DISEASES OF THE HOG. 63 
This derangement causes the animal great annoy- 
ance and at times more or less fever, loss of appe 
tite and a falling off in flesh. 
Treatment: The pig should get aloes, ten to 
fifteen grains, calomel, six to eight grains when 
this operates it will relieve the congestion and 
often cure. If not, open the tumor and squeeze 
out the blood and dress the part with a mixture of 
twenty grains of tannic acid, one ounce glycerine 
and one ounce water a little of this should be ap- 
plied twice a day. Fifteen to twenty drops of 
turpentine at a dose twice a day is very useful bal- 
sam of copaiba in twenty to thirty drops once or 
twice a day is also good. Cold water injected sev- 
eral times a day relieves the inflammation, or a 
teaspoonful of cold water injected several times a 
day will be found beneficial. The animal should 
be fed on laxative food, compound liquorice 
powder is an excellent laxative in doses of thirty 
to forty grains onceaday. There are a number of 
other remedies which are useful, but the above are 
among the best. 
PROLAPSUS ANI. 
This derangement is frequently met with in the 
pig. It is a protrusion of a part of the rectum 
caused by weakness of the muscles of the bowels 
and is often the result of either constipation or se- 
vere diarrhea and dysentery or whatever causes se- 
vere straining. It is usually the mucous membrane 
which protrudes. If it remains out for some time 
it swells and becomes of a dark color. Although 
