Chapter 9

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <A HREF="http://dnads.directnic.com/oasisc.php?s=3&w=468&h=60"> <IMG SRC="http://dnads.directnic.com/oasisi.php?s=3&w=468&h=60" WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60 BORDER=0></A> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=1 style="border-right: 1px solid #555555;" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="713" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 298 ><NOBR><div> Welcome to</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.horsedoctor.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.horsedoctor.org">www.horsedoctor.org</A></div> <div> online home of the</div> <div>   <A HREF="clinic.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Adelaide Plains Equine Clinic">Adelaide Plains Equine Clinic</A></div> <div> featuring excerpts & photos from</div> <div> <A HREF="book.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Horse Doctor">"Horse Doctor"</A></div> <div> by Elizabeth Woolsey Herbert DVM</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Chapter 9</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="0c1d1220.jpg" border=0 width="209" height="290" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> "George Birchmore and Naryilco Lad"</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> One day, when Herbie was about one year old, George called me to come out in a hurry. George wouldn't say it directly, but he indicated that Herbie was really sick and that I might “want” to get there quickly. When I arrived, I was shocked. Herbie was battered and staggering. His head was so swollen I couldn't see his eyes, and his gums were blue. He had no sense of our presence, and he was breathing rapidly. Herbie was the walking dead. Knowing George to be a practical man and a realist, I told him there was no hope but quickly followed with the “never-say-never” speech. He replied that I'd better be wrong and that I had better save Herbie or else. I would like to say I rose to the challenge, but I thought it was futile and only reluctantly agreed to treat him. I had no idea what had caused Herbie's condition. I thought it might be colic, but there were signs of diarrhea all over the place. I hadn't yet discovered the Mallala Council <I>wog</I>. I treated him for shock, dehydration, and pain. I catheterized his jugular vein and gave him intravenous fluids, and I passed a naso-gastric tube and gave him oral fluids and electrolytes. I gave him drugs for shock, steroids, and a drug called DMSO, which is a drug used in horses and in some people for neural trauma and brain edema. It is an industrial solvent that people in fish-packing plants noticed eased</div> <div> their arthritis. After administration, it penetrates into everything and makes the horses smell. It is a sweet sickish smell, and my staff really groan if I use it at the clinic. 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