DISEASES OF THE HOG. 53 
in it three or four times a day. There are a num- 
ber of other remedies which can be tried, but those 
given above are among the best. Injections are 
sometimes serviceable. Tincture of opium one 
teaspooonful, acetate of lead twenty grains, mixed 
in a little starch gruel and repeated every three 
hours is of service. Give the pig starchy food, 
milk and eggs. There is occasionally a chronic 
form of this disease, but the treatment will be the 
same as second stage of the acute form, 
DIARRHEA. 
When an animal is affected with a discharge of 
liquid feces it is called diarrhea or.scours. This 
affection is rather a consequence of certain patho- 
logical conditions than itself a disease. The con- 
ditions which cause this derangement are various 
and at times even opposite; a simple increase of 
the peristaltic action may produce it without any 
other cause. It is often the result of a great ex- 
citability of the intestines, causing a much strong- 
er impression than they are accustomed to in 
health, or from an increase in the amount, espe- 
cially if it is of a stimulating character, or the in- 
troduction of irritant food or food that undergoes 
fermentation rapidly. It is often the result of 
some effete material in the blood or from increased 
secretion from the liver or pancreas; these sub- 
stances often cause irritation sufficient to cause 
diarrhea, Debility of the mucous membrane may 
allow the elimination of fluids into the bowel, and 
