Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-01-23
iRRiTABtLl,Y
How 1t Nanifr-i- Itself In ANIMALS and
How to Irr:;t II.

How to Ire:,t II.
Writing from Morning sun, Ia, ;
| CORRESPONDENT ,l,~crih"- Il dI>ca>,. in
mare which might hr called rNtrrm'
irritah.ltv. though il i rom>idrrahlN
more than that In III" first place >l'
is liyht-hradri. 10 u-'' 4 familiar term
She j, unable To- walk steady at times
ani there are some symptom, Ike iha
Of ilind-~ia@.cr,. y peculiar symptom
is that the mare ima~inr> her owl
shadow to be another animal anC
da>hr> at it >ayagclv. This of it~rl
shows an affection OF the brain. II is A.:
symptom of insanity, and horses do be-
com. insane Several veterinarian,
have examined this mare and are una
bic To tell what the trouble j.. Tn,
case before it had progressed a. far a
it has now, WAS brought 10 our attrn
ton, and we pronounced the ease ON,
of ind Tr,liOn. We prescribed tor it.
but the animal would not take the pre-
scription. This We think was very un
fortunate. Our prescription was rrlr.
Il -
alo,'>. sulphur, coPpcra, and iron. W,
have not the prescription before u>. bu
whatever it. Ingr, dirnt> Were the pow
der WAS equivalent 10 this. |; NIGH
have been the charcoal powders, whict
are about the same is the above. Tn,
mare should have been compelled Il
take the medicine; and We believe tha,
il would have helped her. OF course
AT 80 great 4 distance from the patient
we labor under serious disadvantages
If we could SEQ her there miwhl H.,
symptoms which would alter our opin
ion. But Looking at the ease from tn
distance, We are ,iill firmly of the opin
ion that the difficulty arises primarily
from the stomach. and aS the maiorii>
OF diseases do originate in the stomach
i'll consequence OF improper feed in-, W,
have deemed the matter worthy of III
article. If any one who reads this ha,
even been afflicted with indigestion. or
dyspepsia. or inl:nlmat on. or Irritable
itV of the stomach. We VIII Venture IL,
opinion that they could not read III,
very minute description If the d;>ra>,
in this mara. without tlinkin" that III.
'
is nNthiu~ in the >LJl, of .,n ur.an il
the >v>tcm that i not iuNn.v"d in indi.
Sc,tion no patIrn; that we ever saw
suffering from such lrnul,l, ever way,
evidence oi II. The X dncl>. liver
and brain soon faIl "a perform
their regular functions. ard lii.
hinmS are more or less on
of order. Inc prain cspecially qmckiy
loses its usual power. and headache
an ache that seems to be directly IN the
bran dizziness and confusion of ideas
in the human being rn>lIr. The mag
ination is di>ord"rcd. and the patient
is unqur>ti"nably partially INSANE. Ii
the ind wc>t,un i, permitted To 90 on.
nentlv diseased We have no doubt
that permanent insanity often results
from this cause for the nervous >N>trm
is seriously affected. Consuml on i
frequently the direct result OF indigc>-
I on. OF course the entire system i al
fected because the blood is neither sui
ticient in quantity or quality To nouri>h
it. The appetite is variable, but gen
orally poor.
Now. how do We proceed when hui
man beings have indigestion? The first
thing We do is To select certain Kind
of diet. We do not give the patient
fat meats or ind igcSt bic puddngs Ia
eat. The diet is lght. and it is largely
composed of the flesh and bonc-form-
ing foods. All know that oat meal IS u
very common diet for the dy,lcptic.
As Il rule it is good. though in some
cases it does not do we'll But that is
probably because it is somewhat too
compact for stomachs that are
very weak. Its composition
is certainly proper for Il diet for the
dyspcptic. If the appetite is much im-
paired we will endcavor to coaN il tn
the extent of the weakened digestive
apparatus. We will do this 10y prepar-
ing the food in 4 variety of ways. and
giving different kinds of food. of about
the same composition. We may salt it
with reasonable liberalitv to that end.
We will use tonicS to improve the tone
of the stomach and to strengthen the
system. and will be very careful To
remedy the tendency to aciditv in the
stomach. Charcoal is good for this;
magncsia will accomplish it. and sal
eratus is good. Perseverance in this
lilc will usually be rewarded bv signs
of improvement. If there is much ncr-
vousnc>S ii will be necessary to place
the patient in Il place where he will be
entirely undiSturbcd.
Now we should pursue a precisely
similar course with an animal thus af-
fcctcd. We should feed light. and feed
oil meal if we could get it. or boiled
oats, or soft maShcS. We would salt
pretty literally. We should give night
and morning tablespoonful of the fol-
lowing: Powdered charcoal. one pound;
mandrake. pulverizcd. two ounces;
gentian, four ounces: copprraS,
two ounces; aloc>. two ounces; sui
phur, two ounces. We would give
showed any such nervous symptoms ~
the mare in this instance shows. we
would place her where she would not
be disturbed in the least. Keep her
free from any sort of excitement. Pco-
pie overlook the necessity of doing this.
We have known animals that dciicd
medical treatment, but entirely re-
covered when there was no possible
chance of excitement. Our correspond
ent in this instance reSorted to blood
letting. We do not believe in il ut all.
We are aware that some veterinarians
who are regarded rs very competent.
advocate it in horses especially. Ii is
method that has outlivcd all possible
sound idea of usefulness by 1T least
fifty years. No system. human or
animal, ever had too much blood. Let
the blood remain. If the treatment
here described does not reach the case
of the mare in question, we shall be
compelled like the others. who, in con-
sequence of being on the ground ought
to he able to Judge better than we, to
acknowledge that we do not know
what the trouble is II'cSicrn Rnrai
HUMOROUS.