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The flavour is bitter, and animals usually leave it 



alone. Chesnut states, however, that it often poisons 



, cattle, horses and sheep that have been 



Conditions and . 



Symptoms of tetely moved to places where it is plentiful. 



Poisoning It is claimed that a taste for the plant is 

 developed, inducing- the animal to eat an 

 amount sufficient to produce death. Horses and mules 

 are more susceptible than other animals. 



"The symptoms, as determined by experiments made 

 in Mississippi upon calves, are an accelerated pulse, diffi- 

 cult breathing, staggering, and extreme sensitiveness to 

 the touch. In fatal cases, death is preceded by spasms 

 and convulsions." (Chesnut). 



Melted lard is a most effective remedy, and relieves the 

 symptoms in so short a time that investigators have been 

 Treatment ^ ^ believe that its action is merely that of 

 an emollient, relieving the burning in the ali- 

 mentary canal. When this relief is obtained the nervous 

 symptoms cease at once. 



The plant is an erect branching perennial, somewhat 

 downy, and from two to six feet high. Each of its 

 The Plant numerous flower heads, an inch or more broad, 

 consists of a globular mass of yellow disc 

 florets, surrounded by a yo\v of fertile yellow rays. The 

 leaves are lanceolate, sessile, rather thick, and usually 

 toothed. 



WHITE SNAKEROOT Eupatorium urticaefolium Reichard. 



Other Common Names : White Sanicle, Indian Sanicle, 

 Squawweed, Richweed, White Top, Deerwort-boneset. 



