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treatment is to reopen the glands, if possible, or to 

 anoint the part with oil sweet oil being best. 



Such treatment, while palliative, is not really cura- 

 tive, for it is fair to assume that the disease is not due 

 to external accidents. The homeopathic remedy for 

 the complaint is Hepar sulph. Isolate the fowl, if 

 possible, and put a dozen pellets of the remedy in her 

 water-cup. 



Moulting. 



Properly speaking, this is not a disease but a normal 

 process through which the fowls pass without difficulty. 

 Should it happen that the process is slow and the fowl 

 seems in a generally, dry, arrested condition, give it 

 Calcarea carb. If there is a raw corroding fluid 

 among the feathers, give Natrum muriaticum. If 

 fever, Aconite. Oily foods, such as sunflower-seeds, 

 linseed-meal, etc., are beneficial during moulting. 



pip. 



A disease that affects the tongue and mouth of 

 the fowl, and is evidenced by a tough, scaly growth on 

 the tongue, and is often the result of dryness of the 

 tongue due to the clogging of the nostrils, which cause 

 the fowls to breathe through the mouth. The term 

 " pip " is now seldom used. The " regular " treatment 



