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disease is pretty far advanced, the ukin be- 

 comes quite scaly. The flesli of a leprous pig is 

 Baid to possess extremely deleterious qualities, 

 aud to bo wliolly unfit for human food. In 

 the fust stage of the disease, a little blood 

 should be taken Irom the animal by cutting 

 the ear aud tail ; then boil a handful of nettles 

 in a gallon of small beer, and add half a pound 

 of Hour of sulphur, a quarter of a pound of pul- 

 verised aniseeds, three ounces of liquorice, 

 and a quarter of a pound of elecampane. 

 This liquid should bo given in milk in six 

 doses, and the diseased animal kept on whole- 

 some food. To remove the scurf, the pig should 

 be washed with soap and warm water. Mr. 

 Kichardson recommends the following mode 

 of treatment : — " The cause of this disease is 

 want of cleanliness, absence of fresh air, want 

 of due attention to ventilation, and foul feed- 

 ing. The obvious cure, therefore, is — first, 

 bleed ; clean out the sty daily ; wash the af- 

 fected 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, aud diminish its rankness ; give bran 

 with wash, in which you may add, for an 

 average-sized hog, say one of 20 stone (8 lbs. to 

 the stone), or IGO lbs. 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 

 effect. The animal, if in the summer, should 

 be kept in the shade, and placed in a house 

 facing the north, where he may have free access 

 of air of the coolest kind." 



LETHARGY. 

 The symptoms of this disease exhibit them- 

 eelves by the animal apparently labouring 

 under depression, with the head drooping, 

 the eyes occasionally red, a general torpor, 

 and a great desire to sleep characterising 



this, reduce the quantity of food usuaMy 

 allowed, and mix with each morning's miul a 

 little sulphur and nitre. 



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!!\rercurial ointment, tobacco-water, and tur- 

 pentine, are the most effectual remedies for 

 vermin, which are engendered by inattention 

 to cleanliness, and often become exceedingly 

 iroublesomo and annoying. Every animal 

 affected with vermin should immediately bo 

 separated from its herd, to prevent the affec- 

 tion extending. Mr. Parkinson says, " the 

 cause of vermin infecting animals, clearly 

 arises, in a general way, from bad feeding, 

 which occasions weakness of the blood ; for," 

 he adds, " if an animal be ever so lousy, by 

 giving him strong food for a few days, the 

 vermin will disappear, probably because the 

 rich blood is poison to them." He considers 

 that a free access to water for bathing, also 

 occasional exposure to heavy rain, is not only 

 necessary to the general hcaUh of swine, but 

 a most excellent preventive of vermin. 



MANGE. 



Mange is, by some, supposed to be caused by 

 the presence of a minute insect, called acarus 

 scabiei, or "mange-fly," burrowing beneath 

 the cuticle, and, in its progress through the 

 skin, causing much irritation and annoyance. 

 Others, again, ascribe it to a diseased state of 

 the blood, which eventually conveys its morbid 

 influences to the superficial tissues. But what- 

 ever may be the cause, the si/mptotns of the 

 disease are sufiicieutly well known. These 

 consist of blotches, scabs, and sometimes mul- 

 titudes of minute pustules, on different parts 

 of the body. 



In treating for this disease, it is recom* 

 mended, by Mr. Eichardson, that the animal 

 should fast for five or six hours ; after whichi 

 to a pig of average size, give Epsom salts, 

 2 oz., in a warm bran wash. This quantity is, 



the whole appearance. It is caused by the ! of course, to be increased or diminished as the 

 want of cleanliness, improper food, and bad size may require it; but would suffice for a 



air. In treating for it, the animal should be 

 bled as copiously as possible at the back of both 

 the ears, or at the tail. Besides this, admin- 

 ister an emetic, consisting of a decoction of 

 chrometic flowers, or a dose of emetic in ac- 

 cordance with the size of the patient. After 



pig of from 15 to 20 stone (8 lbs. to the stone). 

 It should be previously mixed with a pint of 

 warm water, to which should be added about 

 half a gallon of the warm bran wash. It will 

 act as a gentle purgative, and be found highly 

 beneficial. 



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