Barium: A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease

Part 11

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McEackran, Doctor, loco-plant experiments with horse, 33

Magnesium acetate, experiments on rabbits, 52

Magnus, R., reference to work, 58

Maiden, J. H., reference to work, 16

Maisch, J. M., references to work, 21, 35

Malbec, A., reference to work, 58

Malnutrition, cause of loco disease, suggestion, 29, 34

Malvastrum coccineum, supposed cause of loco disease, 10

Man, barium poisoning, 62-65 loco poisoning, symptoms, 15

Manganese acetate, experiments on rabbits, 51

Manitoba, occurrence of loco poisoning, 10

Marine plants, barium taken up from sea, 53

Marsh, Dr. C. Dwight, investigation and collection of loco plants, and reference to published paper, 36, 75

Marshall, H. T., loco plant study, reference to work, 31, 34

Martin, C. J., description of effects of feeding the Darling pea to sheep, 16-17

Matthews, W., reference to work, 35

Mayo, N. S., loco-plant studies, references to work, 11, 13, 18, 32, 71

Meat from locoed cattle harmless, 65

Medicago sativa. _See_ Alfalfa.

Medicine, use of loco plants, 35

Meltzer, S. J., reference to work, 52

Mexico, plants causing "locoed" condition, 10, 11

Mickwitz, L., reference to work, 59

Miller, C. H., reference to work, 13

Mittelstaedt, F., references to work, 62, 65

Moffat, P., study of loco plants, 20

Mules, susceptibility to loco disease, 12

Nagler, F., reference to work, 73

Nausea, effect of loco plants on man, 15, 20, 22

Nelson, S. B., reference to work, 33

Nenta, goat disease, South Africa, 17

Neumann, J., reference to work, 58

Neuritis, peripheral, in locoed animals in Australia, 17

New South Wales, Agricultural Gazette, references, 16, 17

Nightshade spp., supposed cause of locoed condition in Mexico, 10

Nockolds, C., references to work, 12, 14

Nothnagel, H., reference to work, 65

Noyes, A. A., reference to work, 53

Oatman, H. C., experiments with alfalfa extract, 28

O'Brine, loco-plant studies and analyses and references to work, 13, 18, 19, 27, 32, 33, 54

Onsum, J., reference to work, 61

Orange Judd Farmer, reference, 63

Orfila, reference to work, 59

Oserow, reference to work, 48

Ott, Dr. Isaac, experiments with extract of Astragalus mollissimus, results, 22

Oxytropis lamberti, analyses, 20 _See also_ Aragallus.

Paralysis, result of barium poisoning in man, 64

Parasites, loco plants, suggested cause of loco disease, 31, 34

Parker, W. T., reference to work, 13

Parkes, reference to work, 74

Pathological conditions in barium poisoning, 65 locoed animals on the range, 18-19

Patterson, A. H., reference to work, 12

Pauli, W., reference to work, 65

Payne, J. E., reference to work, 34

Pelletier, D., references to work, 62, 73

Pigs, barium poisoning, 74 guinea. _See_ Guinea pigs.

Pilgrim, C. W., reference to work, 11

Pilliet, A., reference to work, 58

Plants, marine, barium taken up from sea, 53

Plönius, W., reference to work, 41

Poison, loco, attempts to isolate the active principle, 47 properties of certain loco plants, 35

Poisoning, barium, experimental, pathological lesions, 65 horses, sheep, and pigs, 73, 74 man, 62-65 acute cases, symptoms, results, 64 possibility of production from use of food, 64

Poisoning, loco, theoretical antidote, 71-72 symptoms, 11, 12-16, 17, 24, 26, 29, 33, 36-44 reproduction in rabbits, 29, 33, 36-44, 75

Porcher, F. P., reference to work, 35

Post-mortems. _See_ Autopsies.

Pott, E., reference to work, 35

Power, F. B., experiments with loco plants, 26-28

Pregnancy, animals in, experiments in feeding barium salts, 62 loco plants, 41, 42

Prescott, A. B., study of Aragallus lamberti, 20

Rabbits, autopsies after barium poisoning, 57-61, 67 loco poisoning, 30, 34, 36-43 barium salts, feeding experiments, 57-62 chemicals in aqueous solutions, feeding experiments, 50-52 loco plants, ash extracts, feeding experiments, 48-49, 66-71 feeding experiments, 22, 24, 29, 30, 33, 34 in laboratory, 36-44, 48-49, 66-71 reproduction of symptoms of loco poisoning, 29, 33, 36-44, 75

Rabies, treatment, use of Astragalus kentrophyta, 35

Rabuteau, reference to work, 59

Ragwort, poisonous effects, Canada, 17

Ram, barium poisoning, autopsy, 74

Ration, daily, green food for cattle, toxic effects of loco plants, 74

Rats, feeding experiments with barium carbonate, 71

Rattle-box. _See_ Crotalaria sagittalis.

Rattleweed disease. _See_ Loco disease.

Reichardt, E., reference to work, 64

Reincke, J. J., reference to work, 59

Resins from loco plants, experiments, 26

Reynolds, M. H., investigations with barium, 65

Rhamnus lanceolata, supposed cause of loco disease, 10

Rocky Mountains, high percentage of barium in rocks, 54

Roscoe, H. E., reference to work, 53

Rosenthal, D. A., reference to work, 35

Rossbach, M. J., reference to work, 65

Rothrock, description of loco plants, effects on animals, 20, 21

Ruedi, Carl, experiments with loco plants and references to work, 14, 19, 29-30

Sages said to cause loco disease, 11

Salivation, result of loco poison, 12 use of barium on human beings, 63

Salt licks supposed to cause loco disease, 11 prevention of poisonous effects of Darling pea, 17

Santi, L., references to work, 59, 72

Sayre, L. E., investigations and experiments and references to work, 10, 11, 14, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 48

Schedel, H., reference to work, 65

Scheibler, C., reference to work, 64

Schirmer, reference to work, 74

Schorlemmer, C., reference to work, 53

Schuchardt, B., description of symptoms of locoed animals, similar to lathyrism, 15

Schulz, H., reference to work, 63

Schwartzkopff, O., references to work, 12, 13

Schwilgué, C. J. A., reference to work, 63

"Science," references to papers on loco plants, 11, 31

Scrofula, treatment, use of barium, 62

Senecio jacoboea, poisonous effects, 17

Sestini, F., tests for beryllium, 50

Sheep, autopsies after barium poisoning, 74 loco poisoning, 18, 30, 33, 45 disease caused by feeding on Darling pea, 16-17 loco-plant feeding experiments, 30, 44-46 poisoning, notes, 20, 22, 30, 33, 34 locoed, symptoms, 14-15 susceptibility to loco disease, 12

Smith, J. G., reference to work, 35

Snow, F. H., reference to work, 31

Soils, analysis, Hugo, Colo., for traces of barium, 57

Sophora sericea, supposed cause of loco disease, 10

Spine diseases, treatment, use of barium, 63

Sprengel, C., reference to work, 53

Staggers, grass, Texas loco disease, symptoms, description, 11

Stalker, M., description of symptoms of locoed animals and references to work, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21, 26, 64

Steele, C. D., reference to work, 31

Stern, E., reference to work, 64

Stietenroth, reference to work, 73

Stipa vaseyi, supposed cause of loco disease, 10

Stock, losses from loco diseases, 9, 34 poisoning by barium in brine, 73

Stockman, Doctor, experiments with extracts of Astragalus mollissimus, 22

Storer, F. H., reference to work, 72

Storke, B. F., references to work, 19, 25

Strontium acetate, experiments on rabbits, 52

Subcutaneous injections. _See_ Injections.

Sullivan, Dr. E. C., determination of barium in Aragallus lamberti, 54

Sulphates antidotal to barium, suggestions, 71-72, 75

Suzuki, U., reference to work, 53

Swain, R. E., reference to work, 49

Swainsona galegifolia. _See_ Darling pea. spp., effects on sheep and horses, similar to loco poisoning, 16-17

Syphilis, treatment, use of Astragalus exscapus, 35

Taenia expansa. _See_ Tapeworm.

Taito, F., reference to work, 64

Tallquist, T. W., reference to work, 31

Tapeworm, sheep, suggested cause of loco disease, 30

Texas grass staggers, loco disease, symptoms, description, 11

Thallium nitrate, experiments on rabbits, 50

Thorium chlorid, experiments on rabbits, 50

Thorpe, T. E., reference to work, 57

Tidy, C. M., reference to work, 61

Tiraboscht, A., reference to work, 64

Titanium chlorid, experiments on rabbits, 50

Tixier, L., reference to work, 41

Torrey, J., reference to work, 19

Toxicity, variations in extracts of loco plants, 66-71

Turner, F., reference to work, 17

Ulcers in stomach, 18, 24, 37, 41, 43, 49, 69

Vasey, George, investigations and references to work, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21

Wait, C. E., reference to work, 51

Walsh, J., reference to work, 64

Watson, S., study of Aragallus lamberti, 20

Weber, F. R., reference to work, 59

Wheat, barium present, 53

Wheeler, G. M., references to work, 20, 21

Wilcox, E. V., references to work, 11, 33

Wilcox, T. E., reference to work, 13

Williams, T. A., reference to work, 10

Winslow, K., reference to work, 73

Wohlwill, F., reference to work, 51

Woll, F. W., reference to work, 74

Woolls, W., reference to work, 17

Worms, cause of loco disease, suggestion, 30, 31, 34

Yttrium chlorid, experiments on rabbits, 51

Zirconium chlorid, experiments on rabbits, 50-51

Zygadenus elegans, supposed cause of loco disease, 10

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TRANSCRIBER NOTES:

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation has been corrected without note.

Alternate spellings and mis-spellings in the original have been retained.

Page 26: "analagous" changed to "analogous" (some plant analogous to).

Footnote 96: "Crotallaria" changed to "Crotalaria" (Poisonous Effects of Crotalaria).

Page 52: "Rubidum" changed to "Rubidium" (Rubidium chlorid c. p.).

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