REPORTS OF CASES. 
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or from those who possibly were more intimate with the trouble. 
Now, this young man looks on the journals as I do—the 
only medium which veterinarians have at hand to connect 
them with the whole veterinary community. I have repeat¬ 
edly noticed that no one volunteered to help onr young friend, 
no one seemed to take up the subject. Why ? Are we afraid to 
wound his feelings by telling wherein he erred? Are all veteri¬ 
narians as ignorant as he who asked for help ? or is it indiffer¬ 
ence ? I hope this will not be the way yon treat my request. 
Censure me if you will for my ignorance, pity me for my stu¬ 
pidity, but help me in my troubles. I hope you will not look 
at my cases as too trival for your consideration. As a brother 
professional it is your duty to help me. 
For a few years I have had trouble with the hogs of my 
vicinity ; many of my clients have lost great nmnbers. I have 
worked on the cases steadily, getting what I think a complete 
set of symptoms. I have invited aid where I could get it. 
The disease breaks out only where there are large herds. At 
first I thought the village swill was- the cause, on account of 
dish washings being carried home, and this often contains soap, 
I tried to prevent the people from using the village swill, but 
such numbers were kept because the village refuse could be j 
had, and it was impossible to do without it. We then tried to 
keep soaps from being used ; this had a marked effect on the 
animals, but soon they returned to their sickly condition. . ; 
We found that when the hotel proprietors would not buy 
soaps for the kitchen help they bought “ Pearline,” “ 1776,” 
etc., for themselves. Now, we left the village and got swill 
from the boats of the lake. This had a marked effect for 
awhile, imaginary or otherwise. I believe the soaps had some¬ 
thing to do with increasing the severity of the disease, but I had 
a herd which never got village slops at all. They were fed on 
the offal from slaughter-houses. Yet they died in great numbers. 
Another herd owned by a baker never got slops, only from the 
house, and old or sour bread ; yet they were carried away in 
great numbers; and I have eventually come to the conclusion 
that hog cholera was the trouble. 
Symptoms :—The animal falls away in appetite, which be¬ 
comes irregular, the bowels are constipated, gait becomes un¬ 
steady with a swinging of the hind quarters. In a couple of 
days a profuse diarrhoea sets in, with a very disagreeable odor, 
black colored stools which cause pain in their discharge. The 
pig lies most of the time, and will not arise unless forced to do 
