SWINE DOCTOR. 



CGSTIVENESS. 



This is not an uncommon complaint of the confined 

 and fattening hog, and is easily removed by Epsom salts, 

 or by five grains of calomel being given in a little of the 

 animal's favorite food. 



It will be dans^erous, however, to push the calomel be- 

 yond the second or third dose, for the hog is very easily 

 salivated. 



Sometimes, however, this costiveness is produced by — 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS, 



Which is attended by considerable pain, heat and ten- 

 derness of the abdomen, with a quick pulse, and other 

 symptoms of fever, and sometimes by fits and insensi- 

 biUty. 



The treatment should consist of copious bleeding, oily 

 laxatives, clysters, warm fomentations to the abdomeo, 

 and, if the animal is not too large, warm baths. 



