CHAPTER XII. 
ACCIDENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS. 
1. Choking. 
Choking is not usual but is sometimes met with. 
Causes. — It is generally the result of greediness. An 
apple, a potato, or piece of something too large to pass into 
the stomach lodges in the gullet. The danger of course is 
the pressure to the windpipe becoming sufficient to "shut off 
the wind'* and cause immediate death. 
Symptoms. — There is continuous coughing and running 
of saliva from the mouth. When attempting to eat the food 
runs back out of the mouth. 
Treatment. — Pour down a little raw linseed oil, and then 
if you can feel the obstruction in the tube along the neck, 
try to work it around with your hand to get it to slip down. 
If the obstruction is caught in the back part of the mouth, 
remove it by prying the mouth open with a stick and work- 
ing it out with another stick or a long pincers. If so solid 
that you cannot get it out or rub it down after giving the 
oil, use a probang such as is used for cattle when choking, 
pass it back through the throat into the oesophagus, and push 
the obstruction down into the stomach. Before attempting 
to pass the probang, tie a rope around the upper part of the 
mouth and have the head held up, then place the gag across 
the mouth and run the oiled probang down in a similar man- 
ner to that outlined for cattle. 
2. Wounds. 
Causes. — Bites of dogs or other pigs, going through a 
barb wire fence and getting caught on a barb and running 
against a nail are some of the more common causes. 
Treatment. — If a very bad rip or tear, it is best to catch 
the pig and sew it up with the same kind of needle and 
thread as is used to sew up wounds in horses. Put the 
stitches three-quarters of an inch apart, fill the wound with 
green salve, let the pig go and it will soon heal up, as pigs' 
flesh heals very quickly. Watch the wound to prevent mag- 
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