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gers and pull it gently out. Burn the discharge and feather 

 after the operation. Look carefully for the worms and be 

 careful not to choke the patient. 



We recommend this treatment as a last resort, and may 

 say for the encouragement of the uninitiated that we have 

 succeeded in saving valuable birds by this treatment. 



Constitutional treatment is also necessary. In addition 

 to proper food and clean quarters as outlined, give the bird, 

 daily, a small piece of camphor, about the size of a grain 

 of wheat, and a few drops of turpentine in the drinking 

 water, or mixed in the food, about 10 drops to the pint. 



5. Apoplexy. 



Fowls sometimes die of apoplexy — rupture of a blood 

 vessel of the brain. 



Causes. — Laying hens that are allowed to become very 

 fat are frequently found dead on the nest, indicating that the 

 rupture was due to straining while endeavoring to expel 

 the egg. 



Treatment. — Nothing can be done except to remove the 

 cause and remedy the conditions by proper feeding. 



6. Large Lice on the Head of Chicks. 



Fig. 105. A Chick Suffering from Lice. 



Causes.— These lice appear on the head of the young 

 chick because of the neglect of proper precaution, as outlined 

 in Sect. 5, Chap. XL 



Symptoms.— The chick is "dumpish," refuses to eat and 

 the irritation caused by the louse soon causes death. 



