SWINlj, 



AJ<T1D TEIEilS DISBiLSEG. 



Chapter XXXI, 



Diseases of Swine Largely Due to Improper Food and Management — Admin- 

 istering Medicines to Hogs — ACharbqn, Anthrax, or Hog Cholera — Nature 

 of Anthrax Diseases — Gangrenous Erysdtelas — Malignant or Gangrenous 

 Angina— Apoplectic Anthrax — Preventive Measures. 



THE farmers 

 ofthis cbun 

 try have so 

 great an interest 

 in hogs, that we 

 have, at consid- 

 erable trouble 

 and large ex- 

 pense, not only 

 obtained careful 

 and correct il- 

 lustrations of the 

 best and most se- 

 lect varieties of 

 breeds, but pre- 

 pared the* most 

 approved and re- 

 liable methods of 



treatment of diseases of swine. To effect this object, the text has 

 been compiled with the utmost care and thoroughness, and also 

 been submitted to the criticism of several of our most eminent vet- 

 erinary surgeons, for their revision and criticism. Hence, this part 

 will be found particularly valuable for the many useful and excel-' 



Fig. 1249.— Head of Wild Boar. 



