190 DISEASES AND CURES. 



form one. Some persons, to effect a cooling of the hen plunge 

 her in cold water, a remedy which I should by no means recom- 

 mend, as by it you will frequently lose your most valuable fowls, 

 or perhaps produce 



RHEUMATISM, 



Which is remedied by warmth, and cooling, and opening food. 



GOUT 



Is difficult to remedy ; and the birds being old which it attacks, 

 perhaps may not be worth a trial of success. The remedy is 

 sulphur; it may be given mixed in pellets of bread, or with 

 scalded bran. 



APOPLEXY 



Frequently attacks over-fed fowls, and if they do not suddenly 

 drop down dead, which frequently happens, appear to have a 

 megrim in the head ; they should get, for a full-grown bird, a 

 dessert- spoonful of castor oil, with syrup of ginger and syrup of 

 white poppies, and be confined for a few days, where they will 

 have exercise. 



WOUNDS FROM FIGHTING OR OTHERWISE 



Should be well cleansed out ; and, if badly wounded, ointment 

 of creosote applied, which will be certain to heal them. 



FRACTURES 



May be remedied by carefully and gently handling them. If a 

 leg be broken, and put in its proper position, and neatly splin- 

 tered, it will unite sooner than can be supposed ; and if a valu- 

 able fowl, it is well worth trying the experiment. 



THE RUMP GLAND 



Frequently becomes obstructed, and inflammation sets in, .it 

 swells and occasions pain and uneasiness, extending, in bad cases, 

 to the whole rump. The tumour must be opened, and the col- 

 lected oil, now become polluted and diseased, squeezed out. If 

 the wound does not heal, apply a little tincture of aloes. 



