The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-25
FARM GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD


hog cholera is also known as " blue
disease" "red soldier" distemper in
pigs" etc. This is undoubtedly blood
disease, and belongs to the anthrax type
of fevers. Symptoms The disease
sets i'll and usually secures q firm hold
upon the animal before its presence is
suspected. The one affected will isolate
himself from the rest and burrow in the
litter, often remaining thus till death,
though sometimes they will run as if
wild, grunting and SCI canning as if in
great pain. Dullness, dropping head
and ears, and oss of appetite, are the
symptoms observed, if at ALL in the first
place.
In what may be called the second
stage the abdominal pains are indicated
by lying on tho belly with fore feet out
stretched, and, when caused to move,
uttering shrieks. The skin takes on a
purple color, particularly upon the back
and ears, along the abdomen, and inside
tho thighs. The pulse is rapid, but
feeble. Diarrhea sets in, and becomes
profuse in the third stage. The dejec-
tions are black and offensive. The pulse
weakens, and finally becomes imper-
ceptible. Breathing is difficult and
spasmodic. owing to congestion of the
lungs, and an irritating cough comes on.
General weakness is now apparent the
animal can scarcely stand his legs get
entanged like tipsy mans, and COM
plete paralysis soon results. Eruptions
on the skin may have followed the first
discoloration, which now are succeeded
by sloughing and liberation. Insensi-
bllity precedes death from three to six
hours. The malady sometimes appears
in less fatal forms, accompanied by
colored skin and loss of appetite for o
few days, when recovery follows but
this is uncommon, On post mortem ex-
animation, the appearance of rapid de-
composition is manifest, and all the
tissues seem transfused with blood.
Treatment: After diarrhea sets in,
death is almost certain. Before that
event, administer quickly (by means of
q drenching horn or long -necked bottle,
and. if the pig is large, tying him to a
post with a rope around his upper iaw) /:
Epson salts, two to four ounces sui
phur, two to six drachms gentian and
ginger, powdered, one to two drachms !;
molasses, two to three tablespoonfuls |;
gin, half pint.
Cold water sponge baths and friction
with a coarse cloth are useful if they can
be borne, and this treatment must be
gentle. Clean bedding and comfortable
pens, and with diet of vegeteble food,
are required. A free run in bare pas
tlre or lane is q great help.
In this as in all sicknesses, when pos
sible, prevention is the best treatment,
and simply consists in careful feeding,
plenty of vegetable food, cleanliness and
exercise.-SciertJfc American.
Medical Notes.
One ounce alcohol; two drachms cay
enne pepper; one ounce kerosene oil;
let it stand twenty-four hours after mix
ing. 1t cures the worst toothache ever
known.
DEPRESSION OF SPIR1Ts.-Sal volatile,
combined with camphor, is more ef1ica-
cious than most remedies in affordingre.
lief i'll depression of spirits, heartburn,
spasms, palpitations, etc.
A simple remedy for neuralgia is
horseradish. Crate and mix it in vine.
gar, the same as for table purposes, and
apply to the temple when the face OF
head is affected, or the wrist when the
pain is III the arm or shoulder.
A French physician expresses BIZ
preference for lemon juice as local ap
plication in diphtheria to chlorate O
potash, nitrate of silver, perchloride O.
lime water. He uses it by dipping {
little plug of cottonwood, twisted arount
wire, i'll the juice, and pressing i
against the diseased surface four OF five
times daily.
DURABILITY OF PULMONARY DISEASE
The incurable character commonly at
tributed to pulmonary disease is seri
ously questioned by NJ. Pietra Santa
the maiady being, in his opinion, essen
tally general and constitutional-an al
teration of the function of nutrition, ant
disease of the blood-and that, whil'
there is no panacea for the affection, h
thinks that many cases may be great,
alleviated, and, indeed, entirely crlreC
by following rational treatment. Thus
in all periods of the disease, the assist
ance is to be invoked of suitable hygi
enic and moral treatment, pure atmos
phere, o tonic diet, moderate exercise
and the use of milk for food; the admin
istration Of certain mineral waters;
salutary change of place and of migra
tion, always into southern temperat
regions during winter, and to mountain
GUS countries in the summer; the use @
hyposulphites and the alkaline sulphite
for the treatment of the tuberculou
matter developed in the lungs; and cal
ing into play tho various agencies c
therapeutics when they can be mad
available in the different periods of til
disease.
EpizOotic in Horses.
This disease, that swept over the eI
tire country and was so serious in til
fall of 1872, has appeared again thisfal
though probably in not SO bad form
Nearly all the horses in the cities al
affected with it already, and it is certai
to spread to the country very soor
Horses that are in good condition wi
suffer the least from its attack. It's frs
symptom is slight cough, which gradr
ally becomes more frequent and severe
accompanied with running at the nos
and swelling of the throat between th
jaw bones. Horses that are in goo
heart and are properly taken care {
will probably be only slightly affected
We advise the simplest treatment poss
BILE. Keep the horses in warm, con
Portable, clean, and well-ventilate
stable, blanketed in wet, cold weather
feed we'll with oats and sweet hay (cor
is too heating), with good bran mas
once q day; the only medicine needed
to thoroughly rub the throat with SON
good liniment, if it should become muc
swollen, and be very careful not to Il
them take cold. A little exercise ever