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labored to such a degree that the animal sometimes sits on its 

 haunches, gasping for breath, while the livid and swollen tongue 

 protrudes from its open mouth. Sometimes the larynx swells so 

 suddenly that the animal suffocates within an hour, and before the 

 other symptoms are recognized by the unprofessionalobserver. 



Treatment. — If the symptoms are pronounced, there is not much 

 hope of cure, but the progress of the contagion may be checked. 

 There is positive testimony as to the value of sulphate of iron (cop- 

 peras) and chlorate of potash for the purpose of checking the virus. 

 The sulphate of iron is the cheapest and most effective of the salts 

 of iron used in veterinary practice. A remedy used largely among 

 Illinois farmers and highly praised by them is the following : — 



Fig. 1262. — " Sir Roger de Coverly," Yorkshire Large Breed. 



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Sulphate of iron (copperas) , 1 lb. 



Soft soap 1 gal. 



Boil with four gallons of water, mix with the slop for twenty-five hogs, 

 and when they begin to eat, add a solution of two pounds of soda, to 

 make the slop foam well as they drink it. Repeat the dose every 

 three days until three doses have been given. Mr. J. S. Long, of 

 Iowa; states that he has tried this remedy in thousands of cases, and 

 never had a failure. He adds :" Be sure that every hog drinks. If 

 one will not drink, put him in the hospital, and if you cannot get 

 him to drink then, knock him in the head, for he will g^ive the chol- 

 era to the rest. The next day I go through with the same opera- 

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