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with a sponge will generally stop the bleeding without 

 difficulty 



The following may be given : 



RECIPE. 



Fever Medicine for Stcirie. — Take digitalis, three 

 grains ; antimonial powder, six grains ; nitre, half a 

 drachm. Mix and give in a little warm swill, or milk, 

 or mash. 



In the greater number of cases the animal will readily 

 take this : but if he is so ill that nutriment of every kind 

 is refused, he must be drenched. 



This should be repeated morning, noon, and night, 

 until the inflammation is abated. A purgative should 

 quickly follow. The Epsom salts may be given in doses 

 of from one to three ounces, 



APOPLEXY AND INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN. 



Sj/mptoms.— The swine, in the act of feeding, or whett 

 moving across the sty, will fall suddenly, as if struck 

 with lightning. He will be motionless for a little while, 

 and then convulsions will come on, strong and dreadful: 

 the eyes will seem protruded, the head and neck will 

 swell, and the veins of the neck will be brought into 

 sight, notwithstanding the mass of fat with which they 

 may be covered. 



The course here is plain enough. He should be bled, 

 and bled copiously. Indeed, the blood should be suflfered 

 lo flow as long as it will. Two or three ounces of Ep- 

 som salts should then be given ; the quantity and the 

 heating character of the food should be diminished, and 

 a couple of drachms of sulphur given daily in the first 

 meal. 



MEASLES. 



The red and pimpled appearance of the skin, or of 



