58 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 



pellets, for the curative virtue lies in the similia of the 

 dose and not in its " strength." 



Roup. 



Under this heading is grouped, too often, the whole 

 series of catarrhal affections. If Webster's Unabridged 

 is opened and "Roup" looked up, the inquirer is re- 

 ferred to " Roop ;" turning to that word he is again 

 referred to " Croup," and that really is " Roup." 

 Dunglison's Medical Dictionary also gives the same 

 derivation. The difference between croup and diph- 

 theria, in brief, and, what closer study would probably 

 reveal to be analogous, roup and pip, is, that in roup 

 the mucus remains slimy and stringy, while in pip it 

 hardens and forms the "scale." Be that as it may, 

 roup is the bane of chicken-raisers and of chickens. 



The disease is characterized by a foul breath, offen- 

 sive discharges from the nostrils, inflamed and swollen 

 head, sore eyes, and a cankerous-looking throat and 

 mouth. 



The homoeopathic remedy for roup is Spongia, and 

 if homoeopathy had done nothing else for poultry 

 breeders than to give them this remedy, it would merit 

 their lasting gratitude. Of its efficacy there can be no 

 doubt. Spongia is the sovereign remedy for croup in 



