138 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 
an ulcer. At other times there may be a slight ele- 
vation of a fungous nature. I have seen a few cases 
in which the tissue sloughed clean from the bone. 
The breath becomes fetid, usually a foul-smelling 
diarrhea sets in, mixed with blood, followed by 
great prostration, the animal dies in from twenty- 
four to forty-eight hours from the beginning of the 
attack; some few cases may last longer. The dis- 
ease is contagious and all the well pigs should be 
removed at once from the affected ones and from 
the locality. All those which die should be burned 
or buried deep, with a good coating of fresh lime 
over them. 
Treatment: In the early stage give one to two 
ounces of epsom salts at a dose, this to be followed 
by ten to fifteen drops of the oil of gaultheria in a 
little syrup or sweet oil or a solution of gum arabic 
three or four times a day. If the animal is weak, 
do not give the salts, but give the oil of gaultheria 
and one dram of tincture chloride of iron three or 
four times daily. If there is foul-smelling diarrhea 
I have found great benefit by giving ten grain 
doses of boracic acid three or six times a day; I 
have given as much as two drams in divided doses 
in twenty-four hours; it'is best given in a table- 
spoonful of sweet oil or cotton seed oil; if the ani- 
mal seems much distressed one to two grains of 
powdered opium can be added to the acid.. The 
mouth and affected parts should be washed several 
times a day with peroxide of hydrogen (fifteen vol- 
umes), one part, water two parts. When the pus- 
tule sloughs apply a little terchloride of antimony 
