]il.H(.' of cbloiatt' of polusli in I lu- (li-inkiii,y water it is 

 bi'ltei- in these severe eases to add small iniantities of 

 bidving soda (bicarbdnale of soda) and tilauber's sail 

 (1 drachm to each pinti. It is also of advantage to 

 give small doses of sal ammoniac (1 grain) mixed witli 

 honey. 



(Since roup, a very contagions disease of fowls, com 

 mences in a similar way, it is very important lo imme- 

 diately remove from the fleck all birds showing the 

 symptoms described above, because if it should prove 

 tliat they were afflicted with roup the extension of the 

 disease miglit in this way be prevented. 



3. LUNG FEVER OR PNEUMONIA. 



If the exposure to which a fowl is subjected is of an 

 unusually severe charactei-, it m:ty result tliat the bird 

 will develop inflammation of the lungs or pneumonia. 

 Symptoms of this A'ery severe affection are at first sim- 

 ilar to those of the two preceding diseases, but they 

 rapidly become worse, and within a short time the 

 patient evirces great difficulty in breathing. It loses 

 .ill ambition and sense of fear, remains stubbornly in 

 one place and when caught and examined it will be 

 noticed that the muscles in the lower part of the body, 

 those of the abdomen, eonti'act an<l expand with each 

 respiration and in this way assist the muscles of the 

 cliest to expel and renew the air in the diseased lungs. 

 Pressure- on the sides of the bird will cause considera 

 ble ]>ain. If the fo^^l dies, and unfortunatelv most of 



