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it is to be of any benefit. The wound which is the seat of entrance 

 of the germs must be thoroughly opened up and allowed to drain. 

 It should then be irrigated out with a 4 per cent, solution of some 

 of the coal-tar disinfectants, or with a 1 : 2000 bichlorid of mercury 

 solution. Another good method is to saturate the inside of the 

 wound with tincture of iodin. 



As soon as signs of infection are noted the hog should be placed 

 in a separate pen, fed with light foods, given plenty of water, and 

 kept warm. Internally the best agents for use are echinacea, which 

 should be given in half-teaspoonful or teaspoonful doses of a good 

 fluidextract, or the specific medicine, whisky, quinin, and strychnin. 

 Quinin and whisky are especially effective, and when given in 

 combination with echinacea constitute about all that is necessary 

 in the treatment of this condition. After the animal has recovered 

 it is wise to keep up a bitter tonic condition powder for several 

 weeks for the purpose of improving the general condition. 



Blood-poisoning is, however, a very serious condition, and in 

 spite of the best of management many of the cases die. The 

 proper time to treat blood-poisoning is before it occurs. Prevent 

 the disease by proper treatment of wounds. This is the way to 

 prevent losses from this source. 



Open Abscesses. — In cases of pyemia, where multiple abscesses 

 form beneath the skin, they should be opened, drained, and kept 

 open until all pus formation has been checked and the abscess 

 cavity heals from beneath. In this form of blood-poisoning the 

 internal administration of quinin, whisky, echinacea, and strych- 

 nin is equally good treatment as in the preceding form. 



Meat Inspection Judgment. — Carcasses of animals suffering 

 from any of the forms of blood-poisoning are dangerous for use as 

 food by human beings. The eating of this meat would not in itself 

 produce blood-poisoning, but the germs contained in the meat 

 do cause severe inflammation of the stomach and bowels, and might 

 produce even a fatal diarrhea. 



JOINT AND NAVEL ILL (INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS) 

 This is a condition which results from the introduction of 

 germs into the body through the infection of the navel in the first 

 few days of life. These germs locaHze in the large joints, where 



