128 DISHASES OF THE HOG, 
regular, but more frequently irregular; the pulse 
partakes of the same qualities. The pig is seen to 
stand and its body is jerked forwards and back- 
wards every second or so. In some cases it is very 
slight and in others very violent; the sound is loud 
and can be heard at some distance. It sounds as if 
some one was striking the pig on the inside, caus- 
ing the whole body to shake. Ihave caught the hog 
so affected to try and find out whether it was the 
heart or the diaphragm that was affected, but the 
animal struggled so that an examination could not 
be satisfactorily made; but I have no doubt but 
that in a number of cases both the heart and dia- 
phragm are implicated in the affection. It is not of 
much importance, as the treatment would be the 
same in both cases. 
Effects: If this disease is not soon checked in- 
jurious effects are sure to result from the irregular 
supply of blood consequent on this affection. After 
death there is usually found considerable effusion 
of frothy blood around the heart and between the 
lungs and diaphragm, and the other tissues and 
organs of the body are changed in appearance, 
they are soft and flabby, with more or less con- 
gestion, especially is this the case on the surface 
of the lungs. 
Treatment: I have found a very successful 
treatment for this disease. In the early stages give 
one to two ounces of epsom salts or one to two 
ounces of castor oil; follow this by giving from fif- 
teen to twenty drops each of tincture of opium and 
digitalis every two hours until the animal is re- 
