Bots in the Horse.

Otago Witness, Issue 2151, 16 May 1895, Page 16

Bots in the Horse.

TO TIIK EDITOR. Sir,— Reading up a number of leafle's pub forth by our very generous Qovrrnmetit, I came over one ltst night with which I beg to differ, bo it authenticated by an "RA.M." or an " A 5.5.," aud that is the leaflet nnnabeied 3. In it an " M.D." expresses an opinion— nay, not an opinion, but promulgates the seeming truism that undeveloped uicttice Lai ateudenoy, in fact 8U ipse dixit, in dealing with Mtc partially uudeveloped lan re of the G^tfns equi. Not many nioi.tln ago (as sco evidence in local and general papers) mention wao made of the poitoning cf a child by injec'ions of tobacco, and due consideration convinced the jiuy that right was right and wrong wrong. What I would like to get at is : Is Dr Prankish avra<o of what is the nature of what he eliminates as duo procedure, or is ho Übourirg under a mistaken identity ? The age of mastodons is pact. Only two-thirds of the horse's stnimeh is coveri d with mucous rtembraue, and, being so, is the intensity of the development or of absorption cf nicotin2 iucroasod or accelerated ? Physiological facts — they are many and various — show that, in exjunction with a purgative if small poioonous qu*li;iesare imported to tho body of the animal operated on. If tobacco be administered in indicated dofes, I, will ait corrtctsd, if, on c-xnmination of the rr.outh (carefu'ly doLe, and at in'erva's) symptoms do not present themselves as follows— viz., if the lirvre of the bet bepivs-jnt in the stomach, a •• red line will chow itself round tho anterior or tbin part of tho topgue," comirg and going as irritation of the mucous membrane of the stomach h.creasES or dt cresses. This I have cnrefully studied and c?n vouch for. So f&r aa the causes of de\th are due to tho parasite, I leave ib to the following conclusion. Lot your readers weigh it as they liko. Since the advent of the prrasite, four years ago, I have held more post mortems on animals tbft clitd suddenly, without aDy apparent cause, and iv many ca£e3 found no other causo of dea'h than the presence of the parasites in the vatious s'omaehs, than I had dore for many yearn previously. I may state thit in placo cf tho animals baing in poor condition, they are the reverse, as a rule. — I am, &0., Timaru, May 8. N. Marquis, M.R.C.V.S.