iP ; '." T//£ FARM DOCTOR. 



V- Treatment ought not to be permissible, unless in a constantly 

 disinfected atmosphere. Feed, well-boiled gruel of barley or 

 'rye"> of in case these raise the Jever, corn-starch rnade with 

 boiling water ; give to drink fresh cool water, slightly acidulated 

 with sulphuric acid. For the early constipation give a mild 

 laxative (castor oil, rhubarb), and injections of warm water, 

 following up with fever medicine (nitrate of potassa and bisul- 

 pliite of soda). If the patient survives the first few days and 

 shows signs of ulceration of the bowels (bloody dung, tender 

 belly), give oil of turpentine fifteen to twenty drops night and 

 morhing. Follow up with tonics, and careful soft feeding. 



Prevention. — Kill and bury the diseased; thoroughly disinfect 

 all they have come in contact with ; watch the survivors for the 

 first sign of illness, test all suspicious subjects with the ther- 

 mometer in the rectum, and separate from the herd if it shows 

 more than 103° F., destroying as soon as distinct signs of the 

 disease are shown. Feed on vegetable or animal charcoal, 

 bisu4phite of soda, carbolic acid, or sulphate of iron to the" 

 healthy, and avoid all suspected food, places, or even watej 

 Which has run near a diseased herd. Allnewly purchased pigs' 

 should be placed at a safe distance in quarantine under separate* 

 attendants until their health has been proved. 



- TEXAN FEVER. •. ' ^ ->'■--■' 



• A specific fever, rising in the low, malarious grounds' of- thfe 

 States bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, and communicable to 

 Uie cattle of the elevated lands of the same and other States fif 

 a more fatal form. It is characterized by enlarged spleen^ 

 profound changes in the blood, escape of the blood elements' 

 into the substance of the various tissues and with the urine," 

 causing bloody discharges from the kidneys, yellowness of the_ 

 fiiucous membi-anes and fat, great prostration and debility.-''' '"=' 

 '''■Syviptoms. — ^There seems to be an incubation of four' or five 

 weeks, ending in elevated temperature (103° to 107') ana' 



