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regular, but more frequently irregular; the pulse 

 partakes of the same qualities. The pig is seen to 

 stand and its body is jerked forwards and back- 

 wards every second or so. In some cases it is very 

 slight and in others very violent; the sound is loud 

 and can be heard at some distance. It sounds as if 

 some one was striking the pig on the inside, caus- 

 ing the whole body to shake. I have caught the hog 

 so affected to try and find out whether it was the 

 heart or the diaphragm that was affected, but the 

 animal struggled so that an examination could not 

 be satisfactorily made; but I have no doubt but 

 that in a number of cases both the heart and dia- 

 phragm are implicated in the affection. It is not of 

 much importance, as the treatment would be the 

 same in both cases. 



Effects: If this disease is not soon checked in- 

 jurious effects are sure to result from the irregular 

 supply of blood consequent on this affection. After 

 death there is usually found considerable effusion 

 of frothy blood around the heart and between the 

 lungs and diaphragm, and the other tissues and 

 organs of the body are changed in appearance; 

 they are soft and flabby, with more or less con- 

 gestion, especially is this the case on the surface 

 of the lungs. 



Treatment: I have found a very successful 

 treatment for this disease. In the early stages give 

 one to two ounces of epsom salts or one to two 

 ounces of castor oil; follow this by giving from fif- 

 teen to twenty drops each of tincture of opium and 

 digitalis every two hours until the animal is re- 



