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should be bathed with acetate of lead half an ounce 

 to the quart of water. If the cough is troublesome 

 give from fifteen to twenty drops of tincture of 

 opium in a spoonful of water. When there is a ten- 

 dency to stiffocation gargle the throat with tincture 

 chloride of iron, a teaspoonful to the ounce of 

 water. Bathe the neck with hot water and then 

 rub on mustard. Steaming the nostrils in this com- 

 plaint is useful. If the animal does not improve in 

 a few days it will be better to destroy it. 



QUINSY OF THE PIQ. 



This disease is characterized by sore throat and 

 the appearance of a swelling on the sides of the 

 neck at the angle of the lower jaw and sometimes 

 extending between its wings. When the swelling- 

 is large it presses on the larynx (upper part of the 

 windpipe), causing difficult breathing, and in some 

 cases suffocation. This is a local disease and one 

 common to the pig, and usually yields to treat- 

 ment. 



Treatment: Give the pig all the cold water it 

 will drink. Put half a dram of chloride of am- 

 monia in half a pint of water and if the animal is 

 thirsty and will drink water, put it in the drinking 

 water; if not, give it with a bottle, repeat three 

 times a day. Bathe the neck with hot water and 

 rub on a little camphorated liniment If the breath- 

 ing is difficult give three drops of the fluid extract 

 ^)f belladonna and ten grains of chlorate of potas- 

 sium at a dose three times a day; steam the nostrils 



