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decessor, causing much loss of appetite and condition and 

 fretid breath. Pigs usually cut thirty-six teeth from the sixth 

 to the twelfth month, and are most liable to suffer at this age. 

 Puppies and kittens suffer even to convulsions, between the 

 third and the sixth months. The temporary tushes should 

 always be extracted if not shed before the permanent ones 

 come up. 



The redness, swelling, and tenderness of the gums in such 

 cases may extend to the throat, causing fits of coughing, and 

 retained temporary teeth are to be sought for and removed. 

 Otherwise treatment consists in a slight lancing of the gums, 

 washing with tincture of myrrh, using soft food, keeping the 

 bowels open, and avoiding hard work in horses and dogs. 



SALIVATION. SLOBBERS. 



This is often a symptom of some other affection (aphthous 

 fever, dumb rabies, epilepsy, stomatitis, pharyngitis, dentition, 

 caries, and other diseases of the teeth, wounds and ulcers of 

 the mouth, gastric catarrh, etc.), or caused by irritant food and 

 drugs (rank aqueous rapidly-grown grass, musty mow-burnt 

 fodder, lobelia, wild mustard, colchicum, pepper, garlic, ginger, 

 irritants, caustic alkalies, acids and salts, and the compounds 

 of mercury used internally and externally). Mercurials are 

 especially hurtful to cattle. Paralysis of the- lips will cause a 

 free flow of saliva, as will also irritation with the bit, and 

 especially from chemical agents attached in bags to the bit. 



Symptoms. — Free discharge of saliva in stringy filaments or 

 frothy masses, frequent deglutition, increased thirst, and dis- 

 ordered digestion. For mercurial salivation see Stomatitis. 



Treatment. — Discover and remove the cause, use astringent 

 washes as advised for stomatitis, and give access to cold water. 

 In obstinate cases give a course of tartar emetic, opium, 

 chlorate of potassa, or iodide of potassium. Rub the glands 

 beneath the ears and between the jaws with iodine ointment. 



