Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-13
THINK REMEDY IS DISCOVERED.

AePL OI every cdSo, lOOdl f0IOllnol ioA'
believe they have cure for the cpl
8emie which is killing so many
&orses in this section and their find
'sngs were telegraphed to Governor
Stubs for the benefit Of those SUI
3ering from the scourge. DR.. NJ. F.
Russell of this city and Chas. w.
Hooper, a medical student, with Drs.
Ray Russell and Jas. Cheney, veter-
anarians, performed autopsies on sev-
. Nral horses to demonstrate absence o
GerebrOSpinal fever. In each case
She animal was in the last stages Of
some fatal disease and was killed by
The injection Of strychnine in order
10 conduct the autopsy without post
nortem changes. Fresh blood and
Smears from the animals under the
microscope showed amoeboid bodies
IN the red corpuscles, parasites which
developed and multiplied within the
cells. Later blood from fourteen d.
.seased animals resulted in the same
findings emphasizing the fact that the
SNease was of parasitic origin, not
bacterial, and that it is neither infec-
tious nor contagious but communicat.
ed by an insect of some sort.
Based on this theory a treatment
was outlined and Russell and Che
aey, veterinarians, gave up a general
practice to work with Drs. Russell
and Hooper and to fully demonstrate
The formula and prove its worth.
T9irteen cases were taken, regard
cess of stage Of disease and given the
%reatmeut. Temperatures of animals
were taken each day and a minute
observation made of every case. On
Che first day of the treatment the di-
Seased horses had temperatures rang
Sng from 1O2 to 1O7. Each animal was
treated once daily. Two that were ir
che last stages of the disease sue
Sumbed and one was killed by the
owner. This is the fifth day of the
treatment and the rest are much bet
Ter and with practically no tempera.
lures, each days treatment showing
a reduction in temperature of from
two to thHe degrees. The blood tests
showed the parasites greatly dimin-
%shed and in some cases practically
eliminated.
No absolute claim is made for the
results but every case tested has
yielded to the treatment readily with
only three exceptions and during the
tests the local veterinarians have
oeen so confident of results with each
days treatment that. many horses
0aye been turned back on the grass
under their orders and in those in
stances no new cases have developed
The treatment Is recommended to
0e given only under supervision of
veterinarians and IN such case It.
seems likely to produce most favor.
able results and to insure the check
ing Of the disease. Veterinarians from
che state departments as we'll as local
men from western towns have been
here to observe the effects of the
treatment and 1t has the approval of
those who have watched results. One
man can treat 100 to 200 cases a day
lana If results are in the same proper
9ion ss in the five days experiments
Just concluded the epidemic will re.
Seive a check. Horses in the last
stages Of the disease seem to be too
Fer gone to respond readily to the
treatment though in nearly half of
these cases it is believed a cure can
De affected.
Vaccination Treatment Used on some
200 horses in the west part of the
county has been problematical in re-
suits, failing to check the disease in
a few instances, apparently checking
At in others, disease developing after
application in three or four instances
and in the majority of the cases the
animals have not contracted the d.
Sease.
The spread of the disease in this
county has not been materially check
ged owing 30 the small number Of
cases used in experiments but rapid
Treatments will be given from now
on.
q One thing of Importance regarding
this remedy is that 1t is a poison. and
should be administered by veterinar.
lana 1t has developed. so far that it
cures those cases where the disease
has not had opportunity to get a
good start.
In the preparation and test Of these
remedies, the Hooper Drug. Company
has furnished an drugs free.