Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-01
Personal Communication.


peared in the last three issues Of
your paper. | am eonyiacad that
the DR. IS badly upset his mind Is
wandering he has doubtless con-
tracted some terrible malpdy per-
hapa he is suffering from the horse
disease now prevalent in tho county.
lie starts out BY telling 81 that
the medical treatment OF thediscaso
ia Of no avail, that 10, the animal
must die, but advises you by oil
means to avoid the use Of such dan.
gorous drugs as Arsenic. Oalomol,
Epson Salts, etc, used bY "pre-
tenders" that they are absolutely
dangerous in the acute stage Of the
disease The Dr. further tolls you
that every acute attack must die.
Now in the name Of justice how
can man admiuister with harm
any drug to an animal that has been
given up to die by the learned DR.?
TO more fully explain his position.
Your horse is stricken, you call ia
the doctor, be fuda the patient
leaning up against tho aide Of a
barn OF fence to keep 1t from fan.
ing; logs are cold, ia fact has all
the symptoms Of an acute attack.
The doctor prououuces tho case
hopeless refuses to prescribe, but
asks to bo permitted to attend the
well oues and leaves AT thia
junction pretondsr come forward
and administers to the wants Of the
sufferer with Arsenic, Calomtl,
Salts, etc and TO the astonishmeut
Of the doctor the pasion. rcoovers,
He forthwith declares tina, the ami.
NAL was not helped by prcsender'a
treatment, bat got well in apitc Of
it, and advises you for tho future
not to aliaw him 10 use Arsenio,
Calomel aud Epsom Salts, that they
are absolutely dangerous Now
just here ! wonld Ike 10 bsk tho
doctor II he ever kues q genuine
case Of spinal meningitis to recover
unaided 10 believe HE assertion
that they get we'll in spite Of treat.
ment, muat certainly ho stunning
blow 10 veterinary as a profession,
to say that the learned doctor can't
assist nature little. that be can't
even help a disease so mild in its
effects that some recover unaided.
Yet that 10 just what he says that
the medical treatment is Of no avail
and yet they get we'll. Suppose we
follow the doctor "a little further,
being unable 10 render any assist
auce to the sick, be asks permission
10 trcet we'll oucs, aud With 30 more
success. For even the we'll ones
treated by the doctor are now dying
quite as fat as those that have not
received his attention. Thus. we
have in the doctor the uuenyiablo
record Of man, who has taken
from the farmers OF the county
hundreds Of dollars without either
having killed, cured or prevented.
While by my course Of treatment
which the doctor condemns 90 dan
gorous, have thus far saved more
than two thirds Of my patients or
perhaps "a the doctor would say
they got we'll in spite Of il. Now,
il was not my purpose to enter into
any controversy with the doctor but
since he has seen ct TO assail my
treatment OF Epson Salts, Arsenic,
Calomel, etc., | challenge the doc
tor to meet mo before any iutelli
gent audience and defend his course
of treatment by hypodermic inject.
ions, etc.
II the owners Of horses would bat
think for themselves. there need DO
no occasion for them being hum
bugged by a treatment, based upon
no more scientific principle, than
the injection OF Bichloride of NOR
curry into the system, which at best
can only last but very short time
and is gone. | also notice that the
injection ia not skillfully done, the
flesh in most instances is punctured
making an ugly sore, showing that
tho medicine has not been taken
into the system. The doctor also
undertook to explain his fungus
theory as the cause of thia disease,
but like everything else he has tried
lately why, he just failed. Think
instead Of the injection, If the own.
ers Of horses will feed few grains
of arsenic to their horses daily, they
will save money and the lives Of
many valuable animals. | notice
that tho doctor proposes in his next
to treat of colies. Should herccov-
er from his present affection, he
will not be long in discovering that