DISEASES OP THE HOG. 45 



rliage may take place in the stomach and pass off 

 by way of the bowels, which often happens when 

 the quantity is too small to induce vomiting, the 

 feces in this case are usually black. When w^e 

 suspect hemorrhage the mouth and nostrils should 

 be examined to find their condition. There is no 

 difficulty in discriminating between hematemesis 

 and hemoptysis (bleeding from the lungs). In the 

 former, the blood is usuall}^ dark in color and co- 

 agulated and mixed with the contents of the stom- 

 ach and is discharged by vomiting. In the latter, 

 it is bright red and frothy, never coagulated, fre- 

 quently mixed with mucus, and brought up by 

 coughing. Death is not the usual result, although 

 the disease may be speedily fatal. In one case 

 w^here a pig was kicked by a horse, causing hemat- 

 emesis, the pig died in a short time. I made a 

 post mortem and found the stomach distended 

 with blood. In this case the animal did not vomit. 

 So it may be that many cases may take place and 

 kill the animal and the cause of death not be 

 known. 



Treatment: Acetate of lead from one to two 

 grains and opium one to two grains, given at a 

 dose and repeated every two hours, is a most effi- 

 cient internal remedy. If this should be rejected 

 give lime water and milk to quiet the stomach, 

 then give fifteen drops oil of turpentine and from 

 fifteen to twenty-five drops tincture of opium, re- 

 peat every two hours; if this should be rejected 

 give a teaspoonful of tincture of opium in a little 

 gruel as an injection. The fluid extract of ergot 



