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animal be killed in the very first stag-e of the disease, however, the 

 atiection is only superficial, the flesh nothing the worse, but rather im- 

 proved in tenderness, and indeed, not to be distinguished from that of 

 a perfectly sound animal. The cause of this disease is want of clean- 

 liness, absence of fresh air, want of due attention to ventilation, and foul 

 feeding. The obvious cure therefore is — first, bleed ; clean out the sty 

 daily ; wash the affected animal thoroughly with soap and water, to 

 which soda or potash has been added ; supply him with a clean bed ; 

 keep him dry and comfortable ; let him have gentle exercise and plenty 

 of fresh air; limit the quantity of his food, and diminish its rankness ; 

 give bran with wash, in which you may add, for an average-sized hog, say 

 one of one hundred and sixty pounds' weight, a tablespoonful of the flour 

 of sulphur, with as much nitre as will cover a sixpence, daily. A few 

 grains of powdered antimony may also be given with eff"ect. 



Murrain. — Resembles leprosy in its symptoms, with the addition of 

 staggering, shortness of breath, discharge of viscid matter from the eyes 

 and the mouth. The treatment should consist of cleanliness, coolness, 

 bleeding, purging, and limitation of food. Cloves of garlic have been 

 recommended to be administered in cases of murram. Garlic is an 

 antiseptic, and as, in all these febrile diseases, there exists more or less a 

 degree of disposition to putrefaction, it is not improbable that it may be 

 found useful. 



Measles. — This is one of the most common diseases to which hogs are 

 liable. The symptoms are redness of the eyes, foulness of the skin, depres- 

 sion of spirits, decline, or total departure of the appetite, small pustules 

 about the throat, and red and purple eruptions on the skin. These last 

 are more plainly visible after death, when they impart a peculiar appear- 

 ance to the grain of the m.eat, with fading of its color, and distension of 

 the fiber so as to give an appearance similar to that which might be 

 produced by puncturing the flesh. 



Suffer the animal to fast, in the first instance, for twenty-four hours, 

 and then administer a warm drink, containing a drachm of carbonate of 

 soda and an ounce of bole Armenian ; wash the animal, cleanse the sty, 

 and change the bedding; give at every feeding, say thrice a day, thirty 

 grains of flour of sulphur, and ten of nitre. It is to dirt, combined with 

 a common fault too little -thought of, viz., giving the steamed food or 

 wash to the hogs at too high a temperature, that this disease is generally 

 to be attributed. It is a troublesome malady to eradicate, but usually 

 yields to treatment, and is rarely fatal. 



Jaundice. — Symptoms — yellowness of the white of the eye, a similar 

 hue extending to the lips, with sometimes, but not invariably, swelling 

 of the under part of the jaw. Bleed behind the ear, diminish the quan- 

 tity of food, and give a smart aperient every second day. Aloes are, 

 perhaps, the best, combined with colocynth : the dose will vary with 

 the size of the animal. 



Foul Skin. — A simple irritability or foulness of the skin will usually 

 yield to cleanliness and a washing with solution of chloride of lime, but 

 if it has been neglected for any length of time, it assumes a malignant 

 character, scabs and blotches, or red and fiery eruptions appear, and the 

 disease rapidly passes into manage. 

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