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J. C. MEYER, SR. 
Illinois, sends us the following clipping from a local paper, con¬ 
cerning a charlatan calling himself a veterinary surgeon, who 
committed probably the most dastardly and diabolical act of 
cruelty to inoffensive animals which has ever been recorded. The 
monster has, however, met with proper and well-deserved retribu¬ 
tion—if that be possible on earth—for his undescribable depravity. 
Taylorville, III., Dec. 11.—On November 3d the Democrats had a big 
rally in this city. That night fifty or sixty horses were doctored with a syringe 
with some kind of acid and several fine horses killed. The horse insurance com¬ 
panies immediately put a detective at work and Dr. Charles H. Henderson, of 
this city, a veterinary surgeon, and his brother were put under arrest. The grand 
jury returned twenty-eight indictments against them, and this morning the pris¬ 
oners were brought into court. The doctor made a confession, assuming the full 
burden of the crime and exonerating his brother. Judge Fouk at once sentenced 
the prisoner to twenty-eight years in the penitentiary. The sentence was received 
with approbation. The past history of the doctor is decidedly bad. He had 
been in the habit for years, whenever hard up, of injecting acid into horses for 
the sake of a consequent call for his services. This was the motive prompting 
the crime of November 3d. He was hurried to Chester to escape a mob. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
MAD ITCH (common name) ENZOOTIC MENINGITIS (new name). 
A paper read before the United States Veterinary Medical Association, by 
J. C. Meyer, Sr., V.S. 
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The essay with the above title in the June number, 1888, of 
the Review, recalled to mind an enzootic disease witnessed in 
November, 1869, among a herd of oxen kept in a distillery for 
fattening purpose. 
Had I at that time any idea of ever having the honor of re¬ 
porting cases to a body of educated and scientifically trained vet¬ 
erinarians, I should have been more precise in jotting down my 
observations. Still, incomplete as it is, I trust it will not be out 
of place to give a brief account of this enzooty. 
Symptoms: Disinclination to all food except hay, which was 
eaten without relish; a moderate desire for water; rumination 
suspended; scanty evacuation of semi-fluid faeces; urine clear and 
of the usual quantity; peristaltic action sluggish. 
