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would be effective, but we have not had occasion as 

 yet to trouble about it. 



Stop sickness or constipation may be either a 

 secondary effect of worms, or a direct effect of hard, 

 indigestible food, fever, or deranged liver. In the 

 former case the treatment must be aimed at the 

 worms, in the latter there is nothing as an aperient 

 to beat one pound of Epsom salts, with one-and-a-half 

 ounces of turpentine, mixed with hot water and given 

 warm to a full-grown bird, the dose being correspond- 

 ingly reduced for younger ones. At the same time, 

 in a full-grown bird, the hand may be inserted up 

 the rectum, and the hard lump of excrement —that 

 can often be felt — removed ; whilst at the same time, 

 and in cases where this cannot be done, an injection 

 of some gallons of warm water and soap can be given. 

 A simple and effective enema, consisting of a large 

 syringe, can be bought at the chemists' in Port Elizabeth 

 or Cape Town. There is a little difficulty in inserting 

 it, owing to the situation of the bladder, and as long as 

 no force is used, and the point of the syringe is kept 

 pointing in an upward direction, no harm will be done. 

 Croton oil, up to 30 drops for a full-grown bird, is often 

 given, but the effect is generally uncertain, and when it 

 acts it does so too violently. In all cases the medicine 

 should be followed by a feed of aloe or prickly pear 



