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Barium: a Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease · Albert C. Crawford — chapter 36 of 40 · ~283 words · public domain

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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

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