606 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 



QUINSY. 



This complaint manifests itself by a quickness of the 

 breathing, and is often accompanied by a wheezing sound. 



Eemedies. — Clean, plentiful, and dry bedding is of the 

 first importance ; and give a spoonful of tartarized antimony 

 in the food, every twelve hours. If swellings in the glands 

 follow, and matter collects uuder the jaws, the gathering 

 should be let out with a lancet, and the matter well squeezed 

 out ; after which dress it with tar-ointment. 



BLOOD-STRIKING. 



Pigs labouring under this complaint will frequently drop 

 suddenly down, and die almost immediately. Sometimes, 

 liowever, there are premonitory symptoms, indicating the 

 approach of the complaint, by staggering, or the fore-legs 

 giving way under the animal. This malady is caused by an 

 overflow of blood to the head, and is analogous to the stag- 

 gers in horses, cattle, sheep, &c. When pigs die of this 

 complaint, putrefaction almost instantly ensues, which ren- 

 ders the carcase entirely useless. 



Remedies. — Whenever the above symptoms are noticed, 

 aperient medicines must be freely given ; the following will 

 act more rapidly than any other : — 



Tartarized antimony . 1^ drachm, 

 Epsom salts . . 4 ounces ; 



to be given in gruel of oatmeal, or lintseed-meal, and re- 

 peated every twelve or fifteen hours, if necessary. 



