The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-10-22
Hog ChoIrra---znieresti RepOFe
form the ysryl lHd state Chemist.

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Hog ChoIrra---zn;eresting Report
form the asrylln state Chemist.
We take the following interesting artclS
from the Baltimore Sm.
The public attention has been fer long tine
directed to the existence OF n fearful ihalady
among hogs under the above name. IL has pre-
vailed for more than year in the large. disti
IereS Of the West aud South, a. Eelias in the
small pensof country farmers in the Last and
North. 1t has committed serious rayages in
the Southern AMI Middle States; and early il
the spring wa called on by the owner of y
large distillery here to attend to his hogs
which were rapidly dying. I wert ct once 10
see them and obtained or examination the blood
of many of the hogs in perfect health for the
purpose Of comparison with that of those IN az z
Lculo niotis (in the act of dying.) These exl
amnatons carefully mad., revealed the fact Of
high inilaninatory condition oI the system,
as the subjoined analysis shows.
IiEALTHY Hoe BLooD.--Clot--iigri not larse:
scarlet colored; solids, normal; fbrin NJ LIB.
per 1900 .s.
DISEASED Hoe BLoop-Clot-not firm hut
large; brown colorod; solids, less than in tho
healthy; fbrn as $50 per LOO.
The blood in each case was taken from tbs
arteries.
This condition of the bl6od dvinaed high
degre3 of inhainmatory action, bit did not show
in what particular organ or organs, structure Or
structures the Inflammation was loca;el---
To discover this made numerous ppst-mpte,@ !,
examinations, and found, l. The brlIn, healthy; /,
the heart, do stomach, do =; bowels, inctblihg
tbs greater or esserintestincs do; kidneys. do,
liver do; melt or spleen, do; lungs intensely tdat
etSed: in the upper part. they were engoFged
with da k, grumous, bruised looking blood, and
in the lower obeS the inflammation had proceed d,
oil to suffocation, being hled with purulent
bloody matter. and entirely incapable of carry
ihg on the process Of breathing. The left lung
was generally more affected than the right, and.
in every instance the inflammation had proEeeded
to greater extent in the lower than IN the up
per part Of the lulig-,in some cases the peculiar
structure Of the lung could not be seen, SO en-
tirely had it become disorganized. In no cases
were well defined abcesaness found, nor was
the wndpipe intlamed but stcrt distance from
the seat of the diseased lung. a..n.F.,
| SyMpToMs.-rhc first symptoms were la
ziness on the part Of the animal affected, sdni.
| ing to a cough, sometimes a slight purging OF
the bowels, and yellowish colored urine; then
the animal would become more weak ami seem
to be ptralyz in the smallof the back, tottef
about for d short tins, and fint tily lay down and
die.
The treatment was divided into two paris
Iplophyactc (preyentive) and curative. With
Il view to the first the pens were scattered over
with plaster Of Paris AMI watef-slackel lime
while at the same time they anil the troughs,
were washed with gas tar. The curative treat
meht was the administration Of soda ash and
lioriila. There is some trouble in the solution
Of bos ,lla, ani On this account soda-ash should
always te used with it. About ten grains Of
soda-ash and the same amount Of borilla should
be given to each hog two or three times daily
mixed in their food. This should be given to
the healthy as well as the sick hogs. 70 the
well it does no harm; to the sick it is success
fll remedy. AS in the human species, 10 in
hogs-inhGmmation of the lungs IL d most iist
slous disease going on to the destruction of
tho patient before the mere symptoms give
cause of alarm, and in many instances hogs
which a9feaet healthy yet were seriously ai.
fected with lung Inflammation
The above remedies were used on about three
thousand hogs, and in the UTMOST intensity Of
the disease. The number of their d, aths di-
minishcd seventy-five per cent. on the second
day after their administration and in short
time the disease disappeared from the locality.
As soon as the hogs are maniiestly sick, they
were put in pens to themselves anl subjected
to the above treatment. Of these about thirty
per cent. recovered, while before all died.
GAUSEs.-It is a disease Of general atmos-
pheric origin, influenced by special, local, GzGi
ling causes, such as the sweating sickness black
death, cholera and other epidemics. which at
different times have devastated More or less
all parts OF the earth, and OF whose intrinsic
nature We know but very little. 1t Is not con-
fined to dlstilleres. but has also proved destruc-.
sive in the country 1t is not produced by
strychnine, or any vegetable or mineral poison.
The disease attended with swollen jaws, the
proper name of which is h5g qtiasy, prevailing
in some parts Of the State, has no connection
with the above, and can be most successfully
treated by making ncisions over the swelling
and then pouring in small qulntty Of saltand
turpentine. as.,.
!, should be obliged to persons throughout the
United States; who have observed til daas.,
to examine the Blood and the different organs,
and report I'd me the results. Should any be
incapable Of making analysis of the blood, Lwitl
) with pleasure furnish them with instructions
how to perform it. JAMES HIGGINS
State Agricultural Chemist of Maryland.