104 DISEASES OF THE HOG. 
cult breathing, and the animal suffers from a feel- 
ing of suffocation. Another danger arises from 
the small tubes becoming filled with mucus inter- 
fering with the due aeration of the blood. This 
blood, passing through the vessels of the brain, has 
a very depressing effect on the system and some- 
times causes sudden death, or death may be pre- 
ceded by coma or delirium. In very distressing 
cases there will often be a little blood mixed with 
the mucus. This is a much more dangerous dis- 
ease in animals, especially the very young ones, as 
they seem to be unable to throw out the mucus. 
Treatment of Bronchitis: In the early stages of 
the disease give one ounce of epsom salts to clean 
out the stomach and bowels and also to act as a re- 
vulsent; follow this by taking one pint of linseed 
tea with two drams of antimonial wine in it; give 
this in divided doses during the day. Other demul- 
cents such as gum arabic in proportion of one ounce 
to the pint of water or effusion of slippery elm 
would be useful. If there is much cough give from 
one to two grains of opium in a little of the above 
emulsion; if there is high fever give three or four 
drops of tincture of aconite and from ten to fifteen 
grains of nitrate of potassium. In severe cases if 
the hog is strong a full dose of calomel, eight to ten 
grains, given at once, is very useful. We cannot 
with any satisfaction to ourselves or benefit to the 
pig use hot water to the surface of the body; but 1 
think some benefit may be derived by rubbing the 
sides well with compound soap liniment or mus- 
tard several times. After the acute stage is passed 
