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Post Morton Examinations.



POST MORTEM EXAMINATIONS.



RULES.


Each bird must be forwarded, as soon after death as possible, carefully packed and postage

paid, direct to Mr. Arthur Gili., M.R.C.V.S., Veterinary Establishment, Bexley Heath,

Kent, and must be accompanied by a letter containing the fullest particulars of

the case.


No replies can be sent by post.



Grey Parrot. (Mr. C. P. Arthur). In owner’s possession twelve mouths ;

lost its appetite. Gave it a teaspoonfnl of fluid magnesia to one ounce

of water; would not feed so gave it Bovril, of which it drank three

tinsful daily, but almost as soon as swallowed brought it up again;

gave it three drops of chlorodyne in water to stop diarrhoea; fed on

seed and water. [Enteritis was cause of death. Your Bovril treatment

aggravated the disease and is quite uusuited to any granivorous bird.

The chlorodyne was correct; had you commenced with it the chances

of recovery would have been far greater. It was a male].



Gray Waxbill and Combassou. (Dr. Creswell). Both found dead ;

seed hopper was clogged, and all other birds very hungry. [Birds

died of exhaustion from want of food, neither one having a single grain

in the crop].


Paradise Whydah. (Hon. M. C. Hawke). Purchased a month ago;

always seemed strong; found dead. [Bird died of apoplexy].



Hen Pin-Tailed Nonpareil (Mr. W. C. Douglas). Purchased less than

a week ago; it looked sick on arrival; found dead. [Concussion of

the brain was cause of death. There was extravasated blood at anterior

part of skull at base of beak. The clot was not sufficiently extensive

to kill outright but it had occurred some days before death].



Two Combassous. (Rev. R. H. Wilmot). Only purchased a few days ago ;

both sitting on the floor when uncovered in the morning; one died at

once, the second two hours after. [Enteritis was cause of death].



Goldfinch. (Dr. W. G. Creswell) Found dead. [Apoplexy],



Gouldian Finch, hen. (Mr. N. B. Roberts). [Acute congestion of liver,

which had ruptured]. _



Rufous-necked Weaver. (Mr. W. Tomes). Has not seemed to moult

well; it continually opened its beak and shook its head. [Your bird



