596 EPIZOOTIC PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN HOGS. 
Ci And mercurial ointment and volatile liniment ?” These are 
excellent remedies in certain cases, of which a skilful veterinary 
surgeon is the best judge. 
i( And poultices of pounded hemlock, parsley, nightshade, 
red cabbage, &c. ?” Some knowledge of medicine is necessary 
to be enabled to form an opinion of the utility of these remedies. 
Poultices are very difficult to fix on. They are sometimes hot and 
sometimes cold. But a suspensory of simple linen is often use¬ 
ful to support the weight of the enlarged udder. 
“ And bleeding from the thigh ?” It can never be sufficiently 
copious to be useful. When bleeding is required, it ought to be 
performed on that part from which as much blood can be got as 
is required, and when it can be stopped at will; from the neck 
for example. 
“ And when it gets worse and worse, in spite of all that is 
done?” Let them send for a veterinary surgeon, and not a farrier 
or a shepherd. It must not, however, be let alone too long. 
“ And certain prayers, signs, and secrets?” I would not no¬ 
tice or reply to such absurd questions, but would turn my back 
on the inquirer. 
Journal d’ Agriculture du Departement del’Ain, Septembre 1830. 
Remarks on an Epizootic Pleuro-pneumonia in 
Hogs. 
By M. Saussol. 
During the summer of 1821, almost all the pigs round about 
Mazamet were attacked by a violent disease which spared neither 
age nor sex, fat nor lean. It was almost invariably mortal. The 
owners of these, and especially those who had experienced the 
greatest losses, sent for me to ask my advice. 1 opened several 
of the animals that had died, and sought with the most scrupu¬ 
lous attention the character and causes of the disease; and I was 
not long in discovering them, and happy enough to be able to 
arrest the fatal progress of the evil. I imagine that the loss 
which resulted from this disease may be calculated at about a 
fifth part out of every four hundred patients. 
Refusal of solid food, great desire for liquids, general dulness, 
continual groaning, and seeking moist places, were the symptoms 
which first gave indications of the disease. Then followed burn¬ 
ing heat of the skin ; tenderness in the hypogastric region; hard¬ 
ness of the belly; dryness of the excrement; constipation ; 
diminution of urine; then, difficulty of respiration; heaving of 
the flanks, particularly in fat animals ; the mucous membranes 
were crimson; the eyes full of tears; the cough unfrequent and 
short. The animals did not lie down, and it was difficult to get 
