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the appetite is usually impaired and there is con- 

 siderable fever. This form of diarrhea is often 

 mistaken for "hog cholera." All forms of diar- 

 rhea, if not attended to, will soon so reduce the 

 pig that it may die. 



Treatment: The treatment of this disease must 

 vary according tathe nature of the derangement. 

 When the complaint simply depends upon increased 

 peristaltic action it yields easily to a dose composed 

 of fifteen to twenty drops of tincture of opium and 

 the same quantity of spirits of camphor in a little 

 water, repeated in two hours if not relieved. The 

 cause should also be removed if possible. If it is 

 caused by change of food or too much food give 

 from one to two ounces of castor oil and from *6ne 

 to five drops fluid extract of belladonna; after the 

 physic operates if the diarrhea is not checked give 

 a few doses of opium and camphor usually one 

 dose of purgative medicine is enough, as harm is 

 often done by purging too much. If the pig has 

 been purged for some time before being treated it 

 will not do to wait the action of the physic, but 

 give a dose of astringent medicine as soon as pos- 

 sible, such as tincture of catechu one dram, tinc- 

 ture of opium twenty to twenty-five drops, give 

 this in a little starch gruel and repeat in two hours 

 if not checked. If it is caused by bile derangement 

 give from two to four grains of calomel and twenty 

 grains of rhubarb in a little gruel; follow this with 

 small doses, such as one-sixth of a grain each of 

 calomel, opium and ipecacuanha in a pill every 

 two hours. After the physic has operated if the 



