162 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 
the animal, changing the medicine several times 
daily, it makes it a very difficult disease for the 
farmer to treat. Professor Wood, in his practice 
of medicine, says: “In the vast majority of cases 
scarlet fever would end favorably without treat- 
iment; hence, ‘the reputation acquired by homeo- 
pathy in this disease.” Therefore, if such a disease 
as this should break out, keep the animal in a good 
comfortable place, keep the bowels open by giving 
one ounce doses of epsom salts, or a seidlitz powder 
occasionally. Some recommend to give diluted 
acetic acid, ten drops in a little water, several times 
a day. If there should be diarrhoea, give one ounce 
of castor oil-and from ten to twenty drops of tinc- 
ture of opium in it; repeat in ten hours if neces- 
sary. It is dangerous to check diarrhoea too quick- 
ly in this disease, as it is often an effort of nature to 
rid the system of poisonous material. Ifthe throat 
is troublesome give ten grains of chlorate of potas- 
sium and three to five drops of fluid extract of bel- 
ladonna in three or four tablespoonfuls of cold 
water three or four times daily. Ifthe fever is very 
high and in the early stage of the disease, from five 
to ten drops tincture of aconite in a spoonful of 
water, will in some cases keep it down; but this 
should not be carried too far, as it is a very reduc- 
ing medicine, and so is the disease, and there may 
be danger of collapse. If the animal is very weak 
and the pulse small, give stimulants, such as two 
teaspoonfuls of sweet spirits of nitre in a little 
water, three or four times a day, or two teaspoon- 
fuls of good whisky in a little milk several times 
