992 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOE. 



with cloths ^vrung out of very hot water, applying them repeatedly tc 

 induce bleeding and reduce the inflammation. In the mean time the fol- 

 lowing should be prepared, to be used as soon as possible, as an 

 injection : 



No. 14. 4 Ounces sulphate of magnesia, 



2 Drachms oil ol turpentine, 

 }^ Pint soap suds. 



Mix, ani inject into the rectum with a syringe. If the animal wiU 

 eat, give the following, mixed in a little gruel : 



No. 15. 2 Teaspoonfuls turpentine, 



2 Teaspoonfuls lard oil. 



If he will not eat, swab the tonsils often with the mixture by Uicans 

 of a swab fastened to a small rod, the mouth being held open, as previ- 

 ously described. 



rv. Apoplexy, Staggers or Congeafcion of the Brain. 



This disease is not unusual in fat hogs. 



How to know it. — The animal will be stupid ; the eyes red j the pulse 

 hard and rapid ; the bowels constipated. As the disease progresses, the 

 animal becomes partially or wholly blind, going in a circle or striking 

 against objects ; and at last he falls unconscious. Sometimes the attack 

 is attended with effusion on the brain, without other symptoms being 

 especially noticeable; the animal falls suddenly ; the limbs stiffen ; f rotb 

 flows from ths mouth, and the breathing is hard, with a snorting sound. 



What to do. — If cold water is not at hand, bleed freely from the jugu- 

 lar vein. The proper application is cold water allowed to fall upon the 

 head from a considerable height. At the same time let an injection be 

 quickly prepared and administered at once ; use No. 14. 



v. Colds, or Rising of the Lights. 



Rising oi the lights is what is generally called a cold. Keep the ani- 

 mal warm and quiet ; feed well with easily digested food, and rub vinegar 

 and mustard on the chest. If it does not yield to treatment, give a table- 

 spoonful of tar every day, placing it well back on the tongue with a 

 paddle. If the disease resolves itself into inflammation of the lungs, see 

 treatment therefor in Article II, of this chapter. 



VI. Catarrh or Smiffles. 



This is a common disease that usually disappears with warmth and good 

 care, and light, digestible food. It sometimes assumes c chrsric fcx^fiJ, 

 as nasal gleet, just as it does in man. When this is the case, the animai 

 had better be killed at once and burled. 



