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Lot !N'o. 1 was treated with carbolic acid in the water for drinking, the 

 same as lots ISTos. 1 and 2 at i\Ir. Gilchrist's place, because it was thought 

 probable that the animals of lot No. 1 might pick up some disease-pro- 

 ducing germs either with their food or with their water for drinking, 

 which was exposed in an open trough after it had been pumped from the 

 well. Lot No. 2, composed, as mentioned, of seven sick pigs shut up in 

 a pen, was treated with hyposulphite of soda, a tea-spoonful three times 

 a day for every 150 pounds of live weight, in the water for drinking. 

 The first dose of that medicine was given in my presence in skimmed 

 milk, and was taken by five of the sick pigs. One of them, after it had 

 taken some, commenced to vomit, but soon went to the trough for more. 

 Two had no appetite and refused to take anything. 



The five dead pigs, the two examined included, were cremated in my 

 presence at the place where the autopsies had been made. One sick pig, 

 not under treatment, and apparently convalescent, was examined as to 

 temperature, and was found to be only 101^° F. 



Went again to Mr. Eice's place on October 18. The sick pig. left 

 alone in the pasture, wa« dead, and had been cremated; the seven Sick 

 pigs in their pen (lot No. 2) were still alive. A " dead-hog man,'-' chai 

 is, a man who travels with a vragon through the country to collect the 

 dead hogs fi'om the farmers for a rendering establishment, had called at 

 noon, and come into the house while the family was at the dinner-taOie. 

 The stench emanating from his person and his clothes caused the whole 

 family to vomit. No wonder, therefore, that such men are instr'tmental 

 in spreading the disease wherever they go. Mr, Eice had ordered him to 

 keep away from his premises. There is considerable suspicion in Hen- 

 derson County, and elsewhere, that these " dead-hog men " find it some- 

 times in their interest to infect healthy herds of swine, expecially such 

 as are nearly ready for the market, and therefore promise a rich harvest. 



Finding that all my arrangements had been faithfully carried out, I 

 left some more medicines (carbolic acid and hyposulphite of soda). 



Went again to Mr. Eice's place on October 21. Of the seven sick pigs 

 three had died, one had escaped while the gate was open, and three were 

 still in the pen and alive. Of these latter I found two very sick, and 

 about ready to die, while one was apparently improving, and convales- 

 cent. All the animals of lot No. 1 were doing well. My directions had 

 been complied with in every particular. 



Made another visit to Mr. Eice's place on October 27, and found that 

 all the diseased pigs of lot No. 2 (the seven shut up in the pen, and 

 treated with hyposulphite of soda) had died. The one that escaped 

 had been caught and again confined, while all others (lot No. 1) which 

 had been treated with carbolic acid in the water for drinking were doing 

 first rate. So it seems that in this case the hyposulphite of soda has 

 done no good as a curative remedy ; even the one pig which seemed to bo 

 convalescent or improving on October 21 had died. Afterward, on De- 

 cember 18, I made one more visit, and learned that no loss whatever had 

 occurred in lot No. 1, while in lot No. 2 every animal had died. 

 _ 4. The herd of Capt. Wm. ALorris, which, as has been mentioned, con- 

 sisted of about four hundred animals. When I made my first visit on 

 October 31, about forty or fifty animals were coughing, and exhibited 

 more or less symptoms of swine plague. Only one animal had died, 

 and as it had been dead but a few hours a post mortem examination was 

 made. Morbid changes: Externally notliing abnormal, except a little 

 redness between the fore legs. Internally : Enlargement of the lym- 

 phatic glands ; extensive hepatization and numerous small extravasa- 

 tions of blood in the lungs j considerable exudation in the not yet hepa- 



