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night with a little good ginger in it will be all that 
is necessary. If there should be fever give the ani- 
mal a dose of epsom salts and follow this by giving 
small doses of nitrate of potassium, ten to fifteen 
grains. If the nostrils should get very much filled 
up put a piece of camphor in hot water and hold it 
under the nose for ten minutes; or take a small bot- 
tle of tincture of iodine and hold it under the nose; 
the heat of the hands will cause it to give off vapor 
of iodine. A few doses of quinine often affords re- 
lief. 
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE NOSTRILS OR OZENA. 
When simple catarrh continues beyond the usual 
period it is apt to become chronic. The mucous 
surfaces have become weakened or ulcerated, giv- 
ing rise to a yellowish muco-purulent discharge, or 
mucous membrane may become thickened and 
make breathing somewhat difficult. I have known 
young pigs to die of this disease. 
Treatment: Give the pig from eight to ten 
grains of sulphate of iron in its food twice a day. 
In young pigs when they get badly stuffed up the 
nosirils should be cleaned out and steamed with 
hot water with a little carbolic acid in it. In some 
cases it will be necessary to inject into the nostrils 
a solution of sulphate of zinc, beginning with four 
grains to the ounce and rapidly increasing it to 
twenty grains to the fluid ounce repeat several 
times a day. Fowler’s solution of arsenic in from 
three to five drops given in the food three times a 
