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in surgery by the name of adhesion. It will be necessary, 

 however, for you to supply the invalid with food and water, 

 and these should be put into suitable vessels, and placed in 

 such a position that the bird can supply its wants without 

 being necessitated to move about for them. Place the cage 

 containing the patient where there is a good and clear light. 



BRONCHITIS. In an attack of this complaint the bird looks 

 feverish, is very restless, and frequently drinks; among other 

 symptoms are a dry husky cough and much difficulty in 

 breathing, accompanied by a rattling noise in the throat. 

 Bronchitis usually arises from a neglected cold. 



Keep the patient warm. Three-parts fill a large basin with 

 hot water, place across it two pieces of wood, then stand the 

 cage containing the invalid on these, and cover all with a 

 piece of flannel, the object being to give a steam bath. If 

 the attack is a bad one add to the water ten drops of carbolic 

 acid and twenty-five drops of turpentine, but in this case thin 

 calico or muslin should be used as a cover instead of the 

 flannel. The operation should last from twenty to thirty 

 minutes, and be repeated twice daily for three or four days. 

 Prepare and give the following : Boil 2 table-spoonfuls of 

 linseed in a teacupful of water, strain the juice through a 

 piece of muslin, and add to this 2dr. of the best Spanish 

 juice, Idr. of gum arabic crushed to powder and dissolved 

 in a little warm water, 2dr. of glycerine, and a dessert-spoonful 

 of the best moor honey*; put a teaspoonful of this mixture 

 to 3 table- spoonfuls of water, and give it fresh to the birds 

 every morning. If the birds operated upon have been accus- 

 tomed to a room without a fire, it will be necessary to keep 

 them in a warm room until they are quite convalescent, and 

 before they are again returned to it great precaution is 

 necessary. The patients should be gradually removed to a 

 part of the room farthest from the fire, and if the weather 



* At a certain period of the year many beekeepers send their hives of beea 

 on to waste or moor lands, when wild flowers and the heather, &c., are in 

 blossom. The honey obtained in this way is considered the best, and is known 

 in the North of England by the name of " Moor honey." 



