CHAPTER XII. 

 ACCIDENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS. 



1. Choking. 



Choking is not usual but is sometimes met with. 



Causes. — It is generally the result of greediness. An 

 apple, a potato, or piece of something too large to pass into 

 the stomach lodges in the gullet. The danger of course is 

 the pressure to the windpipe becoming sufficient to "shut off 

 the wind" and cause immediate death. 



Symptoms. — There is continuous coughing and running 

 of saliva from the mouth. When attempting to eat the food 

 runs back out of the mouth. 



Treatment.— Pour down a little raw linseed oil, and then 

 if you can feel the obstruction in the tube along the neck, 

 try to work it around with your hand to get it to slip down. 

 If the obstruction is caught in the back part of the mouth, 

 remove it by prying the mouth open with a stick and work- 

 ing it out with another stick or a long pincers. If so solid 

 that you cannot get it out or rub it down after giving the 

 oil, use a probang such as is used for cattle when choking, 

 pass it back through the throat into the oesophagus, and push 

 the obstruction down into the stomach. Before attempting 

 to pass the probang, tie a rope around the upper part of the 

 mouth and have the head held up, then place the gag across 

 the mouth and run the oiled probang down in a similar man- 

 ner to that outlined for cattle. 



2. Wounds. 



Causes. — Bites of dogs or other pigs, going through a 

 barb wire fence and getting caught on a barb and running 

 against a nail are some of the more common causes. 



Treatment. — If a very bad rip or tear, it is best to catch 

 the pig and sew it up with the same kind of needle and 

 thread as is used to sew up wounds in horses. Put the 

 stitches three-quarters of an inch apart, fill the wound with 

 green salve, let the pig go and it will soon heal up, as pigs' 

 flesh heals very quickly. Watch the wound to prevent mag- 



