POISONING OF PIGS BY COMMON SALT. 
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Mag. Sulph., ^xvj; 
Gentiana Pulv., §iij; 
Tinct. Zingiberis, 5 J ; 
Liq. Ammon. Acet., §iv; in Aqua. 
Allowed her a little bran mash and warm w r ater. 
In the evening, finding that the bowels had still not acted, 
I repeated the draught, adding 
Sp. ZEtlieris Nitr., giss. 
24th.—The stomach is slightly distended with gas, but the 
bowels are acting freely. Gave 
Sp. Ammoniae Arom., ^iv 5 in Aqua q. s. 
25th.—Bowels rather torpid. Again gave the purgative 
draught. 
26th.—The medicine is operating well, and the animal ap¬ 
parently going on satisfactorily. Gave 
Pulv. Gentianse, 3 ]; 
Sp. iEtheris Nit., ^iss ; 
Tinct. Zingib., ; in liaustus. 
The sutures having given way, portions of the food fre¬ 
quently came through the aperture. Adhesion had taken 
place between the rumen and inner surface of the abdomen, 
which prevented the escaped ingesta from falling into the 
abdominal cavity. She feeds and ruminates well, and the 
secretion of milk is increasing. 
The animal continued to improve until January 8th, 1859, 
when, having been a little over-fed, the bowels become rather 
constipated. The purgative was therefore repeated, and from 
this time the cow w r ent on well, and by the end of the month 
she was perfectly recovered, and returned home, healthy 
granulations having closed up the w r ound. 
POISONING OF PIGS BY COMMON SALT. 
By Thos. Gregory, M.R.C.V.S., Tunbridge. 
I fully expected to have seen in your number for April 
more cases of the above, in answer to the excellent remarks 
of Mr. Robinson, because it is important to owners of pigs 
that they should be aware of the danger there is in giving 
salt in their food, and also that it is by no means an un¬ 
common occurrence for pigs to be thus poisoned. I have met 
