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What to do.— Bdll and bury deeply all infected animals, unless they 



can be treated in a place where the atmosphere is constantly disinfected. 

 Disinfect, also, all animals that may be near. Separate all animals in 

 which the clinical thermometer, inserted into the rectum, shows a tem- 

 perature of 100 "^ F. or more. Give them charcoal, bi-sulphate of soda, 20 

 grains at a dose, mixed with the same quantity of nitrate of pot-assa ; give 

 also sulphate of iron (copperas), or the following: 



No. 8. 2 Pounds flowers of sulphur, 



2 Pounds sulphate of iron, 

 J^ Pound nitrate of potash, 

 14 Pound black antimony. 



This mixed in twelve gallons of slop will be enough for 100 hogs ; or 

 give each hog 1 pint at a dose, repeating every day. 



Be sure the water used has not run through the premises of a diseased 

 herd ; use only pure well water, and be sure, also, that the food has not 

 been contaminated ; and if you have lately bought strange hogs, isolate 

 them in a safe quarantine until assured they are all right. 



Treatment of the sick. — Give cool pure well water, just acidulated with 

 sulphuric acid, to drink. If there is constipation, give a mild dose of 

 castor oil, say two ounces, and also give injections of warm water to 

 assist the operation. Then give the following dose, repeat-ed two or three 

 times a day. 



N'o. 9. 20 Grains nitrate of potassa. 



20 Grains bi-sulphate of soda. 



Mix ID a pint of gruel, and ^ve as one dose. 



If the belly becomes tender, and bloody dung is passed, showing ulcer- 

 ation of the bowels, give tifteen or twenty drops of oil of turpentine, in a 

 little gruel, night and morning. When the worst cases show signs of 

 improving, give tonics, say 5-grain doses of quinine twice a day; or 

 4 drachm doses of sulphate of iron (copperas). This with nourishing, 

 soft food, such as boiled or scalded oats ai.d bran in eqiuil parts, no corn, 

 good nursing, and a most thorough disinfection (see Article VII), may 

 bring them out. 



IV, Contagious Pneumo-Enteritis. 



This is a form of so-called "hog cholera," or purples. It is a conta- 

 gious inflammation of the lungs and bowels with red or purple blotches 

 on the skin, according to the relative form of the disease. 



Causes. — Bad water, and malaria from filthy pens or swampy grounds, 

 are prolific causes in hot or warm, wet seasons. A minute organism 

 (bacillus) is found in the serous fluids and tissues of the body. 



How to know it. — Charbon or malignant anthrax, also called hog 

 cholera by those who want a better name, is sometimes confounded with 



