Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-10-16
From the Baltimore Snn.
The Hog CholeraWhat Is 1T Repo,t from
s the Maryland State Chemist.

FROM the baltimore Sun.
The Hog Cholera What Report from
the Maryland State Chemist.
The pubic attention has been for long time directed
TO the existence OF fearful malada amongst hogs under
the above name 1t has prevailed for more than yeal
III the large dsteres of the West and South as in the
small pens OF country farmers in the East and North
mas committed serious ravages in the Southern anG
Middle States and early in the spring was called on
by the owners of large distlery here to attend to his
hogs, which rapidly dying. [ went at once to see
them and obtained for examination the blood of many
OF the hogs in perfect health for the purpose of
lson with that of those in at1cuo mort lin the act
dying) 1
These examinations carefully made revealed the fact
of high snfammatory condition of the SYSTEM as the
subjoined analysis shows
Healthy Hog Blood-Clot firm, not large scarlet col
ored solid normal fbrin as 2,33 per 1000.
Diseased Hog Blood-Clot not firm, but large brown
colored solids less than in the healthy brin as $50
per 1000.
The blood in each case was taken from the arteries
This condition of the blood evinced a high degree of
lnfammatory action but did not show in what partcu
lar organ or organs, structure structures the nam
nation was located 10 discover this made numerous
post m0rtem examinations and found 1st the brain
healthy the heart do. the stomach do bowels inclu
ding the greater or lesser ntestines do. kidneys do
liver do melt or spleen, do. lungs intensely diseased il
the upper part they were engorged with dark, umos
bruised looking blood and in the lower obes the infam
puruent bloody matter and entirely incapable of carry
ing on the process OF breathing The left lung gen
orally more affected than the right and in every instance
the Inflammation had proceeded to greater extent il
the lower than in the upper parts of the lung-n
cases the peculiar structure of the lung could not be
seen, so entirely had it become disorganized In nc
cases were well defined absceses found nor was the wind
pipe infamed but short distance from the the seat
the diseased lung,
Symptoms.-The first symptoms were aaness OF
the part of the animal affected some loss of appetite
kind of husky grunt approaching to a cough sometimes
slight purging of the bowels and yelowsh coloret
urine then the animal would become more weak ant
seem to be parazed in the small of the back totte
about for short time, and finally lay down and die
The treatment was divided into two parts-prophylac
tic (preyentive and curative With view to the first
the pens scattered with plaster of Paris ant
the troughs were washed with gas tar. The curative
treatment the administration soda-ash and borila
There is trouble in the solution Of borila and
this account sodaash should always be used with it.
About ten grains Of soda-ash and the same amount
bora should be given to the hog two or three time
daily mixed ii their food. This should be given to tn
healthy as well the sick hogs. To the well it does NJ
harm; to the sick it is successful remedy.
AS in the human Species so in hogs-inhammation Q
the lungs is most insiduOus disease, going to tn
destruction of the patient before the symptoms Civ
cause of alarm, and in many instances hogs which aE
peared healthy were yet seriously affected with lung in
|
The above remedies used on about three thousan
hogs, and in the utmost intensity of the disease TIL
number of their deaths dmished seyenty-fve per cent
the second day after their administration and in shor
time the disease disappeared from the locality.
As soon as the hogs were manifestly sick they wer
put in pens by Themselves and subjected to the abov
treatment OF these about thirty per cent recovered
whilst before all died.
Causes-It is disease of general atmospheric origin
influenced by special local. exciting causes such as tn
sweating sickness, blackdeath, cholera and other ep
DENIES which at different times have devastated mo1
or less all parts OF the EARTH and of whose intrinsic n.
ture we know but very little 1t is not confined to di
lers but has also proved destructive in the county,
It is not produced by strychnne, any vegetable
mineral poison.
The disease attended with swollen jaws, the propt
name of which is hog quinsy prevailing in some parts
the state has connection with the above, and
most successfully treated by making ncisions til
swelling and then pouring in small quantity Of salt an
turpentne.
should be obliged to persons throughout the Unite
States, who have observed this disease to examine tt
blood and the different organs, and report to the
suits should any be incapable of making an analysis
the blood will with pleasure furnish them with the il
structons how to perform it. JAMES HIGGINs,
State Agricultural Chemist of Maryland