140 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 
with a lotion made by mixing one half ounce each 
of acetate of lead, sulphate of zinc and carbolic 
acid in a quart of soft water. Feed the pig on oat- 
meal and milk. If this form of treatment is faith- 
fully carried out a great Inany of the affected ani- 
mals will recover. 
GANGRi.NOUS ERYSIPELAS. 
This is another of the anthrax diseases which 
affect swine; it has been called “wild fire” in the 
Old World. This derangement begins with a low 
form of fever, the animal appears dull, does not 
like to walk or stand, but lies buried in the straw 
or anything it can get into; the temperature is 
high, the pulse fast and wae and the breathing 
quick and short; red spots appear on the breast, 
belly and inside of the legs, and often cause swell- 
ing of the skin, and later on it becomes dry and 
loose, as if it was much too large for the pig, and 
crackles on pressure. In some cases the greater 
part of the skin becomes affected; it will first be 
red, then become purple, and some parts in the 
later stages of the disease may be black in spots. 
In others it forms ridges and cracks. The hair 
drops out in patches and the animal soon becomes 
weak and cannot stand on its hind legs, and usually 
dies in a week or ten days from the beginning of 
the attack. 
Treatment: In the early part of the disease give 
ten grains each of aloes and calomel at a dose in a 
little gruel. If this does not cause purging in ten 
or twelve hours repeat the dose. Follow this by 
