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of water, and apply two or three times daily, so 

 as to touch every portion of the diseased surface. 

 Tincture chloride of iron, full strength, applied to 

 it is also useful. Nitrate of silver, either in solu- 

 tion or pencil, is also good. When there is much 

 fetor the mouth should be washed with a solution 

 of carbolic acid, one to fifty. The little animal 

 should be supported by brandy and eggs, one to 

 two grains of quinine should also be given twice 

 a day. 



BLACK TEETH. 



There has been a great deal said and written on 

 this subject, but the great majority of the profes- 

 sion at the present day consider that black teeth 

 is not a disease which is capable of causing death. 

 I have studied black teeth and have never been 

 able to connect it with any of the diseases affect- 

 ing the pig, and in the majority of cases it seems 

 to do no harm to the animaPs health. I have no 

 doubt, how^ever, that pigs suffer as well as other 

 animals from tooth ache, but I have never seen any 

 cases where I could detect it. I am not able to ac- 

 count for the cause of black teeth unless it be nat- 

 ural for some hogs to have them. If it should be 

 discovered that a hog has a decayed tooth and is 

 apparently suffering from it, by all means have it 

 removed, which can easily be done w^ith a pair of 

 wolf teeth forceps. I can advise swine breeders 

 not to trouble themselves if they should notice 

 some of their pigs having discolored teeth. * • 



