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mals of a vigorous constitution want reducing med- 
icine, such as a dose of epsom salts, one to two 
ounces, and follow this by giving two to three drops 
of the fluid extract of veratrum viride every two or 
three hours, if it does not cause vomiting. There is 
no medicine in the materia medica which I find so 
useful as veratrum viride in pneumonia in the pig 
if it be in a vigorous condition. To prevent vomit- 
ing give from six to ten drops of laudanum a short 
time before giving the veratrum. Very often if the 
case is seen early it will recover without any 
further treatment, but, should it prove obsti- 
nate, it will be proper to resort to calo- 
mel; two to three grains of calomel should be given 
with one grain of opium twice a day. It will be 
found useful to add half a grain of ipecacuanha to 
the above; should it not agree with the stomach 
leave it out or reduce the amount to one fourth of a 
grain. It is important to push the mercury until 
the gums become sore, then stop. In the declining 
stage of the disease expectorants should be given, 
and nothing will be found more useful for this pur- 
pose than the compound syrup of squill in doses 
of from twenty to thirty drops two or three times a 
day. If the breath should become fetid the spirits 
of turpentine in twenty to thirty drops three or four 
times a day should be used. Should the animal be- 
come weak give stimulants and tonics; carbonate 
of ammonia in five to ten grains made into a pill 
three or four times a day will be beneficial, two — 
tablespoonfuls of whisky and two to four grains of 
quinine, also cod liver oil, brandy and eggs. Feed- 
