Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-23

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drsv their attention some months $50 to series q
investigations int the nature q this dlsesse Nnlea
we're made By d.. Sutton, Of Aworas LnalaHh- Il
win be remembered that We then broachea the opin-
ion on the authority of medical tfiena tnasJ uogng
bv the appearances noted By Dr.. Sutton, the disease
IN question must be regarded rather erysPeas Than
&c cholera. .
Stree re publication Of the paper, the whole sub
s.of ~ bog cboleTa has been investigated anew BY
~ 4 NJ wright the distinguished Professor Of
rlksmistrv in the Kentucky School Of medicine
~ sutton's attention seems to have been directed
more particularly TO the general nature Of the dis
ease its cOntagiousness, &C, while Doctor Wright
has been masking numerous observations upon the
prevention ana treatment as well as the nature Of
the disease. We desire to present to cur readers
condensed statement Of the result Of DR.. Wrights
investigations They are more complete and ger
main 70 the subject than any which have yet been
published They commend themselves to the se-
rious attention Of the whole agricultural interesto y
intrinsic importance the care with which they were
made and the authority which DR.. Wright's great
reputation ss tescher anda chemist gives 70 them
Ssmptoms. The disease is ushered in by dry,
hacking cough. Slow, prolonged, inspiratory effort,
followed by q quick and foreble expiration. This
hind Of expiration is called "the humps by hog
breeders The appetite fails, and the hair assumes
dry, harsh, unheslthy appearance. This may be
called the FIRST premonitory stage In the second
the discharges from the bowels are yellOWish, fire.
quent and email In qUsntiiy. They contain com
monty none Of the ingestiE or things eaten. The
hog bssfrequent chis and appears sensitive to cold
The urine is scanty and sedimentary.
In the third stage the discharges from the bow
els are bloody. frequent, dysenteric, and aceOmpa
MED with so much and violent straiuiBg that the
bowels and often the vagina prOlapse. There are
also bloody discharges from the stomach and lungs
The urine is scant and bloody. Assesses form in
various parts Of the body. The globe Of the eye
suppurRtes All abTasiOns Of the skin are followed
By liberation. ErysipeatOus patches appear on the
surface, and if the life is much prolonged, the halr
falls of.
Tbsss are The appearances which the living bog
presepfs An examination of the dead body reveals
eommouly inflammation Of the mucus membrane Of
the bowels at some point, sometimes liberation,
sometimes modification, and frequently hemorhsge
from these parts. Inflammation Of the lungs is also
frequently found. The blood is dark cOlOred, thin
does not coaguIate, and has acid reaction. Pu-
trifseive decomposition takes place with great "a
pidity.
The remedies which we're found most eficacious
in the treatment Of hog cholera we're those which
were advised in g former article in this paper.
Dr. Wright found that by the use Of arsenic and
sulphate Of iron he could commonly the dseas-
Is, If the medicines we're given before the third
stage had come On-The plan which be pursued
was this:
/. The diseased hogs were separated from the
healthy as soon as the premonitory symptoms(vide
sbOVelWere noticed.
2. The diseased hogs were put into pen so sltus-
ted that no other hogs could come near it, for the
disease Is individually contagious and very highyso
3. Each adult hog was given twenty grains Of
arsenic twice day, for ten days and thirty grains
Of the sulphate Of iron twice day for the next ten
days. These medicines we're administered by mix
ing them one at time with the food Each Of these
medicines seems to loose its effect when given for 3
longer time than ten days or two weeks. They
must not be given together, for they are chemically
incompatible. The bedding in the pens was chang
ed frequently, and the animals we're supplied with
an abundance Of fresh pure Eater.-With this treat
ment but few died But after all, the greatest good
was effected by using preventative measures These
consist First-in carefully separating the sick from
the we'll The sound hogs we're always placed in new
enclosure if any Of their numbers had become dis
eased; for the place where sick bog has been KEEP
is infectious Continued and unWearied vigilance
was maintained in this particular
In addition to this the well hogs, that is those Of
drove ia which the hog cholera had broken out, we're
fed with arsenic that each adult hog would get in
his food about twenty grains Of the drug day.
The same thing noticed in regard TO the medl-
cine losing its effect after the lapse Of ten days or
two weeks. The sulphate Of iron was then used af-
ter the arsenic then he arsenic again. By careful
attention to the remedial aud preventative measures,
the proprietors of the large dislleries whom Dr.
Wright's brother was one lost but few more hogs
than are usually lost in large establishments OF this
sort from various causes. They were in the habit
Of purchasing hogs from farms where the disease
was prevailing and the losses which were sustained
were chiefly y those that died the road from the
point Of purchase to their distilries.