44 LEHMAN'S POULTRY DOCTOR. 



Treatment for the sick is almost hopeless and I 

 wish to caution the readers of this little book not to 

 place too much confidence in treating the sick birds, 

 but use all the precautions possible to prevent the 

 spreading of the disease. 



It is true there are many recommended cures, but 

 the reader must bear in mind that a large number of 

 supposed cases of cholera that have been cured were 

 not cholera, but some other bowel trouble, such as in- 

 testinal catarrh, enteritis, ptomaine poison, etc., and 

 in such cases treatment is not quite so hopeless; hence 

 the good results in supposed cholera cures. 



But if treatment is attempted, as is often desirable, 

 especially for valuable fowls, the following is very 

 much indicated: Mix 15 drops of carbolic acid in 

 eight ounces of water and give a teaspoonful every 

 four hours; also give one or two grains each of quinine 

 and salicylate of soda and two drops of tincture opium 

 in a spoonful of water three times a day. 



WORMS. 



Fowls, like other domestic animals, frequently be- 

 come infested with worms. 



These parasites are found all through the digestive 

 tract, principally in the intestines, but several small 

 varities are found in the oesophagus, and the walls of 

 the crop and gizzard. There are many varieties, but 

 they can be classed under two heads, namely, round 

 worms and tape worms. 



