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bolic Acid, one teaspoonful to a pint of water. Give 

 rectal injections of Soap and Warm Water or Sweet 

 Oil, give about two ounces of Castor Oil internally and 

 feed soft, sloppy food. In chronic cases of long stand- 

 ing, remove the exposed portion of the intestine after 

 washing nicely with the antiseptic solution. Eemove 

 the protrusion with a sharp knife and stitch the cut end 

 of intestine edges to the anus. Feed easily digested food, 

 such as wheat bran, mixed with flaxseed meal on which 

 boiling hot water has been poured, cooling before feed- 

 ing. Also give regulator and tonic as prescribed on first 

 page of this chapter. 



PIN WORMS 



Cause: Hogs consume the eggs that encapsule well 

 matured embryonic worms with their food or drinking- 

 water. These worms multiply very rapidly in the small 

 intestines and are from one-half to one inch in length. 



Symptoms: No signs are noticed unless the worms 

 are very abundant, as they are small and difficult to see 

 with the naked eye. The principal point of attack is in 

 the back part of the. small intestines, where considerable 

 inflammation is set up, especially when there are other 

 worms, such as the Eoundworm, present. 



Treatment: Is of little value, as the worms in the 

 intestines are very difficult to get at, but as their pres- 

 ence causes very little disturbance, it is hardly worth 

 while treating; however, preventive measures should be 

 applied by disinfecting, burning manure and bedding. 



The following has proven a very effective treatment 

 for Pinworms: Powdered Quassia, one pound; Sul- 

 phur, two pounds ; Glauber Salts, one pound ; Powdered 

 Tobacco, one-half pound; Sulphide of Antimony, one 

 pound; Hyposulphite of Soda, two pounds; Beechwood 

 Charcoal, one pound; Common Salt, two pounds. 



The above must be well powdered and thoroughly 

 mixed. Give one heaping teaspoonful to every one hun- 



