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to a pint of water), wipe dry and apply the white lotion 

 each time after bathing. This disease is frequently very 

 stubborn and requires time and patience to cure and we 

 strongly advise the strictest attention to care and proper 

 diet as soon as it makes its appearance among a flock. 



3. Sore Eyes. 



Causes. — Sore eyes may result from one of two main 

 causes: (1) The introduction of foreign matter — dust, chaff, 

 etc. — into the eye, and (2) some constitutional derangement. 



Symptoms. — The membranes of the eye are inflamed and 

 red and there is a watery discharge. 



Treatment. — Endeavor to ascertain if possible the cause 

 and remove it. 



Bathe the eyes and head when swollen with lukewarm 

 water, wipe dry and apply the eye wash twice a day. Should 

 an ulcer or boil appear below the eye, when ready, this 

 may be gently opened and the contents squeezed out. Con- 

 tinue bathing and applications of the eye wash, which with 

 proper diet and care will effect a cure in a few days. 



4. Comb and Wattle Wounds. 



Causes. — These, of course, are usually the result of fight- 

 ing. It frequently happens, too, that the fowl injures the 

 comb by constant rubbing against the poultry netting when 

 endeavoring to get out of the enclosure. 



Fig. 115. A Pheasant. 



Treatment. — Should bleeding be very profuse and dan- 

 ger of bleeding to death be apparent, apply at once a little 

 Monsell's solution of iron. If this is not at hand, dip the head 

 in a handful of ordinary wheat flour. When the bleeding is 

 stopped or if no danger is anticipated of bleeding to death, 



