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in it three or four times a day. There are a num- 

 ber of other remedies which can be tried, but those 

 given above are among the best. Injections are 

 sometimes serviceable. Tincture of opium one 

 teaspooonful, acetate of lead twenty grains, mixed 

 in a little starch gruel and repeated every three 

 hours is of service. Give the pig starchy food, 

 milk and eggs. There is occasionally a chronic 

 form of this disease, but the treatment will be the 

 same as second stage of the acute form. 



DIARRHEA. 



When an animal is affected with a discharge of 

 liquid feces it is called diarrhea or, scours. This 

 affection is rather a consequence of certain patho- 

 logical conditions than itself a disease. The con- 

 ditions which cause this derangement are various 

 and at times even opposite; a simple increase of 

 the peristaltic action may produce it without any 

 other cause. It is often the result of a great ex- 

 citability of the intestines, causing a much strong- 

 er impression than they are accustomed to in 

 health, or from an increase in the amount, espe- 

 cially if it is of a stimulating character, or the in- 

 troduction of irritant food or food that undergoes 

 fermentation rapidly. It is often the result of 

 some effete material in the blood or from increased 

 secretion from the liver or pancreas; these sub- 

 stances often cause irritation sufficient to cause 

 diarrhea. Debility of the mucous membrane may 

 allow the elimination of fluids into the bowel, and 



