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pulse is full and frequent at first; the skin is dry, 
the urine high colored, and there is sometimes a 
hard, dry cough. As the disease advances these 
symptoms become intensified; debility and rest- 
lessness increase; delirium sometimes takes place, 
or the animal may become partially paralyzed and 
soon sink and die. On the other hand, if the disease 
should take a favorable turn, the vomiting will be- 
come Jess frequent or cease altogether; the animal 
becomes quiet, lies down and may go to sleep, and 
after a while may be looking for food. In some 
cases of gastritis caused by irritant poisons, the 
animal may die in a very short time; but in the 
majority of cases the pig will live for twenty-four 
hours to four or five days. 
Treatment: If possible, find the cause. If it 
should be a strong acid give carbonate of soda or 
lime water; or if nothing else is at hand scrape 
some of the plaster or whitewash off the wall, mix 
it with water and give it as soon as possible. On 
the other hand, if it should be by an alkali, give 
vinegar, then give flaxseed water, barley water, 
or gum arabic dissolved in water; of if nothing else 
is on hand give milk. The animal should always 
get from fifteen to twenty-five drops of tincture of 
opium in a little water every hour, or one to two 
grains of powdered opium and a half grain of calo- 
mel. If from indigestible food, give one to two 
ounces of castor oil; follow this with linseed tea 
or gum arabic dissolved in water, and the opium 
as before. When the vomiting has lasted for some 
time it ought to be checked if possible, and this 
