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fering from a bad cold. Dulcamara and Hepar sulph., 

 in alternation twice a day soon removed the trouble. 



Hepar sulphur is the best remedy when there has 

 been partial relief from other remedies but not complete 

 cure. 



Gelsemium is an excellent remedy for catarrh in- 

 curred during warm, moist, relaxing weather. 



Catarrh or coryza in fowls must be distinguished 

 from roup, as a common bad " cold " is distinguished 

 from croup or diphtheria in human beings. The dis- 

 charge from the nostrils of fowls in catarrh is thinner 

 and not offensive, and is accompanied with sneezing 

 and coughing, while in roup the discharge is thick and 

 very offensive. Cold, catarrh, coryza, roup and pip are 

 all more or less related to each other. 



Cough. 



Turkeys are often afflicted with a cough resulting 

 from small red worms in the windpipe. The disease 

 seems to be the same as " gapes " in chickens, and calls 

 for the same medication, i.e., Dulcamara and Drosera, 

 in alternation with Sulphur, to complete the cure. For 

 external treatment, see " gapes." 



Diarrhoea and Dysentery. 

 While resembling, in some respects, cholera, these 



