VERTEBHATA. 



Vertebrated Animals. 



No. 9. 

 SUS SCROFA. 



THE HOG. 



) Lard. 



The animal substance. A medicinal agent. 



Lard Oil. 



Geog. Position. Temperate parts of Europe and Asia, 



northern parts of Africa, America, &c. 

 Quality. Little or no taste or odor. 

 Power. Demulcent, emollient. 

 Use. Preferable to fat as a friction ; ingredient of oint- 



ments and cerates. 



SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS. 



Natural Classification. 

 5. DIVISION Vertebrata. CLASS Mammalia. 



Ballard and Garrod, Mat. Med. 449. Syst. Nat. Gmelin, I. 217. Jones, An. 

 King. 15. Pereira, Mat. Med. II. 823. Thomson, Mat. Med. 81. Lond. Disp. 

 615. U. S. Disp. 57. Wyatt, Nat. Hist. 49. EC. Disp. U. S. 29. Farmers' Encyc. 

 Articles Swine, Lard. 



GENUS SUS. 



Axonge, Graisse, Sajndoux (Fr.), Schweineschmalz (Ger.), Grasso di porco, Lardo 

 (It.), Pingue, Mantera de puerco, Lardo (Sp.), Swinster (Swed.), Szmalee (Pol.J, 

 Punnie Colupoo (Tarn.), Booboo (Beg.). 



THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS. 



Teeth, three kinds in the greatest number, in the rest at least 



two sorts. 

 Extremities four, with the toes variable in number, and fur- 



nished with strong nails or hoofs. 

 Clavicles, none. 

 Organs of digestion simple or divided into several pouches, 



not disposed for ruminating. 

 Skin thick, naked, or nearly so. 



THE SECONDARY CHARACTERS. 



Sus. Incisors varying in number, canines curved upwards 

 and laterally, molars with tuberculous crowns, lo.wer incisors 

 bent forwards. Four toes on all the feet, the two middle ones 



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