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the appetite is usually impaired and there is con- 
siderable fever. This form of diarrhea is often 
mistaken for “hog cholera.” All forms of diar- 
rhea, if not attended to, will soon so reduce the 
pig that it may die. : 
Treatment: The treatment of this disease must 
vary according to the nature of the derangement. 
When the complaint simply depends uponincreased 
peristaltic action it yieldseasily to a dose composed 
of fifteen to twenty drops of tincture of opium and 
the same quantity of spirits of camphor in a little 
water, repeated in two hours if not relieved. The 
cause should also be removed if possible. If it is 
caused by change of food or too much food give 
from one to two ounces of castor oil and from one 
to five drops fluid extract of belladonna; after the 
physic operates if the diarrhea is not checked give 
a few doses of opium and camphor usually one 
dose of purgative medicine is enough, as harm is 
often done by purging too much. If the pig has 
been purged for some time before being treated it _ 
will not do to wait the action of the physic, but 
give a dose of astringent medicine as soon as pos- 
sible, such as tincture of catechu one dram, tinc- 
ture of opium twenty to twenty-five drops, give 
this in a little starch gruel and repeat in two hours 
if not checked. If it is caused by bile derangement 
give from two to four grains of calomel and twenty 
grains of rhubarb in a little gruel; follow this with 
sinall doses, such as one-sixth of a grain each of 
calomel, opium and ipecacuanha in a pill every 
two hours. After the physic has operated if the 
