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Of Difeafes in Hogs. i j 



heat of Blood in Hogs which dotli breed the Meafels. There will be 

 Kernels in the outward part of the Body, which will appear in his Throat, 

 and at the Roots of his Tongue, and you may firft know his Infedlon, if 

 he be hoarfe, or rattle in his voice when he cries, it is a certain fign j then 

 if you look into his Mouth, you may fee the Kernels under his Tongue ^ 

 thus you may know Meafly Hogs. Likewife to preferve them from the 

 Mealies, put Mens Urine amongft their Wafh, and it will keep them 

 from it. Soap water and Fifh water is naught for them, it will breed the 

 Meafles: Some fay, if you often ufe to put Muftard amongft the W/alh 

 they eat, it will in a Ihort time make them Meafly, 



Now it would be necefTary to give you fome Direftions to Cure your 

 Meafled Hogs, for take all the care you can to prevent it, fome may hap- 

 pen to be fo. hn approved Remedy to help them, is to (hut them up in 

 a Sty without any thing whatfoever, either Meat or Water, for the (pace 

 of three days and three nights. Then make a hole in the top of half a 

 dozen Apples, and take out the Cores, afterwards fill it up with Brimftone 

 heat to Powder, and cover the Brimltone with Pieces of Apples, and 16 

 throw them to your Meafly Hogs: Firft give him one or two, and fo the 

 reft, for being hungry he will eat them allj then after two or three hours 

 give him a little Meat, and no more until the next Mornings then the 

 next Morning ferve him as aforefaid with five or fix Apples as before is 

 dire£l:ed. Thus ferve him five or fix days, and he will be well again. Alfo 

 fome mix the Lees of Soap with fome ftrong Lee of a Buck, and give 

 that, and ufe them as the other before, and give him no Meat an hour or 

 two after 5 and they fay, this is a very good Remedy againft the aforefaid 

 Sicknels. 



CHAP. IIL THjat Herbs are good^ and what are bad for Hogs to eat. 



THE Roots of Daffodils are very good for to cleanfe the Lights of 

 Hogs. Knot-grafs is good for Hogs, and they love it marvellous 

 well; it binds the Belly, and caufes Urine ^ the Juice of it put into the 

 Ears, helps the pains in the Head : Thefe are the Herbs that are whole- 

 fome. 



Likewife many there be that are not wholefome.- The Herb called 

 GooleFoot, or the Camelion Thiftle will kill Hogs, if they eat of them. 

 If they eat of Henbane or Hemlock, which is fo cold in Operation, that 

 they are very nigh unto a cold Venom, and will make Hogs lie as if they 

 were dead for fome time^ to Cure them, warm the Juice of Cucumbers, 

 give it them to drink, tor it will make them Vomit, whereby they will 

 fo thoroughly cleanfe their Bodies, that in a ftiort time they will recover 

 their Health again. 



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