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tnals of a vigorous constitution want reducing med- 

 icine, such as a dose of epsom salts, one to two 

 ounces, and follow this by giving two to three drops 

 of the fluid extract of veratrum viride every two or 

 three hours, if it does not cause vomiting. There is 

 no medicine in the materia medica which I find so 

 useful as veratrum viride in pneumonia in the pig 

 if it be in a vigorous condition. To prevent vomit- 

 ing give from six to ten drops of laudanum a short 

 time before giving the veratrum. Very often if the 

 case is seen early it will recover without any 

 farther treatment, but, should it prove obsti- 

 nate, it will be proper to resort to calo- 

 mel ; two to three grains of calomel should be given 

 with one grain of opium twice a day. It will be 

 found useful to add half a grain of ipecacuanha to 

 the above; should it not agree with the stomach 

 leave it out or reduce the amount to one fourth of a 

 grain. It is important to push the mercury until 

 the gums become sore, then stop. In the declining 

 stage of the disease expectorants should be given, 

 and nothing will be found more useful for this pur- 

 pose than the compound syrup of squill in doses 

 of from twenty to thirty drops two or three times a 

 day. If the breath should become fetid the spirits 

 of turpentine in twenty to thirty drops three or four 

 times a day should be used. Should the animal be- 

 come weak give stimulants and tonics; carbonate 

 of ammonia in five to ten grains made into a pill 

 three or four times a day will be beneficial, two 

 tablespoonfuls of whisky and two to four grains of 

 quinine, also cod liver oil, brandy and eggs. Feed 



