g4 diseases op the hog. 



it may have been protruded for several days it can 

 be reduced and the animal recover. 



Treatment: Bathe the protruded part for ten 

 minutes with warm water to clean it, then bathe 

 for ten minutes more with a mixture of two drams 

 of acetate of lead, one ounce tincture of opium 

 and one pint of water, then turn the pig on its back 

 and push in the bowel, give two grains of opium to 

 relieve the straining. It may be necessary in some 

 cases to put in a stitch of catgut or silk thread 

 across the opening to keep it from slipping out. 

 The pig should have laxative food such as oatmeal 

 gruel and if constipated give a dose of castor oil, 

 this to be followed by from two to three drops of 

 the fluid extract of nux vomica three times a day in 

 the food. If it should be impossible to keep it in and 

 the parts become mortified, remove it with a knife 

 and if necessary stitch the bowel to the margin of 

 the anus with catgut or silk some cases of this 

 sort do well. 



PERITONITIS (INFLAMMATION OF THE PERITONEUH.) 



Peritonitis is an inflammation of the membrane 

 lining the cavity of the abdomen, also reflected 

 over the bowels. 



Cause: Chills, operations, especially after the 

 operation of castration, injuries such as kicks or 

 blows from horses and the result of difficult par- 

 turition. The disease is an ordinary result of 

 strangulation of the bowels. It is also caused by 

 foreign bodies penetrating through the walls of 

 the intestine 



