The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-12
"HOg ChOIera'--Its Prevention and
Treatment.

Inc uisease which pregaiiea Turing the
year 1910 and the frst siss Int months of 1876
10 an alarming extent among the swine OF
tie State 81 Missouri, and which has caused
severe losses in several parts Of the State, is
known to the farmers by the rather queer
name Of ''hog cholera''-a name given inE
discriminatory to almost any malignant dis
ease Of swine, the nature OF which is not
understood by the fsrmer-and i probably
the same maledy which has been so destTuc-
tive TO the hog crop OF Missouri, Illinois,
Iowa, and other States during the last
Board OF Agriculture, taking tie
position that an enemy muet be known
before it can be CONQUERED, and desiring TO
devise means enabling the farmers OF the
State ~ Missouri to stop the ravages of the
plague, and to save, il possible, the lives OF
those animals already attacked, requested
the undersigned to investigate the disease
in its various forms and phases, as to its ma
ture, symptoms, morbid CHANGES after
death, and its causes, in several parts OF the
State, and to suggest means OF prevention,
and a rational treatment. The request of
the State Board of Agriculture has been
complied with. The investigation has been
made. 1t was commenced in The fore part
of August august ID, and extended to the
fore part Of September September ~. Sew
eral hundred sick animals have been exam
ci2lly In the counties of Jaekcoh, Lafayette
and st. Charles, and ndiherous post-mortem
examinations have been made, also at va
rious places and at different times, on ami
mails that had just died, and on animals af-
fected with the disease in different states Of
development, and killed by bleeding, for
that special purpose. The premises on
which the diseased animals were kept have
been carefully examined, and the treatment
and care which the latter had received be-
fore getting sick, or the mode and manner
in which they were kert, have been ascer-
tanned by diligpnt inquiry and observation.
Consequently Sufficient material for a report
has been collected.
Here follows a detailed account Of the
various cases examined, giving the nature
OF the disease and much Valuable inforina-
ton in reference thereto.
- TREATMENT. NJ
Tie treatrnaht may be diVidedlin two pstts-a
hygienlc, and medical treatment. The former
includes removing o. tis Causes and is alike
In many, or ever IN most. diseases, of the great
est inoot'dnce. The sick animal must be sep
GRATED from the herd, and must be provided with
a clean, dry, and well ventilated resting place,
which is not exposed 20 drafts of air, and which
affords otherwise sufficient protection against
heat, cold and wet. The same, further, must
have, besides pare air to breathe, clean water TO
drink, and healthy and easily digestitie food to
eat. II the sick animals are thus treated, and
the causes promptly restsOS ed, a great many sick
animals pfoyidSsi, of course, they are not too
far gonel VIII be saved by a proper medical
treatment; but if these directions are not com
piled with, even the best medical treatment will
be OF very little avail. As 10 the use of medi-
cnes, / would recommend to give 10 each patient
at the beginning of the disease a good ghetto,
composed either OF powdered white hellebore
tceTotTtts dibUfil or OF tartar enetc in dose Of
about one grain Tor each month the sick
animal is old, il the same is of fair size but not
sixteen TO twenty Erains. even if the
animal is fGl grown or several years old The
emetc is easily administered by mixing it with
piece of Boiled potato, or, If white hellebOre is
chosen (Which ] consider as preferahlet, by
sprinkling il on the surface of 2 email quantity
Of milk. Boiled potato - milk will not be re-
fused by any sO5 Unless the patient is already
very sicE or far gone, and in that case il will be
too late 10 give an emetic. After the medicine
has taken effect the animal will appear to be very
sick, and will try to hide itself in dark corner
but in about two or three hours il will maize its
appearance again, and will be willing, in most
cases at least, TO accept little choice food, for
instance, boiled potato, a little milk, etc. At
that lime il will be advisable to give again
small dose of medicine, consisting either of a
lew grains ttwo to three, to a full grown ami
nal, and to a pig in proportion OF tartar emet-
~ or OF the same amount OF
sil1mel, also mixed with piece of
boiled potato; or. if appetite should not have re-
burned, mixed with pinch of hour and a few
drops Of water, anti formed into small round
pills. 4 sick hog. | viii remark here, should
not bt uEGDtnel WIFI meUlCIugS uuNeE AnY
for drench, given by force, is very
apt TO pass down Jhc windpipo into the lungs as
soon as the animal squeals, and frequently
causcs Instant death. The tartar emetic has to
pc preferred, il the disease has its principal stat
IN the respiratory organs, or presents itself in
its catarrhal rheumatic iorm and the calomel
deserves preference if the gastric or bilious
rheqmetiC form is prevailing, but especially if
The liver is seriously affected. Either medicine
may be given in such doses as have been men
iioned two or three times day for several days
z succession, or till change fot the better will
be plainly yisihle; It may also be advisable
shsTaeter Of the disease is P very
ranifest) to mix for each hog or
pig, now and then, few drops Of carb0ic acid
with the water for drinking, or with the slop
Anmals that are convaeseent and have been re-
duced very much by the disease, and are yet
weak, should receive, mixed with their food
small doses Of sulphate Of iron tcopperas) say
from 1--WE 10 tWanty grains, according 10 age and
size, but the use Of iron must be discontinued II
the patient becomes eonstipated or IL the ekcre-
ments turn black. Those conFalescents in which
hepatizauon OF the lungs, will be benefited by
giving them repeatedly small doses (froin ten to
hfty grains) of purified carbonate OF potash, for
the purpose of promoting the absorption of the
oxidation deposited in the tissue Of the lungs.
Externally, good counter irritant, or blister,
applied on both sides Of the chest, and composed
OF cantharides or Spanish HES and oil Zone
ounce OF the former to four ounces of the latter
constitutes the propOrton), boiled together over
a moderate fire for half an hour or in a water
bath for one hour, VIII produce a very BENEFICIAL
result, especially in all those cases in which the
Serious membranes of the chest constitute the
principal seat of the morbid process. In most
cases one application will be sufficient, provided
the oil is thoroughly rubbed in and the disease
has not progressed too far. If the first applica-
ton should fail to raise good blister dwelling
and eXudation), a second one may be made the
next day. In those cases, however, in which
the morbid process has made too much head
way, or has wrought too much destruction
of tissue to admit recovery, the counter.
irritant vii! produce no blister and no swelling
a fact which constitutes a valuable
prognostlc symptom, for it indicates that the vi
iality of the animal is already very low and thata
further treatment viii be OF no avail. Fontanels
tory or H. blister, bat act slower are less reia-
Bic and NAV other Xise cansh snrne damar-e An