Barium: A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease

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Barium: A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease by Albert Cornelius Crawford.

Contents

• BARIUM, A CAUSE OF THE LOCO-WEED DISEASE. BY ALBERT C. CRAWFORD,6
• LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.10
• INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT.12
• CONTENTS.14
• BARIUM, A CAUSE OF THE LOCO-WEED DISEASE.15
• GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE LOCO-WEED DISEASE AND ALLIED CONDITIONS.15
• PLANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOCOED CONDITION.16
• CLINICAL SYMPTOMS OF LOCOED ANIMALS AS DESCRIBED IN LITERATURE.19
• CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO LOCO-WEED POISONING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.24
• PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN LOCOED ANIMALS AS DESCRIBED ON THE RANGE.27
• HISTORICAL SKETCH OF LOCO INVESTIGATIONS FROM A PHARMACOLOGICAL STANDPOINT.29
• NOTES ON VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE LOCO-WEED FAMILY.47
• LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS—PHYSIOLOGICAL.49
• EXPERIMENTS ON RABBITS.50
• ACUTE CASES.50
• CHRONIC CASES.52
• PREGNANT ANIMALS.57
• SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTIONS.58
• SUMMARY OF FEEDING EXPERIMENTS ON RABBITS.59
• EXPERIMENTS ON SHEEP.59
• LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS—CHEMICAL.62
• EFFECT OF THE AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF ASHED LOCO PLANTS.66
• TOTAL ASH DETERMINATIONS OF LOCO PLANTS.72
• BARIUM DETERMINATIONS IN THE ASH OF LOCO PLANTS.74
• ANALYSIS OF SOILS.76
• FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH BARIUM SALTS ON ANIMALS IN THE LABORATORY.77
• BARIUM POISONING IN MAN.83
• PATHOLOGICAL LESIONS IN EXPERIMENTAL BARIUM POISONING.86
• TOXICITY OF VARIOUS AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF LOCO PLANTS.87
• THEORETICAL ANTIDOTE FOR LOCO-WEED POISONING.94
• ACTION OF BARIUM ON DOMESTIC AND FARM ANIMALS.96
• APPLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS TO THE RANGE.99
• CONCLUSIONS.[251]100
• INDEX.103
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE116

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