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and one or two drops of tincture nux vomica three 

 times a day. Feed green and light food. 



Suppuration may take place, which condition can- 

 not be diagnosed during life. 



FEMALE ORGANS, THEIR ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. 



The female organs of the fowl consist of the ovary, 

 the oviduct and the cloaca; the cloaca being common 

 to the organs of reproduction and to the digestive 

 and urinary organs. 



A brief description of the anatomy and physiology 

 of the egg organs might be of some interest. The 

 ovary is situated near the spine on the left side; it 

 has the appearance of a cluster of yellowish nodules, 

 and one by one, these nodules grow larger and become 

 more yellow and finally the delicate membrane (Calyx) 

 surrounding each ruptures and allows the nodule, which 

 is called vitellus, to escape into the dilated portion of 

 the oviduct, called the infundibulum, where it forms 

 the yolk of the egg. The yolk is surrounded by a 

 very delicate membrane called the vitelline mem- 

 brane. Fertilization occurs soon after this body 

 leaves the ovary and enters the oviduct. As it passes 

 on down, it stimulates the walls of the oviduct, from 

 which the albumen or white of the egg is secreted, 

 and deposited on the yolk; the egg now passes on 

 through the oviduct, with the small end downward; 

 it reaches another dilated portion called the uterine 

 or shell-forming part, where the limy substance 



