The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10
HORSE DISTEMPER.
Quinine Said to Be Most Excellent and
Reliable Remedy.

Reliable Remedy.
When an animal comes down with the
distemper it should be placed in quiet,
comfortable enclosure, where there is
an abundance of pure air and sunlight.
In the fall of the year the windows OF
the stall should be covered with a net
ting of some kind to keep out the flies,
which are very annoying, even to an
healthy animal. Feed upon cut grass
and bran mashes, with an occasional
mess of apples or potatoes. Most
horses will prefer the former. Sour
apples sometimes appear to have bet
ter effect than sweet fruit in cases of
distemper. Medicines should be given
with caution. Quinine. is one of the
latest, and probably the most valuable,
of remedies for distemper. In COM
munication, Mr.. L. Broadhead, well
known throughput the country as the
able superintendent and agent of the
world-renowned Woodburn Farm,
Lexington, Ky, where Maud S.
cos 3 ~ ap1 host of the brilliant
lights of the turf were bred,
makes the following suggestions
in treating distemper: give weanlings
from fifteen to twenty grains of quinine
a day. We generally give this quaint ty
once day, but when first taken and the
fever is high give about fifteen era ms
twice a day morning and night. II the
attack is mild, give but one dose daily
until the disease has left the system.
The quinine allays the fever, soothes the
intlamed throat and is an excellent tonic.
So far it has cured every case we have
had, which, TO the present time, mum.
Der not less than one hundred and fifty.
In the early spring we had several very
severe cases that | am sure we should
have losth it not been for the quin ne.
These were yearlings, and we gave twen-
ty grains at a dose twice day. Oder
horses can have thirty grains at a dose
morning and night, making sixty grains
daily. Whenever fever exists in an
animals system, no matter froa what
cause, use qu.nine freely. 1t is almost
specific for lung fever, or pneu-
monia, when administered in season.
I have cured two cases of lock jaw in
stockings with quinine and atrophia,
twenty drops of the latter to a
dose. We are not particular to
we'gh the quinine. We guess at dose,
put it in spoon, pull the animal s
tongue aside without elevating its head,
insert the spoon in its mouth, turn it
over and wipe on the tongue, as it is
withdrawn from the mouth. 1t is cas- ly
administered in this manner, and the
animal gets it all. 1t is perfectly safe,
and there is little, if any danger, in Civ
ing too much. I have used quinine
four or five years, and always with
good results Quinine can be OBJ
tanned of any druggist, and in getting a
supply we would recommend having it
put up in powders of twenty grains
each; then if thirty-gran doses are
wanted for a grown animal. take three
powders, divide one equally and add
it to the other two; or if fifteen grain
doses are wanted for weanling, take
one-fourth, as near as can be estimated,
from each of these powders, and place
the three portions in a paper by itself.
This will give four powders of fifteen
grains each. Be careful to get the pure
article. 1t is an expensive drug, and
when it is offered at a low price it is
pretty sure to have been adulterated.
american CultiUator.