64 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 
it may have been protruded for several days it can 
be reduced and the animal recover. 
Treatment: Bathe the protruded part for ten 
minutes with warm water to clean it, then bathe 
for ten minutes more with a mixture of two drams 
of acetate of lead, one ounce tincture of opium 
and one pint of water, then turn the pig on its back 
and push in the bowel, give two grains of opium to 
relieve the straining. It may be necessary in some | 
cases to put in a stitch of catgut or silk thread 
across the opening to keep it from slipping out. 
The pig should have laxative food such as oatmeal 
gruel and if constipated give a dose of castor oil, 
this to be followed by from two to three drops of 
the fluid extract of nux vomica three times a day in 
the food. If it should be impossible to keepitinand 
the parts become mortified, remove it with a knife 
and if necessary stitch the bowel to the margin of 
the anus with catgut or silk some cases of this 
sort do well. 
PERITONITIS (INFLAMMATION OF THE PERITONEUI1.) 
Peritonitis is an inflammation of the membrane 
lining the cavity of the abdomen, also reflected 
over the bowels. 
Cause: Chills, operations, especially after the 
operation of castration, injuries such as kicks or 
blows from horses and the result of difficult par- 
turition. The disease is an ordinary result of 
strangulation of the bowels. It is also caused by 
foreign bodies penetrating through the walls of 
the intestine 
