Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-06-25
'IDRE FOR HORSES
I0iDal Meningitis Prevalent
Among Stock Here.
po,mula for Treatment and Pre-.
veption, as well as Explain;
alton of the Disease.
n. EnrL Pierce News :

sIlOr Fort Pierce News
earning that the disease which is
..snt among horses in the vicinity
nr Pierce has been diagnosed by
.,mDeteut authority as spinal menin-
N. enclose such information as /
E.odiu veterinary book and which you
I'm publish with benefit TO those in
.,,,,ed This article seems to describe
n cases pretty we'll, judging from
,st have heard of them. Parts of
ne little ambiguous to me.
whether the formula as given is to
used FIVE times in "a hours, or
,ieIher one.ffth OF it is to be used at
q time can't quite make out, but
her that five times in "a hours is cor
AZ. also, whether 60 drops of sui
tburlc acid are to be used in each cold
sslsr drench, or whether the 60 drops
Az 10 be mixed in the several drenches
not quite clear, but | presume the
bmer. A medical man could proba-
y clear up these points.
Yours truly, E. S. WILLIAMS.
TYPBosUs. "A species of fever con-
FegeDt upon changes that have taken
pacs 10 the blood Of horses blood
iiease resulting in nervous prostta-
im. Known by various names in New
4 York as cerebro spinal meningitis, be-
dnse ii is thought TO be like man is
Ehen be is affected ia the meninges or
nsnbranes which envelop the brain
4 lad spinal marrow, producing choking
dsemper, putrid fever. paralysis of
nepneumagaStric nerve, on account
s dlhe Inability OF the horse to at least
wntarily swallow. The symptoms in
4'lY stages are very latent, or hidden.
4chlef Of them is In the guiding of [
" ioOd, as the holding OF it in the
aouth and refusing TO swallow, also by
+ pirlnga bucket of water within reach
Nahorse so afflicted. He will place
Wnouth into and agitate it, going
NlVagh the process of swallowing
p'nout consuming, The inability to
"allow continues for some days when, /
Hon loss OF sustenance and change in
f1ealating fluid the horse lies or falls
o9Fn exhausted. While not being
aole to swallow voluntarily they may
~ 50 when drenched out of a bottle,
sln heads elevated. This may be as
'upeo 70 gravitation, and to relaxation
q lne paralyzed m muscles, which, though
yneHng no assistance interpose moth
pg' those cases which seem to live
Sua lew days die because the symp-
WINS are not observed until weakness
~ constant inability to stand forces
'a'm 70 recognition There are other
gup'oms that are alike common to all
'''''ses II an asthenic, or low or de-
s''ssed type. 1t is disease wherein
- Wis vitae" is extremely low, and it
aSOnsequently very fatal, time not be-
= aliowed, in many instances. for the
.sa'ment to supply through it and the
n" 'ergo the elements of nutrition.
I, .hATMENT.-In a disease Of this
~ where the nervous force Is almost
@ the ditfusable and more fixed
''u0iants' with carmin itives and ton
'Fe recomm ended. They are en-
4, '.s'u 10 the following formula to be
wv mixed In bottle of cold water,
. N"es In "a hours Powdered car
,'s's o. ammonia 8 drachms, powder
y'ps'cum drachms, powdered pi-
/, srA berries 4 drachms, tincture of
& 'o'ulca 20 drops, mix. Drench the
10y \, with cold water several times
I II, adding so drops of commercial d
j ssu'lc acid to assist in sustaining
I, -ssslng powers of life, Corn meal /
~ -'s0 DC given in the same way, for {
~ purpose. Galvanism or electric. Z
i, ssy oe employed over a blistered b
~ made along the pneumagastric +
4. ~ each side of the neck. Injec- n
i automatically, under the skin, d
4 s.'ychnine may result in gaining Il
~ other measures to become Il
, y as cure. p
I. Il 0ause Of this disease in horses W
{, ~ differ materially from those Y
q s'ss rise tolike diseases in men, b
Il. IS me shore opposite Long Island, b
'n'S disease was very bad in II