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stage will, in almost every case, be saved, while those 

 only treated in the more advanced stages will be 

 doubtless less fortunate. The only food allowed, 

 should be good, sweet milk or bran mashes, and to 

 the very sick, only the former. They should be 

 treated gently and kindly, as violence or fright in- 

 crease the violence of the disease, and easily aggra- 

 vates a slight attack. 



THE MEDICINE FOR THE EARLIER SYMPTOMS, and 



for the ordinary stage, is the SPECIFIC A A FOR 

 FEVER, INFLAMMATION, &c. , of which the full dose 

 for a large hog is ten drops, or half as much for 

 shotes. It may be given three times per day in or- 

 dinary cases ; or, if the animal is very sick, once in 

 three hours. As preventive or with only slight symp- 

 toms, one dose per day is sufficient. 



BUT WHERE A NUMBER OF HOGS are to be treated, 

 put one teaspoonful or sixty drops of Specific A A 

 into a new or perfectly clean pint bottle half full of 

 pure water, and after shaking well, give each hog a 

 large spoonful at a dose. 



IT is SUFFICIENT that the medicine be put into the 

 mouth bo as to thoroughly wet the tongue. If the pig 

 will drink, give it in a little sweet milk. (Fluid can- 

 not be turned down a hog's throat without strangling 

 it, as the fluid runs directly into the wind-pipe, if the 

 head is held back.) But as sick swine generally lie 

 quietly on the side, the medicine may be given with 

 the Meclicator, or with a spoon be poured quietly 

 within the partly opened mouth. 



