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of a washy, liquid nature. You may then resume the ordinary food, 
only observing to feed regularly, and remove the fragments remaining 
after each meal. 
Lethargy. — Symptoms, torpor, and desire to sleep, hanging of the head, 
and frequently redness of the eyes. The apparent origin of this disease 
is the same as the last, only in this instance acting upon a hog having a 
natural tendency to a redundancy of blood. Bleed at the back of both 
the ears as copiously as you can, and if you cannot obtain a sufficient 
quantity of blood from these sources, have recourse to the tail. Admin- 
ister an emetic, of which a decoction of chamomile flowers will be found 
the safest; or a sufficient dose of tartar emetic, which will be far more 
certain. After this, reduce for a few days the amount of the animal’s 
food, and administer a small portion of sulphur and nitre in each morn- 
ing’s meal. 
Hciivings, or Inflammation of the Lungs. — This disease, which has ac- 
quired its name from the principal symptom by which it is characterized, 
is scarcely to be regarded as curable. If indeed, it were observed in its 
first stage, when indicated by loss of appetite, and a short, hard cough, 
it might run some chance of being got under by copious bleeding, and 
friction with stimulating ointment on the region of the lungs, minute 
and frequent doses of tartar emetic should also be given in butter, all 
food of a stimulating nature carefully avoided, and the animal kept dry 
and warm. Under these circumstances, there would be no reason ab- 
solutely to despair of a cure, but it would be advisable at the same time, 
if the hog, when this primary stage of the malady was discovered, were 
not in very poor condition, to put him to death. If once the hearings 
set in, it may be calculated with confidence that the formation of tubercles 
in the substance of the lungs has begun, and when these are once formed, 
they are very rarely absorbed. The cause of this disease is damp lodg- 
ing, foul air, want of ventilation, and unwholesome food. It is difficult 
to suggest what should be done when matters have reached this pass, or 
what remedies would prove of any service. It is now too late in most 
cases to resort to blood-letting, and the hide of the hog is so tough 
that it is not easy to blister it, for the purpose of counter-irritation ; you 
may, however, try the following, though perhaps the knife might be best, 
if only to relieve the poor sufferer, and provide against the danger of 
infection ; for it may be as well to state that, once tubercular formation 
becomes established, the disease may be communicated through the 
medium of the atmosphere, the infectious influence depending upon the 
noxious particles respired from the lungs of the diseased animal. Shave 
the hair away from the chest, and beneath each fore-leg ; wet the part 
with spirits of turpentine, and set fire to it ; you will, of course, have 
had the patient well secured, and his head well raised, and have at hand 
a flannel cloth, with which to extinguish the flame, when you conceive 
it has burned a sufficient time to produce slight blisters ; if carried too 
far, a sore would be formed, which would be productive of no good 
effects, and cause the poor animal unnecessary suffering. Calomel may 
also be used, with a view to promote the absorption of the tubercles, 
but the success is questionable. 
Diarrhoea, or Looseness. — The symptoms, of course, require no com- 
