564 ON THE CHARBONNEUX TYPHOID DISEASE OF PIGS. 
bathe them whenever the temperature is much increased, v\ liile 
they are weltering in the mire. It is also necessary that the pigs 
should remain in their sties in cold and rainy weather. In the 
course of the summer it is always necessary to give them, from 
time to time, some nitrated and salted and acidulous fluid. The 
Roque-fort cheese is a useful stimulant for those that are weak 
and feeble. The administration of any bitter decoction will often 
be productive of benefit. During the principal ravages of the epi- 
zootic I have derived benefit from small quantities of camphor and 
nitre mixed with a decoction of sorrel. To this some have added, 
and with considerable benefit, a small quantity of mercury. The 
nasal membrane then secretes more abundantly; the urine is clearer 
and more frequent, and the evacuation of fsecal matter is more easy 
and copious. This mode of treatment may be continued eight 
days. If a pig is evidently ill, it should be separated from its com- 
panions, and even their abode should be changed, and fumigation 
should be practised every third day. 
As soon as a pig is attacked with disease he should be separated 
from the others, placed in a warm situation, some stimulating oint- 
ment be applied to the chest, and a decoction of sorrel adminis- 
tered. Frictions of vinegar should be applied to the dorsal and 
lumbar region. The drinks should be emollient, lightly imbued with 
nitre and vinegar, and with aromatic fumigation about the belly. 
If the fever now appears to be losing ground, which may be ascer- 
tained by the regularity of the pulse — by the absence of the plain- 
tive cries that were before heard — by a respiration less laborious 
— by the absence of convulsions — and by the non-appearance of 
blotches on the skin, there is a fair chance of recovery. We may 
then be content to administer, every second hour, the drinks and 
the lavements already prescribed, and to give the patient his pro- 
per allowance of white water, with ground barley and rye. When, 
however, instead of these fortunate results, the symptoms are re- 
doubling in intensity, it will be best to destroy the animal ; for it 
is rare that, after a certain period, there is much or any chance of 
recovery. Bleeding, practised at the ear or the tail, is seldom of 
much avail, but occasionally produces considerable loss of vital 
power, and augments the putrid diathesis. 
