272 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



comfortably yourself; give pure water, and generally 

 warm food, and occasionally green food, such as raw 

 roots, cabbage leaves, raw apples, &c. 



At all seasons, when hogs are confined, give, in addi- 

 tion to the above, pure earth, charcoal, and occasionally 

 rotten wood, for an absorbent. Give a suitable quan- 

 tity of salt, and now and then a small dose of sulphur 

 and antimony, and a little tar, and let them have access 

 to alkalies, such as wood ashes and lime. If not sup- 

 plied with condiments here named, urine, given occa- 

 sionally, in swill, will be beneficial. And though we 

 name it last, it should be first, as it is the most important, 

 — keep the issues ope?i. 



Issues. Hogs have no insensible perspiration of the 

 whole body, like the horse, ox, and many animals. But 

 they have issues on the inside of their fore legs, just 

 below the knee, which are porous, like the top of a pep- 

 per-box. These serve to drain off the superabundant 

 fluids and humors of the body. Sometimes, from their 

 being much in the mud and filth, or from a diseased 

 state of the system, the pores in these issues become 

 obstructed, and the animals fail, appearing as though 

 they were foundered. 



Remedy. Take a cob, or other rough substance, and 

 with soap suds, rub open and wash the issues. 



Swellings. To scatter swellings, take two quarts of 

 whiskey, or other proof spirits ; warm it over coals ; but 

 not to blaze, and dissolve in it a pint of soft soap. When 

 cool, put it into a bottle, and add one ounce of cam- 

 phor. [See Poultices, Liniments, &c] 



Ruptures. In this case, a hole is broken in the rim of 

 the bell^, where a part of the guts come out, and lodge 

 between the belly and the skin, giving an appearance 

 similiar to a swelling in the testicles. Male pigs are 

 most liable to this disorder. 



Geld the pig thus affected, if it has not been done, and 

 cause him to be held up, with the head downward ; flay 

 back the skin from the swelled place, and from the situ- 

 ation of the pig, the guts will return to their place. Sew 

 np the place with a needle, which should be crooked, to 

 «rork between the hind legs. Then replace the skin am* 



