A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



When we have a bird with a cold, it goes 

 into a coop with plenty of straw on the bot- 

 tom, which stands where it gets all the sun. 

 At night a curtain made of bags is hung in 

 front for extra warmth. Mouth, eyes, and 

 nostrils are swabbed with warm water to 

 which the permanganate of potassium mix- 

 ture has been added; half a teaspoonful 

 is poured down the invalid's throat. Food 

 consists of stale bread, moistened with milk 

 in which onions have been boiled. If the 

 diarrhoea is bad, half a thimbleful of poppy 

 seed is added; or water in which mullein 

 seed has been boiled is given as a drink. 



A change of food is made by boiling rice 

 and mixing it with chopped parsley and 

 green sprouts of onions, chopped fine; and 

 powdered charcoal is mixed in once a day. 

 When we have any of the milky puddings 

 for dinner, some of it goes to the patient. 

 In fact, any sort of nourishing food you 

 would give a child is appropriate. This 

 "homey" doctoring has always answered 



318 



