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of a washy, liquid nature. You may then resume the ordinary food, 

 only observing to feed regularly, and remove the fragments remaining 

 after each meal. 



Lethargy. — Symptoms, torpor, and desire to sleep, hanging of the head, 

 and frequently redness of the eyes. The apparent origin of this disease 

 is the same as the last, only in tliis instance acting upon a hog having a 

 natural tendency to a redundancy of blood. Bleed at the back of both 

 the ears as copiously as you can, and if you cannot obtain a sufficient 

 quantity of blood from these sources, have recourse to the tail. Admin- 

 ister an emetic, of which a decoct'on of chamomile flowers will be found 

 the safest ; or a sufficient dose of tartar emetic, which will be far more 

 certain. After this, reduce for a few days the amount of the animal's 

 food, and administer a small portion of sulphur and nitre in each morn- 

 ing's meal. 



Cleavings, or Inllanimation of the Lungs. — This disease, which has ac- 

 quired its name from the principal symptom by which it is characterized, 

 is scarcely to be regarded as curable. • If indeed, it were observed in its 

 first stage, wlien indicated by loss of appetite, and a short, hard cough, 

 it might run some chance of being got under by copious bleeding, and 

 friction with stimulating ointment on the region of the lungs, minute 

 and frequent doses of tartar emetic should also be given in butter, all 

 food of a stimulating nature carefully avoided, and the animal kept dry 

 and warm. Under these circujnstances, there would be no reason ab- 

 solutely to despair of a cure, but it would be advisable at the same time, 

 if the hog, when this primary stage of the malady was discovered, were 

 not in very poor condition, to put him to death. If once the heavings 

 set in, it may be calculated with confidence that the formation of tubercles 

 in the substance of tlie lunos has begun, and when these are once formed, 

 they are very rarely absoibod. The cause of this disease is damp lodg- 

 ing, foul air, want of ventilation, and unwholesome food. It is difficult 

 to suggest what should be done when matters have reached this pass, or 

 what remedies would prove of any service. It is now too late in most 

 cases to resort to blood-letting, and the hide of the hog is so tough 

 that it is not easy to blister it, for the purpose of counter-irritation ; you 

 may, however, try the following, tliough perhaps the knife might be best, 

 if only to relieve the poor sufferer, and provide against the danger of 

 infection; for it may be as well to state that, once tubercular formation 

 becomes established, the disease may be communicated through the 

 medium of the atmosphere, the infectious influence depending upon the 

 noxious particles respired from the lungs of the diseased animal. Shave 

 the hair away from the chest, and beneath each fore-leg; wet the part 

 with spirits of turpentine, and set fire to it ; you will, of course, have 

 had the patient \\ell secured, and his head well raised, and have at hand 

 a flannel cloth, with whieli to extinguish the flame, when you conceive 

 it has burned a sufficient time to produce slight blisters ; if carried too 

 far, a sore would be formed, which would be productive of no good 

 eff'ects, and cause the poor animal unnecessaiy suff'ering. Calomel may 

 also be used, with a view to pron.ote the absoiption of the tubercles, 

 but the success is questionable. 



Diarrhcea, or Looseness. — The symptoms, of course, require no cora- 



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