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and biscuits ; chicken or mutton bones he was very- 

 fond of also, and I have often seen him swallow with 

 evident relish such indigestible morsels as the heads 

 and feet of fowls and partridges. However, a Marabout 

 really has no place here, as he can scarcely be included 

 in the category of cage-birds, and the same applies to 

 the other larger feathered pets I have had out here — 

 Spurwing Geese, Bush-fowl, and Crown-birds, all of 

 which do well in captivity if properly looked after. 

 Two of the last named are just now gracing the 

 Governor's compound in Bathurst, and as they have 

 satisfactorily got over all their infantile troubles I 

 hope they will live to follow their predecessors of 

 other species to the Zoo. 



^be Storp of BirD^^Deatb. 



By W. Geo. Cresweli., M.D., L.R.C.P., F.Z.S. etc. 

 (Continued fioui page 183^. 



THE TREATMENT OF vSEPTIC^MIA. 



r^-^ HE success attaching to the treatment of the 

 (G^ jiist quoted cases of septic poisoning may 

 ^-'^^ probably raise false hopes in the minds of my 

 readers as to the success they may expect in 

 all and sundry cases. But they must bear in mind 

 that which I have frequently alluded to in the course 

 of these pages, — the constant variability both of the 

 degree of virulence on the part of the bacilli, and of 

 the quality of reaction on the part of the patient. A 

 man, to use a familiar example, scratches his finger. 

 Instead of healing straight away as it would do if he 

 took means to prevent any entrance of septic germs, 

 it becomes irritable and sore, and a small area sur- 

 rounding the original scratch becomes red, swollen 

 and throbbing. If the germs have been of only 

 ordinary strength, and the man is in robust health, a 

 timely cleansing of the sore, and the adoption of 



