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b}' giving from five to ten grains of sulphate of 

 iron and a dessert spoonful of aniseseed at a dose 

 in its food twice a day for a month, and by this 

 time the animal will usually be cured. If not, it 

 would be wise to kill it, as those morbid feeders 

 never do well. In the second, put the animal in 

 a place w^here it cannot get at the material it eats, 

 and give it a dose of epsom salts, one to two ounces, 

 then give the above tonic. If the animal has been 

 in the habit of eating earth, give it bicarbonate of 

 soda in its food, one teaspoonful at a dose, com- 

 bined with the tonic. 



HEMATEMESIS. 



Bleeding from the stomach is usually attended 

 by vomiting of blood, but not always, as the blood 

 may have been swallowed, then vomited, without 

 any hemorrhage direct from the stomach. It is 

 not common in the pig, although I have seen a 

 few cases. 



Causes: Injuries in the region of the stomach, 

 such as a kick from a horse. I have had a case 

 from this cause. Hard substances that the ani- 

 mal had swallowed, caustic substances introduced 

 into the stomach, violent straining in vomiting 

 and from inflammation and ulceration. It is also 

 produced from diseases of the liver, spleen and 

 other organs. 



Symptoms: Hematemesis may be preceded by 

 loss of appetite or it may come on suddenly, which 

 is the case when it is caused by violence. Hemor- 



