Tonsilla Suis – Tonsil

The attenuations of this sarcode are prepared from the tonsils of a healthy pig (Sus scrofa domesticus). The tonsils are lymphoreticular tissue situated on the borderline between the oral cavity and the pharynx.

The main indications are:

Hypertrophy of the tonsils. Chronic tonsillitis. Enlarged lymph glands. Tubercular glands. Exudative diathesis. May also be tried experimentally in lymphogranulo- matosis and reticulosis.