When Veterinarians were manly men...

The Quahog said:
So anyway, since you asked may as well tidy up the loose ends.

Sadly for the sake of our 'manly veterinarian' plot the Dispensatory only specifically lists uses for moschus in human medicine. However, realise that in 1918 medicine still largely consisted of purgatives (castor oil, cod liver oil, 'doses of salts' - LOTS of purgatives,) opioid painkillers, nerve tonics like strychnine (yes, THAT strychnine) and the like. There was not a great distinction with 'veterinary only' drugs. Dog and cat medicine largely did not exist. As late as the late 1950s, Dr. Leonard, the famous orthopedic pioneer at Cornell, was using bicycle spokes to pin canine fractures as there was no equipment available. So if a medication was used in people, it was generally used in dogs for the same thing.

'''Musk is a stimulant and anti-spasmodic, in some way stimulating very decidedly the nervous centers when exhausted...(blah blah). It is a very valuable remedy in the treatment of nervous exhaustion coming on at or about the crisis of a disease... (blah blah) We have seen it apparently save life in the acme of typhoid fever,when the vital powers seem to have almost succumbed,and when violent alterations of temperature or symptoms resembling those of coma vigil had manifested themselves.' <Whoa!>

It was many years ago especially commended by Trousseau in the treatment of adynamic pneumonia of drunkards with severe cerebral symptoms.Under these
circumstances it certainly appears to do great good.

In very obstinate hiccough it is one of the most efficient of all of our remedies.<Great, I got the sherpas up at midnight 'cause you got hiccups.>
Because of its costliness, its employment should always be delayed until severe nervous exhaustion becomes alarming. <Nurse, this looks bad, I think we're losing him.... Ok, we have no choice- grab me the deer and a get me a broken tongue depressor....>

It may be given as a pill, but is commonly given in emulsion or administered as an enema. :ick'''

On a more serious note, it is amazing that this was the state of medicine in the US in 1918. Woodrow Wilson was president , WW I was winding down, people you know now were alive.
And for all the praise of Musk's wondrous therapeutic properties, the Dispensatory as a brief aside notes, 'Musk was deleted from the British Pharmacopoeia, 1914.' :cool: -Dr. Mac
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Well, thanks. I think. :rolleyes2: Apparently the British were smarter than us at that juncture! :lol: We've come a long, long way in 100 years....
 
Who would have thought to descent a musk deer in the FIRST place, really who gets those ideas ??? Did you see the FANGS ?? :eek2:
 
The Quahog said:
So anyway, since you asked may as well tidy up the loose ends.

Sadly for the sake of our 'manly veterinarian' plot the Dispensatory only specifically lists uses for moschus in human medicine. However, realise that in 1918 medicine still largely consisted of purgatives (castor oil, cod liver oil, 'doses of salts' - LOTS of purgatives,) opioid painkillers, nerve tonics like strychnine (yes, THAT strychnine) and the like. There was not a great distinction with 'veterinary only' drugs. Dog and cat medicine largely did not exist. As late as the late 1950s, Dr. Leonard, the famous orthopedic pioneer at Cornell, was using bicycle spokes to pin canine fractures as there was no equipment available. So if a medication was used in people, it was generally used in dogs for the same thing.

'''Musk is a stimulant and anti-spasmodic, in some way stimulating very decidedly the nervous centers when exhausted...(blah blah). It is a very valuable remedy in the treatment of nervous exhaustion coming on at or about the crisis of a disease... (blah blah) We have seen it apparently save life in the acme of typhoid fever,when the vital powers seem to have almost succumbed,and when violent alterations of temperature or symptoms resembling those of coma vigil had manifested themselves.' <Whoa!>

It was many years ago especially commended by Trousseau in the treatment of adynamic pneumonia of drunkards with severe cerebral symptoms.Under these
circumstances it certainly appears to do great good.

In very obstinate hiccough it is one of the most efficient of all of our remedies.<Great, I got the sherpas up at midnight 'cause you got hiccups.>
Because of its costliness, its employment should always be delayed until severe nervous exhaustion becomes alarming. <Nurse, this looks bad, I think we're losing him.... Ok, we have no choice- grab me the deer and a get me a broken tongue depressor....>

It may be given as a pill, but is commonly given in emulsion or administered as an enema. :ick'''

On a more serious note, it is amazing that this was the state of medicine in the US in 1918. Woodrow Wilson was president , WW I was winding down, people you know now were alive.
And for all the praise of Musk's wondrous therapeutic properties, the Dispensatory as a brief aside notes, 'Musk was deleted from the British Pharmacopoeia, 1914.' :cool: -Dr. Mac
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thanks for 'the rest of the story':yes:
 
Incidentally, as an example of how veterinary medicine was not highly regarded, the veterinary school at Cornell is now way way way off the main campus at the 'end of the road'. It used to be right down in the center of campus, near the Arts Quad.
The first dean was a crusty, canny old Scotsman named Dr. James Law. (The school is named after him.)
At a faculty meeting the dean of the Arts faculty was loudly complaining, 'We have to move that smelly, filthy school and its animal barns. When I walk to my office in the morning I am attacked by those miserable little flies you see in the barns hanging around the rear ends of horses!'

And Dr. Law responded, 'Well Laddie, ye know ye nae can fool the little flies...'
 
The Quahog said:
Incidentally, as an example of how veterinary medicine was not highly regarded, the veterinary school at Cornell is now way way way off the main campus at the 'end of the road'. It used to be right down in the center of campus, near the Arts Quad.
The first dean was a crusty, canny old Scotsman named Dr. James Law. (The school is named after him.)
At a faculty meeting the dean of the Arts faculty was loudly complaining, 'We have to move that smelly, filthy school and its animal barns. When I walk to my office in the morning I am attacked by those miserable little flies you see in the barns hanging around the rear ends of horses!'

And Dr. Law responded, 'Well Laddie, ye know ye nae can fool the little flies...'
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:yuckyuckSnort well said. :lol:
 
LOL!! Good grief, you just never know what kind of thread you will find in Sheltie Nation land. Thanks Dr. Mac I needed a laugh. I gotta get my hubby to read this one!! :lol:
 
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