Chapter XXXII. 



ANTHEAX AN13, OHOLEBA. 



So-Called "Hog-Cholera" — What the Term Includes — Contagious Pleubo 

 Enteritis— The Erysipelatous Form — Malignant Sore Throat — Various 

 Remedies — Attributed to Contagion— Judicious Rules for Treatment. 



SO-CAIXFD CHOLER1. 



FOR many years the State of Illinois has suffered an annual loss 

 oif four or five millions of dollars worth of hogs by the so- 

 called " Hog-Cholera." In 1877 the loss in that one State 

 alone from "cholera" amounted to eight millions of dollars, while 

 the total loss in the United States in that year was estimated to be 

 fully , fifty millions of dollars. Many forms of malignant diseases 

 among hogs are popularly designated cholera, and the use of this ill- 

 chosen term has led to a wide misunderstanding of the nature of 

 these diseases, and to many mistakes in treatment, as well as in 

 the use of measures of prevention. The malignant character of 

 these kindred forms of disease, and the heavy loss occasioned by 

 their wide-spread ravages, make a knowledge, of the best preventive 

 measures and methods of treatment a matter of unusual importance 

 to the farmer and breeder. We present the result of an extensive 

 and careful collation of the views of all the best authorities in the 

 country, both veterinary physicians and breeders, with the latest 

 methods of diagnosis and treatment. ■ The x preventive measures 

 given are practical, and have again and again proved successful, and 

 the methods of treatment prescribed will effedt a cure, if used In 

 season. 



A large class of kindred diseases of a very malignant, conta- 

 gious, and fatal nature have been described as " Cholera." In a re- 

 port to the United States Government, Prof. Law, of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, enumerates no less than fifteen different diseases, which he 

 ■finds to be included under this term. These diseases are all due, to 

 similar causes, and are characterized by similar morbid conditions 

 and malignancy, while they differ materially in the symptoms they 

 present and in the treatment demanded. 



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