GOOD IF TRUE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 943, 2 April 1908, Page 6

GOOD IF TRUE.

A Belgian veterinary surgeon reports that he has cured confirmed glanders by giving at first five and then three granules of the sulphate of arseniate of strychnine every two hours for ten days, the dose then being reduced to two granules. A solution of sulphate of zinc was injected into the nostrils, and the farcy balls stuterized. There had been no return of the disease for a year at the time the report was made. Distinguished veterinarians, however, seem to think the disease liable to reappear at any time, and that the only safe course is to kill an animal known to be suffering from this malady. It is to be hoped, however, that experiments with the treatment of the Belgian will be continued until the truth is demonstrated beyond doubt. If the results are confirmatory, the life of many a valuable horse may be saved. — “Breeder and Sportsman.”