SUNFLOWER FAMILY. 85, 
The flavour is bitter, and animals usually leave it 
alone. Chesnut states, however, that it often poisons 
Conditions ana cattle, horses and sheep that have been 
Symptoms of ately 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 
led to 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 
numerous flower heads, an inch or more broad, 
consists of a globular mass of yellow disc 
florets, surrounded by a row of fertile yellow rays. The 
leaves are lanceolate, sessile, rather thick, and usually 
toothed. 
Treatment 
The Plant 
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WHITE SNAKEROOT—Eupatorium urticaefolium Reichard. 
Other Common Names: White Sanicle, Indian Sanicle, 
Squawweed, Richweed, White Top, Deerwort-boneset. 
