"HOG CHOLERA. 



PROM THE LATEST EXPERIMENTS AND INVESTIGATIONS. 



t THE VARIOUS FORMS ASSUMED. II. INVESTIGATIONS IN SWINE PLAGUE. 



III CONTAGIOUS, OR INFECTIOUS PRINCIPLE, ETC. IV. FROST AND THE 



VIRUS —-v. MEASURES OF PREVENTIVE. VI. THE DISEASE AS OBSERVED 



IN SWINE. VII. GLOSSARY OF PRECEDING SCIENTIFIC TERMS. VIII. CON- 

 CLUSION. 



In the body of this work the various contagious diseases of swine are 

 treated of. Malignant diarrhoea often carries away large numbers of 

 swine. It is sometimes called hog cholera. In a general way corn burned 

 nearly to a charcoal is a good corrective of diarrhoea. So is wood char- 

 coal, and also the slack of bituminous coal, or the soft coal itself. Fatal 

 diarrhoea is often the result of disorganization of the functions of the 

 liver, the flux not being the disease, but the result. To excite the liver 

 to action where this is suspected, for a hog weighing from a hundred to 

 a hundred and fifty pounds in ordinary stock condition, give 20 grains 

 powdered mandrake, or from 10 to 20 grains of calomel, and repeat if 

 necessary. This will excite the liver to action. 



In the first stages of diarrhoea, where the discharges are copious and 

 dark, give 1 to 2 drachms of bi-carbonate of soda dissolved in milk, or if 

 the hog will eat, incorporate it in a warm bran mash. The liver remedy 

 may also be given in the same way. 



In cases of cholera, if subsequent to the flux constipation ensues, it 

 may be met with doses of 1 ounce of castor oil and 1 drachm of turpen- 

 tine. Or give one-half ounce doses of sulphate of soda in one-half pint 



©f water. 



If there is difficult breathing and cough, give 1 to 2 grains of tartai 

 emetic and one-half drachm of saltpetre, two or three times a day, in 

 one-half pint of water, and rub the sides of the chest and throat with 

 turpentine. 



In giving these formulae the farmer must use his judgment. J^ollow 

 up the dos"es as may be required to produce the effect desired. These 

 remedies will also be indicated in cases of malignant hog cholera. 

 I. The Various Forms Assumed. 



When the later symptoms are pronounced, the disease will assume the 

 form of malignant epizootic catarrh, (see page 984), and the prescrip- 

 tions there given are to meet the symptoms as stated. 



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