Treatment is very simple. Extend the limb and put the bones in place, and apply splints with a firm bandage, wetting the limb with Humphreys’ Marvel Witch Hazel. Examine them from time to time to see that they are kept in place. After three or four weeks they may be removed, and the animal trusted to use its limbs. Give B.B., night and morning, for a few days, three or five drops, according to the size of the animal.
Hemorrhage
Occasionally dogs discharge blood from the nose, mouth or anus, after a long run, after going uphill, or after blows or other external injuries. Consideration should be given to the specific cause. Arnica, internally and externally, will often be found curative, or a dose of A.A. For an alarming hemorrhage, give a spoonful of Humphreys’ Marvel, Witch Hazel, and repeat it every hour if necessary.
PART V.
Diseases of Swine and Hogs
CHAPTER I.
Hogs have at times been known to have practically all of the diseases common to other domestic animals. However, in spite of unsanitary surroundings and manner of life, these diseases are very rare, and (in the United States) when a hog gets sick it probably has hog cholera.
Hog Cholera
There are two forms of hog cholera, the acute, and the chronic: however, since the only difference of importance is the length of time the disease takes to kill the hog, it is not worth while to try to decide which form it is.
Symptoms.—The hog has fever; appears dull and sleepy; lies down and does not want to rise or move about; the eyes are red and bloodshot, with a discharge which often glues the eyelids together; and a watery diarrhea.
Treatment.—There is no known cure for hog cholera; prevention is the only thing.