The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-11-04
NUMBER 81.
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Hog Chplera---Interssting Report from
the Maryland S.ate Casmi5t
We take the following interesting sra
aiele from the Baltimore Sun. 81 10
The public attention has been for. along
time directed to the existence of a fearful
nialady among hogs under the above name
II has prevailed for more than year HI
the large dlstilieries oftne West and South
as well as in the small pens of country far
mers in the Eastand North II has cdm-
mitted serious rayages in the Southern and
Middle States; and early in the spring 1
was called onby the owner Of a large dis
tillery here to attend to his hogs which
were rapidly dying.3lI went. at oncez to
see them and Obtained for egapIinatioa,
| the blood of many Of the hogs in perfect,
health for the parpose Of comparison with.
that of those ia articalo ms,tis, lin the act
iofdyingo These examinations carefully
made, revealed the fact of high inaamsf
ma.ory condition of the system, as .thesl
subjoined analysis shows.
HEALTHY Hoo BLooD. Clot-firm not
large; scarlet co,oredi solids. nornal;6 e.
brn rs ? 33 per LOCO. v
DISEASED HOG aBLoop--Clot-not firm,
bnt large; brown colored; solids, less than
in the hcalthy; tibrin as so per i. 08o.asn
aTheIblood iu each cdss was takea fsomri
the arteries. gk.lf SO 81 sssau s1t 10
This condition of the blood esincedad
thigh degree of iu0ammatory, action, but,
did not show in what particular organ or
organs, structure or structures, the infia1nga
nation was located. TO discover this iI9d
made numerous post nortem examiaa.ls
tions, and found, /. The brain. healthy;-s
the heart, do; stomach, do. bowels, ip-,.
|cluding the greater or lesser intestines.
do. liver do. melt or spl :en.s do. lurgsg
intsnsely diseased: the upper psrs tnsyss
were engorged with lark grumons. bruisedd
looking blood, and in the lower lobes tho,
inflammation had proceeeed to srffocation..
!. being fled with purulent bloody matter,
and entirely incapable of carrying on the =
process of breathing The left lung vas
generally more affected than The tight,
and in every instance the inflammation had n
proceeded to q greater extent inthe lower q
than .the upper part Of the lung ia soupp
leases the peculiar structure Of the lung 5.
could not be seen, SO entirely had its bs-- q
come diorganized. In no eases Mere Nsll
!, defined abcessncss found, nor was tho
! windpipe inf1amed butt q short dfSkaneS
from the seat of the diseased lung q tsotn
. SYMPTOMS Tho first symptoms vera ar,
i Ia laziness on the part Of the animal Affect 81
= ed some loss of appetite, . kind Of husky
: Igrunt approaching to cough, sometimes : -
!. slight purging of the bowels, and . yellow-Eo
d ish colored urine; then the animal woulA
; become more weak and seem to be pafaa,
J. alyzed in the small of the back, tatter;..
i about for short time, and finally lay.
q down and die sis 33ssa ssi'oh slo"hsss'
i'll Theitreatment vase divided into. atRS 0
is parts prophylactie (preyentive) and Cd i
Is ratiye. With view to the firstthe pens 1
x were scattered over with plaster of paris
and water.slacked lime while al the sanie; -
ltime they aud the troaghs were washedP !
with gastar. Thecuratiye treatment w6SE
the administration OF soda ash and hoseo
's1rilla. There is some trouble in the solu.,,
= tion of horilla and on this account soda,
~ !, ash should always be used with it. About
- ~ ten grains of soda-ash and the SANS
= ], amount ofborilla should be gwen td eaxk
- " two or three times daily mixed in . aheinc
- food This should be given to the healthy,
~ as well as the sick hogs. To the well Is
. does no harm; to the sick X is.a success
= ful remedy. As in the human species, o66p
in hogs--iufamation of the lungs isdI
: most insidious disease, going On 10 stlez
rs destruction of the patient before the pcrs
m - symptoms give cause Of alarm, and sins
. many instances hogs which dppears3
~ healthy, yet were seriously afieeteda xathy
30 lung inflammation. sd y ssyssaIer sdF
lin The above remedies were used io1a aaaouA,
.ct three thousand hogs, and in the utppNsti
nd ittensity of the diseases: The number -of.
q their deaths dsminished seventy-hye per
GIL cent on the second day sfssf their sdn1ina'
ne istration, and in short time thes uaisessS
ast disappeared from the locality q ss8ls7 4
ers AS soon as the hogs arc manifcstly
ZEN sick, they were put in pens to. themselves
- and subjected to the above treatment.
'ls OF these aboutthirty per cent. recosetsd.
while before all died ssveesssssA
- CAUSES, 1t il, a disease Of general asx.
- = mospheric origin. inausncedl by specisl.
Vs. local, exciting causes, such a. isthsi sSeats,
ing sickness, black death, cholera aud;
INV tother epidemics, which at different tinss
Il. have devasted. more or less al parts Of
ss. the earth. and Of whose Intrinsic nature|
We know but little. It is not contaeci,
i;r. to distieries, but has also proved destsac-.
tive in the country. III is mol .producsd
m. by strychnine, OF any vegetable ormipernl
poison. IS u s.sla hae ,iSa
we The disease attended with swollen iaxa'
the proper name Of which is beg 9risav,
I'VE prevailing in spms parts Of the State has
no connection with the aboycs and can he
successfully treated by making inrisions
!, over. The swelling and then pouring lin IL
small quantity ofsall and surpensiucssa ,
should he obliged to persons throughs
loa out the United States, who have observed