164 DISMASES OF THE HOG. 
coated with fur, especially along the center. About 
the eighth day the disease begins to decline, the pig 
brightens up, the swelling of the eyelids becomes 
reduced, the cough is less frequent or may have 
disappeared altogether, the red color of the skin 
will diminish, the appetite return, and the pig will 
be quite well about the eleventh or twelfth day. 
Occasionally the pectoral symptoms at this stage 
increase instead of diminishing as they usually do, 
indicating that either bronchitis or pneumonia is 
setting in, and if it does so it will likely prove fatal 
in the pig. I have seen some few cases in which, 
instead of bronchitis or pneumonia, a severe diar- 
rhea would set in, caused by an irritation of the 
mucous membrane of the intestines, and it is usual- 
ly very troublesome and often causes death. I 
have seen cases of this kind mistaken for hog chol- 
era. Chronic cough is sometimes the result of this 
disease. 
Treatment: In mild cases treatment is not nec- 
essary, but the pig should not be exposed to cold or 
wet, and should have a dry bed to sleep in. In 
cases where the catarrhal symptoms are severe 
with fever, which can be known by the appetite 
being impaired, give epsom salts one to two ounces 
- for a full grown pig, and from a teaspoonful to a 
dessert spoonful at a dose for a small pig. Boiled 
flaxseed mixed with the food or given in the form 
of flaxseed tea mixed with a little brown sugar will 
be found very useful. If the skin becomes dry and 
hot give from five to ten grains of nitrate of poe: 
sium in the drinking water. If the throat is sore 
