62 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 
removed if possible; if this cannot be done the 
animal should be destroyed. If it is from thicken- 
ing of the coats, and not too far up, the bowel 
should be dilated and the enlarged part rubbed 
with a strong tincture of iodine twice a week. If 
it should be a tumor either hard (scirrhus), 
soft, or polypus, it will have to be removed by~ 
the knife or ligature. It is a dangerous operation, 
but it is a case of life or death and ought to be 
tried. Spasmodic stricture is best overcome by 
the local use of the fluid extract of belladonna and 
tincture of opium applied to the inside of the rec- 
tum once or twice a day. The pig should have a 
dose of physic, epsom salts is the best, and the 
feces kept soft by feeding on laxative food. 
HEPIORRHOIDS OR PILES. 
This is a term applied to soft tumors which are 
easily made bleed; these tumors are found in or 
about the anus. In cases where there is no bleed- 
ing the affection is called “blind piles.” The tu- 
mors are also divided into internal, those which 
are within the anus, and external, those which are 
without the sphincter. Hemorrhoidal tumors dif- 
fer in-character; some are simple and consist of 
varicose veins in clusters, forming something of a 
tumor; these tumors are filled with liquid blood 
and can be easily squeezed out; the others are 
harder and contain coagulated blood; there is 
more or less inflammation present and conse- 
quently an exudation of lymph in the contiguous 
parts and a soft, spongy tumor isusually the result. 
