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lateiiiiiUv. tastar oil is a valuable leiuetly. It 

 should be given in doses of two teaspooufuls; or, the 

 common compound Mthaitic pill may be administered. 

 Oalomel is also a good laxative or purgative for fowls 

 and is giveji in doses of from one-half to two grains 

 mixed with sufficient butter to form a pill. Small 

 cage birds should receive a fragment of a cathartic pill, 

 the size depei:ding upon the size of the patient. 

 Epsom salts are good and safe; the dose for an adult 

 fowl is one tablespoonfnl of a saturated solution. 



ti. POISOMXd 



Fowls may be poisoned by the same cliemicals aud 

 agencies that poison larger animals. 



Poisoning with Arsenic. — One of the most frequent 

 poisons is arsenic in one of its numerous forms. 

 Arsenic is used so freely on farms for the purpose of 

 poisoning potatct bugs, worms' that infest trees, rats, 

 etc., that it frequently happens that it comes within 

 the reach of poultry and poisons them. The symp- 

 toms of arsenic poisoning are loss of appetite, great 

 thirst, discharge of saliva from the mouth, attempts 

 to vomit, anxiety, restlessness and diarrhoea. Before 

 death the bird may evidence considerable pain, breathe 

 witli diflBculty, tremble and it may have convulsions. 



After death, the examination of the digestive tract 

 will show that it is considerably inflamed. It is red. 

 full of blood and its contents are mixed with blood. 



The treatment to be employed when it is known that 



