The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-10-16
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70 9hi The Hog Cholera. 1nFoo3s
What IS its-Lnteresting Repeat FROM the
MARYLAND State Chemist.

West and South, as Well as IN the small
pens Of country farmers in the East and
North; it has committed serious rayages
in the Southern and Middle States, and
early in the spring | was called on by
the owner of a large distillery here to at
tend to his hogs, which were rapidly dy,
ing. | went at once to see them, and
obtained Tor examination the blood ol
many of the hogs in perfect health, for
the purpose Of comparison with that OF
those in artic,sls naOrtis (in the act of dy-
ing). ssidss .s- .- 1r,sr...l .f. rrf
These examinations, carefully made
revealed the fact Of high intiamma.o.y y
condition OF the system, as the subjoined
analysis shows: r..t.g s.,..-.....,
Healthy Hog Blood-Clot firm, not
large. scarlet colored; solids, normal;
tibrln as 2 SO per 1000. ,r..-.. -,
Diseased Hog Blood-Clot not firm,
but large brown colored; solids less than
in healthy fibrin as 8, 90 per LOO,
The blood in each case was taken
from the arteries.
This condition Of the blood evinced a
high degree of lntiammatory action, but
did not show in what particular organ or
organs, structure or slru;tures, the in-
hammatinn was located. To discover
this made numerous post naortem exam
nations, and found. LIST: The brain
healthy; the heart, do; the stomach, do. ;;
bowels, including the greater or lesser
intestines, do.;. kidney, do +; liver, do
melt or spleen, do; lungs intensely dis
e.sed, In the upper part they were en-
gorged with dark. grumonS bruised
looking blood, and in the lower lobes
the indam Ito had pro :eded to sutiocation
being tilied with purult .s bloody mat
ter, and entirely incaps lie OF carrying on
the process OF breathing. The lett lung
WINS generally more affected than the
right, and in every instance the intlan-
nation had preceded to a greater extent
in the lower than the upper parts OF the
lcng-in some cases the peculiar struc.
ture ofthe lung could not be seen, so
entirely had 1t become disorganized
In no cases were we'll defined absces-
ses found, nor was the windpipe infiata.d
ou1 ShoiI uiSeahSC hOu tud oCdt VI Tie
diseased lung.
Symptoms-The frs: symptoms were
laziness on 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 yellowish colored urine; then the
animal would become more weak and
seem to be paralyzed in the small of the
back, tottcr about for short time, and
finally lay down and die. ala .a g.
The treatment was divided into two
parts-prophylatic (preventive)and cura-
tive. With a view to the first, the
pens were scattered over with plaster of
paris and water Stacked lime, while, at
same time, they and the troughs were
washed with gas tar, The curative
treatment was the administration OF soda
ash and borilla. There is some trouble
IN the solution OF borilla, and on this ac-
count sodaash should always be 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, mi xed in their food. This should
be given to the healthy as well as the
sick hogs. To the well it does no harm;
to the sick a successful remedy.
AS in the human species, SO in hogs
-infalnation of the lungs is most
insidious disease, going'on to the destruc-
ton of the patient before the mere
SYMPTOMS give cause of alarm, and, in
many instances, hogs which appeared
healthy were yet seriously affected 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 deaths diminished sew
enty-fiye per cent. on the second day
after their administration, and in short
time the disease DISAPPEARED from the 10
cality. 'el.t s7aI
AS soon as the hogs were manifestly
sick they were put in pens by them
selves, and subjected to the above treat
ment. OF these about thirty per cent.
recovered. whilst before all died.
Causes.-It is disease o. general at
origin, influenced by special,
local exciting causes, such as the sweat
ing sickness, blackdeath, cholera, anh
other epidemics. which, atdifferent times
have devastated, more or less, all parts
Of the earth, and of whose intrinsic nature
we know but very little. 1t is confined
to distilleries, but has also proved des-
tructive in the country 1t is not pro-
duced by strychnine or any vegetable or
poison. ad b. .a,a 3
The disease attended with swollen
jaws, the proper name of whice is hog
quinsy, prevailing in some parts Of the
State, has no connection with the above,
and can be most successfully treated by |
making incisiois over the swelling, and |
then pouring ina small Quantity of salt |
aud turpentine.
/ should be obliged to persons through
out the United States, who have observ
ed this disease, to examine the blood
and the different organs, and report to me
the results; should any be incapable of
making an analysis of the blood, l will
with pleasure furnish them with the
how to perform it.
sfr sf -u JAMES HIGGINs.
State Agricultural Chemist Of Maryland
.BRAHMIN CATrLE.-Among the nov-
elites on exhibition at the St. LOUIS
Fair last week were Brahmin bull,
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