Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1860-03-16
BRooKvIILE, INDIANA, FRIDAY MARCH le 1880


In tho Nashville Journal Of Medicine
and Surgery. October, J.. Il, Nagls. M
| D., has M article upon the abovsfdb
oet. Ilc considers tho dIscuse q pccu
liar OF typhus fover, and be rupporcs Il
60 be produced by q p9is,nnnr iungu'
gra-s 1lc rnj =. "that mhly wheat ssld
secalo cornuium 6 rye ~ produce th,
gangrone typhus fever, - evidenced OH
lc,olanih' rIty, that thaiungusoi grap,
certain. and think wlIlbs admitted, u
the rnbjoet be examinedg' lAf
With eommcndable ecal DR.. Maggie
cxperIwcaled ltfgely. e. lands upou
which this fungus grnss was largely
found, he pasturod certain anmals.-
I'm short time we discovered the dis.
oauo was making way amongst theln;
lhoso that died were subjoctcd to post
morlem examInnIlon, with The rerull
above stated Wo then cut the grass
and cured II ~ hay. which We ied 10
healthy, freshnnImals They soon gevu
evidence of,llstress: became lhln Ia neeh,
had excessive heat IN the head and meek
u shrlvoled skin over the belly, were OK
ceedingiy costlse. and giving way to dc.
llrium and debility, they died IN utter
exhaustion and agony, We then found
thnt dogs ted upon tho meat of such an
Imals would ret tho same "lremblcs,
tho same sympto.os. the Same death
tho same poisoned appearance on exam
ination." n nNot sntisfied
however, we pushed the inquiry further
aud discovered that this grass, when fed
alone without mixture, produced the
most horrible form Of typhus fover---a
pure poisonous tcver, that was milk sick :
ness IN oil Us hydra gangronous oondi.
tion.p n u The resnlt OF cat
tie becoming thus diseased gives rise TO
sickness Ia The human body. The pols
ON tends ~ the glands, aud tho score
ton OF milk will neccossarly y bo charged
with ", hence, when an animal usos the
milk, on oats tho aesh Ut sach discussed
cattle, tho result must be ~ similar dis.
case in tho recipient"
There arc but few subjects In madi-
cine that have accustomed more cvntro-
versy than the disease under considera
tion, and We look upon the paper of DR.,
Nagle as ono OF tho most satisfactory
that has fallen under our observation =
BY mally, milk sickness has been con
sldcred u modification of malurous dis.
ease, and By others Il has been supposed
70 be produced by some unknown toxic
agent. Attempts have hecn made 10
specify the peeuiiar poison. hnt none
sn fillF as wo know hive bnsed flleir on
Unions upon such careful and extended
observation as has Dr. Nagc.
We quote his closing remarks In re.
gard To treatment 'erhe main object
Is TO keep mp tonic, stimulant treHtment
and particularly TO keep the bowels
opon. This is the plain rule it, all H.
mates aud in oil localities Afler the
patient has convalesced, or il in such
condition that he can take nutrimenl,
corn meal will be found aspeeifc against
the poison. This matter have thor
oughly tested, and can proclaim il as
u certainly, that tho hylrated peroxide
OF iron is not more cen tain cure for
poisoning by arsenic, than that corn
meal is an anli-periodic and specific for
the terrible 4 scares known as milk sick
ness or, 'lfembes' Not only in man
il Il a specific, but In cattle tho cure l.
certain. Feed either party with il in
plenty. give them all they can possibly
cat; give il as mush and milk, ~ corn
bread, us raw corn meal, or any other
manner you can, but give corn to cure
milk sickness" -s s3i L4tf