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SWINE AND THEIR DISEASES. 



days, mixed with the food of the animal, five to twenty grains, ac- 

 cording to the age and size, of sulphate of iron (copperas). Repeated 

 small daily doses (from ten to fifty grains) of carbonate of potash 

 will prove beneficial when the lungs have been severely affected. 



Pig. 1274.— The Chester White. 



Prof. Townsend, of Ohio, recommends the following where there 

 are at the beginning of the attack copious and dark discharges fr^m 

 the bowels : — 



Podophyllin . . '.' .V '■.,:■ 20 gr. 



Bicarbonate of soda .- ,...,, 2 dr. 



in boiled potato, or in milk. 



If the bowels are constipated, he would give — 



' Castor-oil , , ; 1 oz. 



Oil of turpentine ...:........... 1 dr. 



in milk or gruel. 



It must be remembered that the morbid changes which have 

 been described in either form are seldom all found in a single animal 

 or case. One or even more may be wanting, or but .slightly devel- 

 oped. The two forms, also, are seldom found entirely distinct. 

 Sometimes they are so blended and complicated with each other as 

 to make it very difficult to decide which form predominates. The 

 principal seat of the disease is in the serous membranes which line 

 the interior, of every large cavity of the body, and which also form 



