1 82 THE farmer's VETERINARIAN 



made of 2 teaspoonfuls of cantharides and 4 table- 

 spoonfuls of lard. Allow the blister to remain for 

 an entire day, then wash off with soap and water 

 and apply lard or vaseline. Repeat in a couple of 

 weeks if necessary. If the lameness disappears, 

 give the horse rest for several weeks. 



HIPPED.— A fracture at the point of the hip. The 

 most common cause is striking the point of the hip 

 against a door post or pole. Sometimes a kick is 

 responsible. While recovery follows, as a rule, 

 from the very nature of the fracture, there is no 

 treatment that will remedy the broken point. After 

 the soreness has passed no inconvenience results; 

 only a blemish is observed. 



HOG CHOLERA.— The term, hog cholera has 

 become quite ambiguous, partly on account of new 

 discoveries concerning the cause of the disease and 

 partly on account of what have been supposed to 

 be two different but curiously related diseases 

 being generally included under this general term. 

 Until within a year or two we have supposed that 

 there were two infectious diseases of hogs recog- 

 nized under the general terms of hog cholera and 

 swine plague. It now seems probable that we will 

 be able to do away with the term swine plague 

 entirely. 



The disease considered here answers to tne fol- 

 lowing requirements: (a) Infectious by associa- 

 tion or other natural exposure; (b) the animal 

 before death and the carcass after death show cer- 

 tain accepted symptoms which are clearly recog- 

 nized as pertaining to cholera; (c) the blood is 

 virulent and capable of reproducing the disease on 

 inoculation into susceptible hogs; (d) attack and 

 recovery confer immunity. It is to be understood 

 that we might easily have diseases among swine 



