SUCCESSFUL CASE. 



and in less than three hours, I had the satisfaction of 

 observing symptoms of great tranquillity and im- 

 provement in my patient. After leaving her at night 

 on a clean and comfortable bed, I was gratified by 

 finding her upon her legs the next morning, in a 

 fair progress to recovery. I then repeated the above 

 dose, somewhat reduced in strength, and still keeping 

 her on warm gruel, when in two days my satisfaction 

 was complete, on finding her quite restored to her 

 former health, saving a little inconvenience from the 

 obstruction of her milk. Of the pigs previously 

 removed nine did well, and the sow became freed 

 from, all relics of her disease in ten or twelve days. 

 I did not, however, choose to risk another farrow 

 with her, therefore put her to the boar in October, 

 and fed her for the knife. She was killed at Christ- 

 mas, and made excellent bacon. Thus I saved a fine 

 hog by calling in Doctor Common Sense, to atone for 

 the insufficiency of the most skilful leech then and 

 there going ; and if my brethren, pig-breeders and 

 feeders, would follow my example, in most cases, in 

 my humble opinion, it would be to the benefit both 

 of their pockets and their pigs." 



