26 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 
CHAPTER II. 
DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF MASTICATION. 
_ Pigs, like other animals, suffer from teeth de- 
rangement, such as malformed teeth growing too 
long or turning inwards on the tongue. Mr. H. 
had a valuable sow which had difficulty in chew- 
ing and swallowing her food; she would chew a 
few times, then attempt to swallow, and the 
greater part of it would drop out of her mouth; 
therewasalso considerable dribbling of saliva; she 
lost flesh fast, and the owner called me to examine 
her. On opening the mouth, I discovered that the 
third molar tooth had grown long and either 
grown inward or accidentally gotten bent inwards 
and injured the tongue, I removed it with a pair 
of wolf’s tooth forceps and applied a strong solu- 
tion of alum water to the injured tongue and the 
animal improved rapidly. In another case a pig 
was suffering very much and had the symptoms of 
choking, or of having gotten something in its 
throat. The owner poured melted lard down, but: 
it did no good. The animal would neither eat nor 
drink, but kept moving around, and at times 
would squeal. It kept on in this condition for 
three days, and as there was considerable saliva 
