222 Diseases. 



SECTION XIV. 



On the Diseases of Poultry and Pigeons. 



The diseases of our domestic animals 

 kept for food, are generally the result of 

 some error in diet or management, and 

 should either have been prevented, or 

 are to be cured most readily and ad- 

 vantageously by an immediate change, and 

 adoption of the proper regimen. When 

 that will not succeed, any farther risk is 

 extremely questionable; and particularly 

 with respect to poultry, little hope can be 

 derived from medical attempts. In fact, 

 the far greater part of that grave and 

 plausible account of diseases and reme- 

 dies, which is to be found in our common 

 cattle and poultry books, is a farrago of 

 sheer absurdity ; the chief ground of which, 



