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DISEASES OF SWINE AND OTHER ANIMALS. -" Soe 
EXPERIMENT No. 6. 
Male white pig, eight weeks old ; no special breed; has been hitherto fed raw offal at a slaughters 
house. 
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Date. Hour. Taprnengtare | Remarks. 
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Sept. 30| 3p.m.....| 103° F. Has just come one mile in a wagon. 
Oct. Doh Siete ae | 103.25 
Ga Tas. 103. 5 
2/9.30am..-; 10L75 
a [2 -=-@0 .<-=- |} 1015 
5|4p.m..... 102. 25 
So plm. 2. =~ 100 
7) da. mses 103. 25 
8|12noon..-| 102.25 Inoculated with quill dippedin pulmonary exudation of a pig that 
an been sick for aweekor two. Infected quill sent from New 
ersey. 
9| llam....| 101.5 Rectum very red, and bleeds easily. 
10 | 5p.m..... 103. 75 
11 | 10a.m... 102 
12|4p.m..... 102. 5 
13 | 12noon...} 102 
14|4p.m..... | 104 
15 | 10am... 103 
ii VES oe 103 
te f2=--G0°2...-; 101. 75 
i) eee ae 103 
de |oS-.00' 2.5. 102 
Ais = 2-0o 2. =. 102.5 
Ci rt ee 03.5 
2A }.---G@ ....- 05 
i ee 103.5 
ae foce- G0)... 5: 104 Shows extensive blue patches on ears, flanks, and belly; alsoa 
pink oe, spots one to two lines in diameter. Appetite im- 
paired. 
24) 5p.m..... 105 
25 | 10am... 105. 25 
6p.m..... 105.75 
26 | 9a.m..... 105 Off feed, but active; ears partly purple; feces dark but moder- 
ately firm; struggles when the thermometer is used. 
26 | p.m6..... 104. 75 ; 
27 | 9a.m..-.. 105 Ears cold, livid in their outer half; pulse 120 per minute; breath- 
ing natural; is bright and feeds when up, but is inclined to lie, 
and shows much wealmess; has always resented handling, but 
to-day, when caught, threw itself on its side and lay to have its 
temperature taken. 
28|10am.-...| 103.5 Costive; dung in firm round balls, butof good color, and not spe- 
cially offensive ; runs around readily, but is weak; discoloration 
mainly on ears. : 
29/9.30am-..; 104.3 Still costive; ears cold and very blue. 
30 | 2p.m..-.-- 106 Weak on limbs; ears very dark purple; legs, tail, and rump badly 
blotched; bowels costive; dung in yellow balls. 
31 | 9a.m....- 103. 75 Skin extensively blotehed with dark purple; bowelscostive; weak 
on limbs, especially the hind. 
Nov. 1/]10a.m....); 103.75 Very weak; disinclined to move; sways on its hind limbs when 
up; bowels quite soft. 
a) Oa. MS 2s oe 99. 75 Very dull; weak; evidently sinking; pulse 132 per minute; grits 
its teeth continually when up ; breathing slow; nervous tremors 
and jerking constant. 
SG p: I. oo. 99. 5 Evidently delirious; screams when its door is opened, or when 
approached or touched; stands with difficulty, having its hind 
feet drawn forward to the level of the fore, or in front of them; 
muscular jerking constant, and prevents us from taking the 
pulse; no grinding of teeth; has not eaten since morning. 
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Gi lecocwacecees Found dead. 
Post-mortem examination, November 4.—Skin : Almost universally scarlet, passing to dark 
purple on ears, belly, and hocks. Inner sides of the fore-arms and thighs have the skin 
white, but blotched with indelible purple spots one-half to one line in breadth. Many 
of these spots have a dark red or purple areola, with a firm black central scab or 
slough, evidently resulting from extravasation into the cuticle and superficial layers 
of the true skin. A section made perpendicularly to the surface shows much redness 
from blocked branching blood-vessels, especially around the hair follicles, and numer- 
ous minute spots of blood extravasations. 
* The snout is of uniform dark red, but with deeper purple spots ineffaceable by 
ressure. 
P Margin of the arms deep purple, almost black. 
