84 A MANUAL ON THE HOG. 



spoonful dissolved in flaxseed tea or water, to full grown 

 hogs. Too much attention cannot be given to warmth 

 and protection from a cold, damp atmosphere- 



If not properly sheltered, medical treatment will have 

 little effect in arresting the disease, since,- with the best 

 care, it too often proves fatal. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS, OR "RISING OF THE 



LIGHTS." 



Youatt says of this disease : " It .is one of the most pre- 

 valent, and too often the most fatal, of all the maladies 

 that infest the sty. It has been supposed by some persons 

 to be contagious, by others to be hereditary, but there 

 does not appear to be any actual foundation for either of 

 these opinions. By far the most probable supposition is, 

 that it arises from some atmospheric influences or agencies, 

 which create a tendency to pulmonary affections, and these, 

 acting upon a system heated and predisposed to disease by 

 the mode of feeding adopted in most piggeries, give a se- 

 rious and inflammatory character to that which would 

 otherwise be merely a simple attack of catarrh ; or it may 

 arise from some irritating influence in the tood itself, or 

 from damp, ill-ventilated styes. 



" Whatever be its cause, it generally runs through the 

 whole piggery when it does make its appearance. The 

 prominent indications of disease are loss of appetite, in- 

 cessant and distressing cough, and heaving at the flanks. 



"As soon as the first symptoms are perceived, the animal 

 should be bled ; the palate, perhaps, will be the best place 

 in this case to take blood from ; purgatives must then be 

 given, but cautiously : epsum salts and sulphur will be the 

 best, administered in a dose of from two to four drachms 

 of each, according to the size of the animal. To these 

 may succeed sedative medicines : digitalis, two grains ; 

 pulverized antimonials, six grains. Nitre, half drachm, forms 

 a very efficient and soothing medicament for moderate- 

 sized pigs, and will often produce very satisfactory effects. 



