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DEATH OF PIGS. 
SLOOD DISEASE. 
system, which led to their production, had anything to do in 
establishing the disease in the throat, or in lessening the proba¬ 
bility of a cure being effected ? I incline to the opinion that it 
had. In fact, I think there cannot be a doubt on this point. 
Let the primary cause have been what it may, the power in 
the system to resist the invasion of disease, or to throw it 
off when fully established, would be materially diminished, 
as compared with a constitution unimpaired by disease. And 
again, the capability of medicine, and other therapeutic 
agents, in assisting nature under such circumstances as the 
one in question, would also be very much lessened. These 
are important points for the practitioner to reflect upon 
when forming his prognosis, and the case which Mr. Broad 
has given us affords materials for this purpose. 
DEATH OF PIGS.—ENTERIC DISEASE. 
By J. D. Peech, M.R.C.V.S., Wentworth. 
Reported by Professsor Yarn ell. 
Yesterday (May 13th, 1864) I forwarded the bodies of 
two pigs, addressed to you at the College, which I should 
feel obliged by your examining and reporting to me upon. 
The history of the malady is briefly this :—About seven 
weeks ago, a boar pig, the property of R. J. Bentley, Esq., Old 
Brewery, Rotherham, began to be unwell, and after a short 
illness died. In the course of a few days, others began to be 
affected and died also ; and from that time up to the present, 
strong stores, young suckling pigs, and sows, have been dying 
almost daily. I believe that some sixty or seventy are dead 
altogether. 
On Wednesday, the” 11th ult., I was requested to see the 
remaining pigs, and make a post-mortem examination of two 
that had died that day, but, having several engagements, I was 
not able to attend until the next day, when the two to be ex¬ 
amined had been dead twenty-four hours. I found a large 
amount of disease in the stomach and bowels, but I will 
leave in your hands the description of the lesions. The 
two forwarded presented all the appearances of the others, 
therefore the description of these will suffice for the whole. 
The first symptom observable is that the bowels become 
slightly relaxed, which in the course of a few hours merges 
