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blood oozes. If there are no spots or bad 

 odor and the membrane comes away easily, 

 the bird has only catarrh bad enough, but 

 not contagious. 



Bronchitis, canker, pneumonia, and influ- 

 enza are also nearly alike in symptoms, and 

 are easily mistaken for roup. As they are 

 still all kindred diseases, springing from cold, 

 my advice is: Don't wait to diagnose the 

 case, but at once use means to kill the em- 

 bryo germs without losing time to determine 

 the particular family they belong to. 



Having removed and quarantined the sus- 

 pected bird, start treatment, if there is any 

 discharge anywhere, by thoroughly scrub- 

 bing with some antiseptic solution night 

 and morning. Dr. Woods recommends hy- 

 drogen dioxide and fifteen drops of tincture 

 of phytolacca root in each pint of drinking 

 water, with light, nourishing food. He also 

 gives as a good remedy for all forms of cold : 

 tincture of aconite, ten drops; bryonia, ten 

 drops; tincture spongia, ten drops; alcohol, 



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