CASES OF DISEASE IN PIGS. 
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lent paroxysms of pain coming on — the servant- man called them 
fits — on the first appearance of which the poor animal would champ 
its jaws, its mouth becoming filled with frothy foam. It would 
then turn round several times, and immediately stop and begin to 
elevate its head by degrees, until it had risen to the highest point, 
then fall on its side and lie in an apparently insensible state and 
seeming, indeed, as it were dead, for several minutes. It would 
then rise with the greatest fury and run forcibly against the wall 
or sty. Tetanus or locked-jaw would then come on for a short 
time, after which the animal would appear better, until the re- 
currence of the paroxysm. 
I opened the largest veins in the ears and roof of the mouth, and 
after they had bled tolerably freely, I ordered a febrifuge to be 
administered combined with a strong vegetable cathartic. This 
was ordered to be given in a sufficient quantity of ol. lini. The 
patient then had a little warm broth poured down its throat when 
the paroxysms were suspended. 
June 25th . — The symptoms are much the same as yesterday. I 
ordered the dose to be repeated, and the broth or milk to be continued, 
the same as yesterday. I applied the following blistering liniment 
on the top of the head, behind the ears, and under the jaws : pulv. 
lyttse, pulv. euphorb., pulv. ant. tart., ol. terebin., et liq. aramon. 
2 5th . — The patient is somewhat better to-day, the paroxysms 
do not appear so frequently and are much weaker when they come 
on. The eyes appear better — the conjunctiva is not so red — • 
the medicine has slightly acted on the bowels, but the faeces are 
still hard and knotty. The liniment that was applied behind the 
ears has not produced vesication of the parts, but set up a strong 
counter-irritation in the form of a large inflamed dense swelling. 
The animal refuses all food, therefore I had it drenched as before, 
and half a dose of the medicine given at night. A little of the 
liniment was continued on the inflamed parts, in order to keep up 
the counter-irritation. 
This morning there is another out of the same lot of pigs attacked 
in the same manner. I went and examined him, and found he had 
refused his food for the first time last night. The symptoms were 
the same in every respect as in the first case. I acted precisely 
in the same manner, bleeding, drenching, and applying the same 
kind of counter-irritation. 
21th . — The first case is becoming much more favourable to- 
day. The paroxysms appear but seldom, and are considerably 
weaker. The bowels are acted upon, the faeces being softer and 
voided in greater quantities. The animal has a disposition to eat 
a little to-day, but has not power in its jaws or tongue to take any- 
thing into its mouth. The attacks of tetanus appear but seldom. 
