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is very prevalent out there. In fact they are so prevalent that 
nearly every time before grooming the horse they look after the 
ticks first and remove them. 
Dr. Walker: I cannot agree with Dr. Allen that ears with 
paralysis are sound, though I have seen many lop-eared horses 
that I consider sound. I remember one that I saw some two 
years ago. He was taken into a blacksmith shop and he w^as 
somewhat ugly to shoe. They put a twitch on him, but it 
slipped off. The blacksmith then hit him with it and he had 
paralysis of the ear. I saw him several hours later and pro¬ 
nounced him to be an unsound horse. There are several breeds 
of horses lop eared, for instance, the mule or the jack, but I 
think when it comes down to a horse with paralysis of the ear 
I consider him an unsound animal. 
Dr. Campbell: Mr. President: This Meniere’s disease I 
never heard of until Dr. Clancy gave me the list, and I would 
like to ask Dr. Allen if there is much of it. 
Dr. Allen: I think that nine out of every ten cases of stag¬ 
gers are Meniere’s disease. You will find it mentioned in two 
or three books on the human being. When I had this horse 
some two years ago there was quite a discussion in England 
over this disease. Dr. Fleming read a paper on it before the 
Central Veterinary Medical Association in 1885. He says he 
never made a post-mortem examination. None of the gentle¬ 
men present had ever done so. 
Dr. Robertson : Mr. Chairman : I am inclined to favor Dr. 
Allen’s philosophy on this disease, especially in regard to these 
so-called cases of staggers. In all cases that I have run across I 
find it to differ from staggers. I have seen different digestive 
troubles, such as partial loss of sight, also pressing the head against 
the wall, etc., following indigestion or some trouble of that kind, 
but I have never seen this peculiar shaking of the head that 
would indicate an ear trouble. Horses that I have known that 
were attacked in this way have been always properly taken care 
of and their previous history was all right. Their digestion 
was good. I don’t see how we get this peculiar shaking of the 
head, unless from ear trouble. I think the doctor’s philosophy 
is correct, and it would be well to investigate future similar cases. 
Dr. Allen : In one of my cases, the only treatment of any 
effect was hypodermic injections of pilocarpine, and this helped 
only temporarily. I tried bleeding, physicked him—in fact 
tried everything, without any effect. Hot or cold weather made 
no difference. 
