Montana farmer-stockman. [volume], July 01, 1951, Page 32, Image 32

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Prompt action is called for when farm animals show
indications of eye infections. Sulmet Sulfamethazine
Tinted Emulsion Lederle, in the new plastic squeeze
bottle, helps to control bacterial invasion quickly in pink
eye (keratitis), an eye infection common in livestock.
Sulmet Sulfamethazine, the all-purpose sulfa, is
famous for its prompt and effective action against many
costly bacterial infections that formerly took serious toll
among farm animals. In emulsion form, Sulmet is easy
to administer, time-saving, and its color permits imme
diate identification of treated animals.
Used before infection is seriously established, one
treatment usually is sufficient. In severe infections, 2- or
3-day treatments may be necessary.
If there is any evidence of general infection or septi
cemia, such as increased temperature, Sulmet Sulfa
methazine Oblets*. or Powder should be given by
mouth or injections of Sulmet Sodium Sulfamethazine
Solution Injectable** given, in addition to local eye
treatments.
This product must be administered in accordance
with our package literature, preferably under the direc
tion of a veterinarian.
♦Reg. U. S. Pat. Off,
•♦Dispensed by, or on the prescription of, a veterinarian.
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LEDERLE LABORATORIES DIVISION
AMERICAN
COMPANY
30 Rockefeller Plazo
New York 20, N. Y.
New Drugs Perform Wonders
But Still Few Cure-alls
By DR. HOWARD WELCH
the practice of medicine, both human
and veterinary, turned the sharpest
corner in the history of either profes
sion.
IN THE LATE 30's and early 40's
The development of sulfanilamide,
followed in rapid succession by sul
fadiazine, and a dozen other drugs of
the sulfa group, revolutionized the
treatment of infectious diseases and
most of the conditions brought on by
bacterial invasion.
Again, in the early 40's the de
velopment of penicillin, the first of
the anti-biotics, made a tremendous
advance along the same line. Condi
tions hitherto considered hopeless
yielded to the sulfa drugs, or to
penicillin, aureomycin, streptomycin
and other antibiotics. Then combina
tions of two or more sulfonamides,
or of sulfa drugs with penicillin or
other antibiotics, in some diseases,
proved more effective than a single
drug, alone.
Later in the 40's, a new element
was introduced, the treatment by
hormones, the products of the glands
that regulate our internal machinery.
The field of usefulness of these two
hormones, called cortisone, and
A. C. T. H. is not completely estab
lished as yet, but these drugs have
a wide and spectacular range. Other
developments along these lines are
bound to follow.
Becoming Cure-Alls
All these curative agents were tre
mendously expensive at first, but as
they came into mass production, the
cost dropped sharply. The first cost
of penicillin was terrific, but now,
stockmen, and dairymen in particu
lar, use penicillin and sulfa drugs
liberally and for all imaginable ail
ments.
One result of this era of miracle
drugs has been to convince the pub
lic that anything is possible. We have
seen the impossible accomplished.
Certainly tuberculosis and cancer
and leukemia and a dozen other
hitherto incurable conditions can
also be cured if some smart labora
tory worker can just hit on the right
combination.
The public is completely gullible.
Any fast talker can sell almost any
thing in the medical line and there
are plenty of fast talkers. The pub
lie does not wait for indisputable
proof of the value of these prepara
tions. If they can afford the cost,
they will buy.
A weird merry-go-round has de
veloped as the result of this situa
tion. Penicillin is very valuable in
the treatment of mastitis in dairy
cows, and dairymen that own mas
titis-affected cows keep them full of
penicillin. Now penicillin prevents
the growth of most of the common
bacteria, and bacteria are necessary
in the process of cheese-making. As
a result, milk containing penicillin
will not make cheese, and the cream
ery people are turning handsprings
over this new angle of affairs. A
batch of milk loaded with penicillin
is a complete loss, as far as cheese is
concerned.
So now we have a new product for
the control of mastitis, inspired by
this situation, a mixture of various
minerals cobalt, manganese, etc., etc.,
the so-called trace minerals. This is
fed with the grain and is supposed
to cure mastitis and is being pushed
by cheese makers in order to get
away from this penicillin milk.
There isn't the slightest proof that
trace minerals will cure mastitis or
anything else. True, when one or
the other of these minerals is lack
ing in the forage, something is likely
to Rappen. Goiter occurs when iodine
is deficient, lack of cobalt causes
emaciation and anemia, etc.
known germ, a streptococcus, and
But mastitis is due to a well
these trace minerals have no effect,
good or bad, upon bacteria or bac
terial diseases. Furthermore, all
analyses and investigations have
failed to show that there is a lack
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of any of these minerals, except
iodine, in any part of Montana.
Another outfit is, selling a "trace
mineral"^ supplement to cure or pre
vent Bang's disease, and stockmen
are buying it, just putting off the
day when Bang's disease will have to
be eradicated by the regular meth
ods if the herds are to be maintained
on a profitable basis. No one seems
to ask for proof that these remedies
will do the work; the unsupported
word of the salesman seems to be
sufficient. No definite recommenda
tions are printed on the label, for the
manufacturing company has to make
good any printed claims of the value
of the product.
No Guarantees or Proof
public use until they have been tried
out from every angle, until endless
experiments have proved their value
Reliable drugs are not released for
and the manufacturer can guarantee
certain definite results. A new radio,
a new car, a new vacuum cleaner—
all have a guarantee of satisfactory
service. The salesman will be glacf
to demonstrate until the customer is
satisfied. These machines have been
tested and tried and remodeled and
worked over until they actually will
do what is claimed for them.
No such guarantee or proof is sup
plied with these mineral remedies,
We have orify the bare statements
made by the salesmen. We do not
say that a mixture of trace minerals
will not improve a mastitis case. We
do say that there is no earthly
son why trace minerals should have
any more effect on mastitis than
mixture of sawdust and carbolic acid
or any other unheard of mixture.
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Just because a half dozen truly
wonderful drugs have been de
veloped in the last decade, and there
are hopes that further developments
»will be made, there is no reason that
stockmen and dairymen should buy
\anything that is offered to them in
the line of alleged cure-alls.