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itself in a dark corner, but in about two or three hours it 

 will make its appearance again and be willing, in most cases 

 at least, to accept a little choice food. . . At that time 

 it will be advisable to give again a small dose of medicine, 

 consisting either of a few grains (two to three, to a full 

 grown animal, and to a pig in proportion), of tartar emetic, 

 or the same amount of calomel, mixed with a piece of 

 boiled potato ; or if appetite should not have returned, 

 mixed with a pinch of flour, and a few drops of water, and 

 formed into small round pills. . 



" The tartar emetic is to be preferred if the disease has 

 its its principal seat in the respiratory organs, or presents 

 itself in its catarrhal-rheumatic form, and the calomel de- 

 serves preference if the gastric, or bilious-rheumatic form 

 is prevailing, but especially if the liver is seriously affected. 

 Either medicine may be given in such doses as have been 

 mentioned, two or three times a day for several successive 

 days, or till a change for the better will be plainly visible." 



He also recommends a few drops of carbolic acid in the 

 water, or slops especially, if the " typhoid character of the 

 disease is manifest." For convalescents, he recommends 

 from five to twenty grains of copperas, according to the 

 size of the hog. 



" Externally, a good counter-irritant, or blister, applied 

 on both sides of the chest, and composed of cantharides, 

 or Spanish flies, and oil (one ounce of the former to four 

 ounces of the latter), boiled together over a moderate fire 

 for half an hour, or in water bath for one hour, will produce 

 a very beneficial result, especially in all those cases in which 

 the serous membranes of the chest constitute the chief seat 

 of the morbid process." 



Before administering medicines, it is of great importance 

 to ascertain the location of the disease. If the respiratory 

 organs are affected, emetics should be promptly ad- 

 ministered ; if there is evident acidity of the stomach, 

 alkalies ; for the liver, calomel. If the disease is located 

 principally in the intestines, and takes a typhoid type, 



