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animal be killed in the very first stage of the disease, however, the 
affection is only superficial, the flesh nothing the worse, but rather im- 
proved in tenderness, and indeed, not to be distinguished from that of 
a perfectly sound animal. The cause of this disease is want of clean- 
liness, absence of fresh air, want of due attention to ventilation, and foul 
feeding. The obvious cure therefore is — first, bleed ; clean out the sty 
daily ; wash the affected animal thoroughly with soap and water, to 
which soda or potash has been added ; supply him with a clean bed ; 
keep him dry and comfortable ; let him have gentle exercise and plenty 
of fresh air ; limit the quantity of his food, and diminish its rankness ; 
give bran with wash, in which you may add, for an average-sized hog, say 
one of one hundred and sixty pounds’ weight, a tablespoonful of the flour 
of sulphur, with as much nitre as will cover a sixpence, daily. A few 
grains of powdered antimony may also be given with effect. 
Murrain, — Resembles leprosy in its symptoms, with the addition of 
staggering, shortness of breath, discharge of viscid matter from the eyes 
and the mouth. The treatment should consist of cleanliness, coolness, 
bleeding, purging, and limitation of food. Cloves of garlic have been 
recommended to be administered in cases of murrain. Garlic is an 
antiseptic, and as, in all these febrile diseases, there exists more or less a 
degree of disposition to putrefaction, it is not improbable that it may be 
found useful. 
Measles. — This is one of the most common diseases to which hogs are 
liable. The symptoms are redness of the eyes, foulness of the skin, depres- 
sion of spirits, decline, or total departure of the appetite, small pustules 
about the throat, and red and purple eruptions on the skin. These last 
are more plainly visible after death, when they impart a peculiar appear- 
ance to the grain of the meat, with fading of its color, and distension of 
the fiber so as to give an appearance similar to that which might be 
produced by puncturing the flesh. 
Suffer the animal to fast, in the first instance, for twenty-four hours, 
and then administer a warm drink, containing a drachm of carbonate of 
soda and an ounce of bole Armenian ; wash the animal, cleanse the sty, 
and change the bedding; give at every feeding, say thrice a day, thirty 
grains of flour of sulphur, and ten of nitre. It is to dirt, combined with 
a common fault too little thought of, viz., giving the steamed food or 
wash to the hogs at too high a temperature, that this disease is generally 
to be attributed. It is a troublesome malady to eradicate, but usually 
yields to treatment, and is rarely fatal. 
Jaundice. — Symptoms — yellowness of the white of the eye, a similar 
hue extending to the lips, with sometimes, but not invariably, swelling 
of the under part of the jaw. Bleed behind the ear, diminish the quan- 
tity of food, and give a smart aperient every second day. Aloes are, 
perhaps, the best, combined with colocynth : the dose will vary with 
the size of the animal. 
Foul Skiu. — A simple irritability or foulness of the skin will usually 
yield to cleanliness and a washing with solution of chloride of lime, but 
it it has been neglected for any length of time, it assumes a malignant 
character, scabs and blotches, or red and fiery eruptions appear, and the 
disease rapidly passes into mange. 
