88 A MANUAL ON THE HOG. 



and the skin of the throat, chest, and belly (which latter is 

 hard and tucked up) is tinged with black. 



" The remedies are copious blood letting, gentle purga- 

 tives, as Epsom or Glauber salts, followed up by cooling 

 medicines. Cold lotions of vinegar and water, to bathe 

 the parts in the neighborhood of the spleen, or a cold 

 shower-bath, applied by means of a watering-pot, are also 

 efficacious in these cases." 



PERITONITIS. 



This consists of inflammation of the muscular coat of the 

 intestines, the whole of these parts being thickened and 

 corrugated. 



" The symptoms of this disease closely resemble those 

 of splenitis, and the causes, too, are very similar, being 

 chiefly improper food, repletion, or exposure to extremes 

 of temperature. Oleaginous purgatives are here the only 

 ones which are admissible ; great attention must also be 

 paid to the diet, and nothing of an acrid or indigestible na- 

 ture given to the animal." 



Castor oil and spirits of turpentine, one ounce of the 

 former and half a tablespoonful of the latter, for a grown 

 hog, is perhaps the best purgative. After the bowels are 

 moved, from two to four grains of opium, or a teaspoonful 

 of laudanum, may be administered to relieve pain and in- 

 duce quiet, which is important. The opium or laudanum 

 may be administered in flaxseed tea, in which a little salt- 

 petre has been dissolved. Saltpetre, however, should not 

 be administered to pregnant sows. 



WORMS IN THE INTESTINES. 



Hogs infested with worms usually possess a voracious 

 appetite, and yet continue lean and present an unhealthy 

 appearance. It is generally accompanied by a cough, rest- 

 lessness, and an irritable disposition. Under the influence 

 of the morbid appetite, they are disposed to destroy fowls. 

 The excrement is hard and highly colored, and often some 



