Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-16
HOG DISEASES.
Common Sense Directions For the Cure Of
Many Serious Ailments.

commons Sense Directions For the Cure Of
Many Serious Ailments.
There r a great many other dis
eases beside the contagious mes with
which hogs are affected which call now
and then for a victim. Among these are
rheumatism, inflammation of the lungs.
apoplexy. worms in the kidneys, stag
gers, constipation. piles and nearly all
Of the disorders incident to the human
family. including measles and mango.
All of these disorders, as we'll as those
which become epidemic, may be made
less by good care and the most excel
lent neutrality-suspicious..
The best of authorities are not agreed
as to the cause of the swine plague, or
exactly how it spreads. They are
equally at fault for a remedy. The
best that can be done is to disinfect the
pens, troughs and everything connect
ed with the diseased hogs, and to bury
or burn the dead. and to remove the
SICK ones, as fast as they become affect
ed. from the we'll ones. The best dis
lnfectant is q solution of carbolic acid.
twenty parts of water to one of the acid;
and, when diluted. one hundred parts Of
water to one of acid, it may safely be
mixed with the I drink, and it is said
to have a good effect. Some feed COP.
peras and others saltpeter. but the
treatment with carbolic acid is the best
N most eHectual. Some hog men
are sure that nothing will prevent
cholera. so they keep on in the same
old way, and take the chances. 1t
stands to reason that filthy water,
such as the troughs contain. full of
bacteria and decomposed vegetable
matter. and the excrement of the swine.
putrid and dissolved in it, is not whole
some drink. and will help to lay a
foundation for disease, If not bring Il
on. 1t would certainly cause disease
among people. and why not with hogs?
1t will there is no doubt of it. A clean
held, with fresh and pure water, must
be q safer condition; anyway, it will
help clear a mans conscience.
In all cases of dysentery, medicine
must be given to clear out the stomach
and to reduce the inflammation. To
this end. physics are given, and mu-
cilaginous drinks. such as fayseed tea,
slippery elm, starch or a decoct:on of
comfrey roots. Laudanum is excellent
internally. After the physic has
cleansed the stomach, and by Injections
with starch, light succulent food should
always be given to sick hogs. and one
OF the best is oat meal cruel. thin
enough to be drank. The cruel can be
made from oats ground in the common
grist mills, and the hulls sifted out. or
the oats may b boiled and mashed
and the liquid drawn off. The last
way would do in the absence of ground
oats. Raw linseed oil is the best ami
NAL physic.
A wet, cold bed will bring on rheu-
matism. or it may cause chilling, which
would be likely to cause internal de-
rangcments. When too many hogs
sleep in the same nest, they will pile
upon each other. and those underneath
will become very hot, and when they
go out into the cold, they are likely to
cool off suddenly and catch cold. These
are the conditions which produce quin-
zey and Inflammation of the lungs,
which is q more common disease than
many are aware of. A favorite sow,
last winter, was left in the barn-yard
several hours. on a cold day, and the
result OF this exposure was an acute
attack of Inflammation of the lungs.
1t came on the same night, and the
next morning she refused to get up,
and her skin and extrem;tles were cold.
She did not eat a mouthful for three
days. and then only took q little drink
for several more. The following treat-
ment saved her: She was bathed and
rubbed with hot water for hours, with
hot bricks all along her body and on
top Of her. After warmth and circu-
lation were brought to the surface, she
was covered with wooden blankets, and
the hot bricks kept about her for fully
twenty-four hours. This sow brcathcd
with difficulty, and would have died in
a short tine but for this prompt and
thorough treatment.
1t is always dangerous to cause a
hog to run, especially if it is in a
fleshy condition. l have known them
to drop down dead when hurried.
Swine are sometimes stricken with
paralysis of the hinder parts; but
most generally when they refuse to
rise on their hind legs, OF do so with
evident pain, it may be caused by a
stra;ning of the muscles across the
back. or by worms in their kidneys.
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be the same. Rubbing with hot wa
ter and steaming across the kidneys
will help the STRAIN. and do no hurt,
but rather relieve the soreness in the
kidneys. Spirits of %turpentine. rubbed
across the back, may relieve this
trouble, but in most cases it is nee
essary to give doses of tablespoonful
of %turpen,ine every other day until
the pig is better. The %turpentine is
rap dly absorbed in the stomach and
carried to the kidneys, and destroys
the worms.
Measles is an infectious disease, and
will run its course. At the first symp-
toms-red blotches-the hog should be
put in a warm place and fed laxative
slops. Carbol;c acid. diluted fifteen
times its bulk with water, will kill
she mango. 1t should be rubbed on
two or three times, with a week in
tervening, and atterward an ONT
nent OF lard and fine sulphur
smeared over the NANCY places. In an
old case of mango all the old dead skin
should he removed, and the diseased