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promptly attended to, dies in the course of a 

 week or ten days : the common remedy being 

 to peel off the membrane with the nails of the 

 forefinger and thumb, and afterwards rub the 

 tongue with butter and honey. 



Upon dissection, after death, there have 

 however been found in the windpipe several 

 small red worms, varying in size ; some half 

 an inch and more in length : but they can 

 be removed with safety and facility in the 

 following manner : — 



Let some one take the chicken, holding it in one hand and 

 placing the other over its back, so as to hold it firm ; and 

 then let the operator take a small but firm feather from a 

 hen or pigeon, and strip it from the stem, excepting about 

 an inch and a half from the tip end, according to the size of 

 the chicken; wetting it a little, except at the extreme point. 

 The operator should then take the head of the chicken in the 

 left hand, placing his thumb and forefinger on each side of 

 the bill, in such a manner as to hold the mouth open, the 

 neck being gently but firmly drawn out in a straight line. 

 Then observe the opening back in the tongue ; place the 

 feather as near to it as possible, and when the chicken 

 breathes, the windpipe will be open ; at which moment, 

 enter the feather quickly, and push it down gently, but 

 not in a hurry, from two to three inches ; then draw 

 it out, and in doing so, turn the feather round, by which 

 means some of the worms will adhere to the feather, 

 and others will be so loosened that the chicken will sneeze 

 them up, and throw them from its mouth. As many as 

 eleven have been got out at one haul, and it is not advisable 



