Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-04-06
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Kicterfn0J'y Science.
ST. PARIS, OHIO, April ), 1870.

ST. PARIS, OHIO, April ), 1870.
. EDITOR URBANA UNIoN.-In their wild
state the different races Of horses dis
I perse in droves and do not mingle to-
gether and if they were left to follow
the instincts Of nature, intermixture
would never occur. In support Of this
{ argument we win quote. from Youatt
on the horse Page 8, Iie says:
/ The wild horses of Tartary, although
easily domesticated, materially differ in
character from those on tile plains of
South Ameriea. They viii not suffer a
stranger to JOIN him. TIA dOmesticated
horse comes in. their way, unprotected
by his master, they will attack him with
their teeth and their heels, and speedily
destroy him. They readily submit, bow
ever, to the dominion Of man, and be-
come perfectly docile and faithful. This
is the race Of horses spoken Of in our
last as being turned loose after the siege
Of Azoph, which probably accounts for
their docility and easy domestieation.
The horse is not naturally diseased
animal, He subject to extremely few
hereditary disorders, or, perhaps to
none; but indiscriminate commingling
Of blood, and the improper treatment
and abuse which he receives at the
hands Of man, has fearfalIy multiplied
his diseases and eoccasioned deplorable
degeneraey and decay, and has lessened
his natural capabilities. He is improved
and becomes more efficient as his cir
cunlstances are brought nearer his con-
dition by nature, aud as his wants are
better-undeFstood and supplied.
Thh ] think no one that views the
matter in proper light will dispute-we
must acknowledge the laws governing
al creation, both animal and vegetable.
Then if our health depends upon our OBJ
servance of natures laws, the treatment
when sick should be governed by the
same law; what, then, would be the
proper mode of treatment. Would it be
rational treatment to- prescribe before
we knew what the disease was; if not
why? We answer because in so doing, we
might administer medicine which would
act In direct antagonism to natures laws.
In other words would undo what ma
ture was trying to do, and which she
would have accomplished, had you not,
by your quaekery introduced discOrd. |
Would it not be more in accordance
with reason to-first ascertain what ma
ture is trying to do, and aid her in her
efforts to re-cstablish her dictatorship !
which she delights to exercise over all +
creation.
We must then recognize and observe |.
some law in the treatment of disease
We cannot Heatsuccessfullyb by random;
we must know the disease, we must fur
nish nature with Reinforcement in the
way of proper remedies, by the aid of
which, she will re-establish her empire
and again rule supreme. But to be able
to aid nature in her efforts to eradicate
disease, We must possess thorough
knowledge Of Anatomy Physiology and,
Materia AIedica. Without this knowl-
edge We can neither diagnose or treat
the diseases of the animal kingdom.
In support of our argument we are
happy to anticipate the coroboration of
our medical fraternity-our NJ DIS who
I hope will, when they mentally trace
the history Of their science back to the /
days Of Aristotle, hastily sympathise
with any one who is striving to advance
medical science in the brute creation, let
his station in life be ever so humble or
his efforts comparatively feeble. They
fully appreciate the great benefits their
science has derived from comparative
Galen said if medical men
make great mistakes it is because they
have neglected TO dissect brutes 1t is
said that upon the science of Aristotle
the human mind subsisted for several
for such was the Overshadow-
ing greatness Of AristoIe's fame and
such the yeneration felt by scholars for
everything written in Greek, that it
was an act of great mental courage, dur !
ing all that time to call in question any l
iJdlcLlClit luduO " JtAS AlA4luSODlGE OF
StagIra. But were our medical men OF {
he present day to advance such ideas as /
his ancient writer did in that early {
period of medical science, their state I
nents would be entirely disregarded.- t
This author affirmed that the food in L
he stomach was cooked by the heat of I
he body, and that while It Is cooking a
he liquified food steam up into the heart, l.
where it is Gtlverted into blood nature. 2
He says, it isa good economist, aud gives t
lac best part of the food to the noblest il
,arts Of the body, as masters eat the l.
,est portion of an animal, the slaves v
he inferior parts, and the dogs the re-
use.'
There arc certain important facts
which SHOULD he remembered in treat I
ng the diseases of the horse. The horse 4
$ more like man, as regards general v
tructurc and the pathology Of his dis n
ascs, than any other animal. As v
ule, though not without some excep- n
ions, the causes Of disease in man op- ii
rate similarly uPlG the horse, and the {
ame remedies are equally efiicaGious for . .
9th, Disease is either general or local +,
i its character; local when only some "