DISEASES OF THE HOG. 101 



When there is much fever advantage can some- 

 times be had by giving two grains of calomel 

 every two hours until it has made an impression 

 on the pulse, or from three to five drops of the 

 fluid extract of veratrum viride four or five 

 times a day in a little water. Sometimes ad- 

 vantage is obtained from gargling the throat with 

 alum and water, a teaspoonful of alum to a glass of 

 water; this can be repeated every hour or two. The 

 operation of tracheotomy cannot be resorted to 

 with success on account of the shortness of the neck 

 and the accumulation of fat. 



CHRONIC LARYNGITIS. 



This form is not common in the pig. The mucous 

 membrane though inflamed maintains its integrity. 

 There is little inconvenience; it is only when ulcera- 

 tion takes place that it injures the animal. A pig 

 may be affected w^ith this trouble and keep in good 

 condition and the only thing noticeable will be a 

 dry cough, which does not yield easily to treatment. 

 The best remedy is the compound syrup of squills 

 in thirty drop doses three times a day. If ulcera- 

 tion should take place there will be a little blood 

 mixed with the mucus coughed up. This form of 

 disease cannot be successfully treated in the pig. 

 Giving turpentine in dram doses three times a day 

 and making the animal inhale the fumes from 

 burning tar will sometimes be beneficial and might 

 be tried. 



