26 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 



CHAPTEE 11. 

 DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF MASTICATION. 



Pigs, like other animals, suffer from teeth de- 

 rangement, such as malformed teeth growing too 

 long or turning inwards on the tongue. Mr. H. 

 had a valuable sow which had difficulty in chew- 

 ing and swallowing her food; she would chew a 

 few times, then attempt to swallow, and the 

 greater part of it would drop out of her mouth; 

 there was also considerable dribbling of saliva; she 

 lost flesh fast, and the owner called me to examine 

 her. On opening the mouth, I discovered that the 

 third molar tooth had grown long and either 

 grown inward or accidentally gotten bent inwards 

 and injured the tongue. I removed it with a pair 

 of w^olf's tooth forceps and applied a strong solu- 

 tion of alum water to the injured tongue and the 

 animal improved rapidly. In another case a pig 

 was suffering very much and had the symptoms of 

 choking, or of having gotten something in its 

 throat The owner poured melted lard down, but 

 it did no good. The animal would neither eat nor 

 drink, but kept moving around, and at times 

 would squeal. It kept on in this condition for 

 tJiroe days, and as there was considerable saliva 



