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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
QUINSY. 
This complaint manifests itself by a quickness of the 
breathing, and is often accompanied by a wheezing sound. 
Remedies. —Clean, plentiful, and dry bedding is of the 
first importance ; and give a spoonful of tartarized antimony 
in the food, every twelve hours. If swellings in the glands 
follow, and matter collects under the jaws, the gathering 
should be let out with a lancet, and the matter well squeezed 
out; after which dress it with tar-ointment. 
BLOOD-STRIKING. 
Pigs labouring under this complaint will frequently drop 
suddenly down, and die almost immediately. Sometimes, 
however, there are premonitory symptoms, indicating the 
approach of the complaint, by staggering, or the fore-legs 
giving way under the animal. This malady is caused by an 
overflow of blood to the head, and is analogous to the stag¬ 
gers in horses, cattle, sheep, &c. When pigs die of this 
complaint, putrefaction almost instantly ensues, which ren¬ 
ders the carcase entirely useless. 
Remedies. —Whenever the above symptoms are noticed, 
aperient medicines must be freely given : the following will 
act more rapidly than any other :— 
Tartarized antimony . 1-^ drachm, 
Epsom salts . . 4 ounces; 
to be given in gruel of oatmeal, or lintseed-meal, and re¬ 
peated every twelve or fifteen hours, if necessary. 
