Part 33 (1/2)

GENERAL DEBILITY, OR EMACIATION.

The falling off in flesh, or wasting away, of swine is in most cases owing to derangement in the digestive organs. The cure consists in restoring the tone of these organs. We commence the treatment by putting the animal on a boiled diet, consisting of bran, meal, or any wholesome vegetable production. The following tonic and diffusible stimulant will complete the cure:--

Powdered golden seal, } ” ginger, } equal parts.

Dose, a tea-spoonful, repeated night and morning.

When loss in condition is accompanied with cough and difficulty of breathing, mix, in addition to the above, a few kernels of garlic with the food. The drink should consist of pure water. Should the cough prove troublesome, take a tea-spoonful of fir balsam, and the same quant.i.ty of honey; to be given night and morning, either in the usual manner, or it may be stirred into the food while hot.

EPILEPSY, OR FITS.

The symptoms are too well known to need any description. It is generally caused by plethora, yet it may exist in an hereditary form.

_Treatment._--Feed with due care, and put the animal in a well-ventilated and clean situation; give a bountiful supply of valerian tea, and sprinkle a small quant.i.ty of sc.r.a.ped horseradish in the food; or give

Powdered a.s.safoetida, 1 ounce.

” capsic.u.m, 1 tea-spoonful.

Table salt, 1 table-spoonful.

Mix. Give half a tea-spoonful daily.

RHEUMATISM.

_Causes._--Exposure, wallowing in filth, &c.

_Symptoms._--It is recognized by a muscular rigidity of the whole system. The appet.i.te is impaired, and the animal does not leave its sty willingly.

_Treatment._--Keep the animal on a boiled diet, which should be given to him warm. Remove the cause by avoiding exposure and filth, and give a dose of the following:

Powdered sulphur, } ” sa.s.safras, } equal parts.