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kidneys may cause irritation of the nerves of the spinal 

 column and result in paralysis. Yet, it is more often the 

 result of weakness and loss of nervous power of the hind 

 parts. 



Symptoms: Kegardless of the cause, the symptoms 

 in either case, for they cannot be distinguished, are 

 weakness of the back, wriggling of the hind parts, and 

 finally the hogs sit down on their haunches. After some 

 effort, they get up and run in a straight line quite fast, 

 but swing to one side for a while and then go over to 

 the other side, and finally get down so that they cannot 

 rise, but drag themselves about. The appetite is good 

 until a day or two before they die. 



Tkeatment: Place the hog in clean, comfortable 

 quarters, with plenty of fresh water to drink. Give sour 

 milk, fruit or vegetables, containing regulator and tonic 

 as prescribed on first page of this chapter. It contains 

 nerve stimulants and blood purifiers. If the hog is con- 

 stipated, add two to four ounces of Epsom Salts to its 

 feed. 



Treatment of all such cases requires perseverance, 

 recovery being slow and not always certain. 



PILES 



(Prolapse of tlie^Anus) 



Cause: Although the pig may look well, he has a 

 weakness of the circular fibres of the intestines, due to 

 irritating foods that either constipate or produce 

 diarrhoea. 



Symptoms : Very plain. A protrusion of the rectum 

 all the w^ay from two to four inches. The pig irritates 

 the protrusion by rubbing it against the sides of pens, 

 etc. ; it cracks, bleeds and in warm weather will become 

 fly-blown and maggots accumulate in large quantities. 



Treatment : In the first stages of this disease, wash 

 the protruded parts with an antiseptic solution of Car- 



