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legs, grinding teeth, stiffness of the jaws, these being soon followed by stiff- 
ness in the neck and the greater part of the whole body, and a peculiar 
elevated position of the head. If the animal survives the twelfth or 
eighteenth hour, there are good grounds for expecting a recovery. For 
treatment, refer to Lock-Jaw in the Horse. 
Hydrophobia arises from the bite of a rabid dog, fox or other animal, 
and is at first characterized by dullness and continual licking of the bite;. 
then the symptoms are very similar to those of a rabid dog, and the reader 
is referred, for fuller notes and treatment, to Hydrophobia in the Dog. 
COLIC AND INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS. 
These two are mentioned together because one is easily mistaken for 
the other, though they are radically different, as shown by their symptoms. 
In cote, the animal is restless, utters cries of pain, and rod/s on the ground, 
in izflammation of the bowels, the symptoms are dullness, loss of appetite, 
constipation, spasms, continued restless motion, staggering gait and other 
marks of pain. 
TREATMENT.—Select remedies and local applications from those 
given for Calic and Inflammation of the Bowels in the Horse. For inflam- 
mation of the bowels, in particular, provide warm baths, dry bedding, and 
general comfort. 
WORMS IN THE INTESTINES. 
Worms very often exist in. the intestines, are very troublesome, and 
not unfrequently exceedingly fatal. Their presence may be inferred if the 
animal has a voracious appetite and yet continues lean and out of con- 
dition in general, coughs, runs restlessly about, utters cries of pain, snaps. 
at other hogs or whatever animals are in reach. The dung is usually hard 
and high-colored, though diarrhea is not uncommon; the urine sometimes. 
whitish; the eyes sunken; weakness becomes more marked and is attended , 
with symptoms similar to those in Colic; staggering and convulsions some- 
times ensue. 
TREATMENT.—Turpentine, a few drops to the dose, is very efficacious, 
and does not injure swine if given in proper quantities. Common salt, 
which is poisonous to hogs when given in large quantities in the food, is 
an excellent remedy when supplied in such a way that it can be licked at 
will. Cina and santonine are standard remedies in the treatment for warms. 
Tansy is also valuable. For tape-worm, put the hog on a fast, and then 
give felix mas or root of male shield-fern; areca nut is only second to this, 
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