbino (Titian), 122
Verne, Jules, 117
Vernois, Dr., 105
Veterinarians, 2 , 78 -79, 105 -7, 159 n6;
La Vie contemporaine , 17
La Vie des animaux illustrée (Brehm), 131
Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, 15
Virtanen, Reino, 142 n46
Vivisection, 140 -44;
ambition and, 12 ;
animal protection movement and, 9 -21, 140 -43;
cats and, 125 -26;
on dogs, 10 , 12 -13, 21 , 140 n15, 141 n28, 143 n61;
neighborhood life affected by, 20 -21;
science and, 9 -16, 140 n14, 141 n25, 143 n61;
societies against, 15 -16
W
Ward, Nathaniel Bagshaw, 58
Warington, Robert, 58
Watteau, Jean-Antoine, 41
Weber, M., 107
Women: in animal protection movement, 8 -9, 15 , 16 -19, 139 n1;
"green disease," 95 ;
little dogs of wealthy, 3 , 41 ;
progress working through, 120 ;
in public sphere, 18 -19, 143 n50;
qualities of vulnerability and sensitivity, 19 ;
Robert's categories of, 82 . See also Feminization;
Prostitution
Wood, J. G., 60 -61
Working classes., animal protection movement and, 6 , 7 , 8 , 12 -14, 21 ;
bourgeois opposed to, 138 ;
cats and, 123 ;
dogs of, 2 , 42 , 52 , 53,133 ;
masculine violence of, 21 ;
Y
Yvelin, Cleyre, 18 -19
Z
Zaborowski-Moindron, Sigismond, 65
Zola, Emile, 38 ;
Zoologie passionnelle (Toussenel), 119 -21, 164 n13
Zoophilie ou sympathie envers les animaux (Lautard), 118