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rapidly in the orbit, and her limbs were slightly agitated. Her 
respiration was exceedingly laborious. The appearance of the 
eye made me suspect congestion of the brain ; I therefore de¬ 
termined to bleed her. Knowing how difficult it was to obtain 
blood in sufficient quantity from these animals, I cut off her 
tail*, and arterial blood was evacuated in minute jets, but which 
soon afforded as much of the vital fluid as I wished to abstract. 
Half an hour afterwards i>q change had taken place, except 
that there was a sudden convulsive motion at the slightest touch 
of the skin—the pupil was dilated—the optic nerve was paralyzed, 
and there was considerable grinding of the teeth. I determined 
to try the effect of vomiting, and five grains of emetic tartar were 
given in a small glass of water. Six minutes afterwards there 
was violent agitation of the limbs, and spasms of the neck, 
followed by copious vomiting. Some warm water was adminis¬ 
tered, and the vomiting was speedily repeated. 
The beast now became tranquil, every fearful symptom disap¬ 
peared by degrees, and, to the great astonishment of the by¬ 
standers, the animal got up. She certainly staggered a little as 
she walked, but she managed to retreat from us to her stye. On 
the following day she was quite well. 
We did not allow her at first any thing but white water with a 
small quantity of nitre. She speedily fattened, and was killed 
eight months afterwards, but we took the precaution to bleed her 
twice or thrice in that time. 
Joimi. dll Midif Mai 1838. 
* It is difficult or almost impossible to bleed a pig from the jugular veins ; 
they lie too deep and are covered with too much fat. No ligature around the 
neck will raise them, and it would be folly to puncture at haphazard. The 
veins, however, which run over the inner surface, and particularly the inner 
border of the ears, may be opened without much difficulty. The ear must be 
turned back on the poll, when one or more of the veins may be made suffi¬ 
ciently prominent by the pressure of the finger near the base of the conch. 
The cephalic and the saphena veins may be opened without any very great 
exertion of skill; but the best place, when it is desirable to abstract a con¬ 
siderable quantity of blood, is the palate. The flow of blood may be readily 
staunched by means of a little pledget of tow and a string, as in the horse. 
The cutting off a portion of the car or the tail, seems to be an unprofessional 
and barbarous way of proceeding.—Y. 
