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or ulcerous growths in the mouth and throat. It is 

 difficult to cure, but Arsenicum will in many cases 

 relieve. For what is known as " Wart Skin " (not 

 Chicken-pox) give Calcarea carb. 



White Comb. 



This disease is said by German authorities to be a 

 vegetable parasite or fungus, which attacks fowls some- 

 times. The combs become covered with what looks 

 like a whitish dust, the feathers grow scrawny and the 

 fowl dies. The complaint seems to be contagious, and 

 the fowls affected should be isolated. The treatment 

 recommended by the German poultry men is Sulphur 

 for a day or two in the drinking water, followed by 

 Staphisagria, which is the main remedy. 



Something which somewhat resembles this complaint 

 will be found under the heading " Lice." 



Worms. 



When any fowl is known by observation to be 

 affected with worms, Cina, or the active principle of 

 that remedy, Santonine, is the remedy. Continue until 

 good health is restored. Eaw flesh is generally the 

 cause of worms, but not always. 



