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the sun can shiu& in freelv, supplied witli small (iiiaii 

 titles of tempting food and dean water in ck-aii vcw 

 sels, to which may be added a small amount of chlorate 

 of potash (15 gTS. to the pint). A little onion or gar 

 lie in the food is also of advantage. If the discharge 

 from the nose collects about the orifices and obstructs 

 them, or if the eyelids are swelled to such an extent 

 that they cannot be opened, the collection of matter 

 should be removed by means of a sjicuge or .soft clotli 

 moistened with \\arm watei-. 



I. LARYNGITIS AND HKONOHITIS. SORE 

 THROAT. 



If the cold is of an e.specially severe type, on account 

 of the fact that the exposure to which the fowl was 

 subjected was intense or of long standing, or if the 

 fowl is yot'ng or of a naturally weak constitution, the 

 membranes of the air passage may become afflicted 

 with catarrh that reaches beyond the head into the 

 throat, and into the branching bronchial tubes that 

 penetrate the lur-gs. In these cases, the discharge 

 from the nose is more profuse, the depression of the 

 fowl's spirits is greater, there is considerable difficulty 

 in breathing, and in .«evere cases the bird may gasp for 

 breath very much as though its windpipe were ob- 

 structed by gape worms. 



The general treatment in these cases is the same as 

 for pip, but more attenlioii should lie devoted to the 

 fowl because it is in a more serious conditirai. In 

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