INFLAMMATIONS.] 



POULTllY. 



[iNFL.VMMATIOSS. 



nlso loss of appetite ; but tliirst remaitis, to the 

 most aj^L;ravated I'xtoiit. Someliinea tliis 

 disease appears to occur iiulepeudeutly of any 

 obvious cause; but dirt, too hot feeding, and 

 want of exercise, are anionv,'st tl»o most usual. 

 Tiio remedies reeommi'iided are various. 

 ^Ir. -Martin prescribes one grain of calomel, 

 made up with bread into a pill ; or, if preferred, 

 two or three grains of Plummer'a pills (pilJij/dr. 

 Siib/nur. co., Lond. Fharm.) ; alter which let 

 il iwer of sulphur be administered, to which add 

 a little ginger, with mixed barley-meal reduced 

 to a paste, and the mouth well washed in a weak 

 solution of chloride of lime. lu the mean- 

 time, let the bird bo kept in a dry, warm, well- 

 ventilated apartment, separate from the other 

 tow Is. AVhen the bird dies of this disease, the 

 trachea will be found swarming with narrow 

 worms about half an inch in length, imbedded 

 in slimy mucus. The worms are the distoina 

 lineare — a long and short body united ; the 

 lor.g body being the female, the short the male. 

 Tiiey are permanently united ; otherwise they 

 are quite perfect in themselves. Mr. Martin 

 is uncertain whether these worms are the 

 cause or consequence of the disease ; but it is 

 certain that when they have once established 

 themselves, their removal is necessary to give 

 the bird a chance of recovery. This is sometimes 

 done by means of a feather, neatly trimmed, 

 and introduced into the windpipe. It is there 



given every morning. If tho discharge should 

 become fcutid, tlie mouth, nostrils, and eyes 

 may bo bathed with a weak solution, coin- 

 posed of equal part^ of chloride of lime 

 and acetate of load. Fomentation with aa 

 infusion of cainomilo flowers is al»o highly 

 beneficial. Tho other affection — that impro- 

 perly passed under this name, viz., swelling 

 of tho tail-gland — may be treated as a boil. 

 If it become inconveniently hard and ripr, let 

 the J} us or mailer out with a penknile, and it 

 will soon get well. 



Mr. Tegetmcier first announced, in his 

 writings, the elTieacy of certain local applicx- 

 tions, in some stages of roup ; and a person of 

 the name of Homer, wo think, first gave the 

 solution of copaiba. This was administered 

 through a quill : for where so given, it becomes, 

 to a certain extent, a local application also ; in- 

 asmuch as the fowl usually makes a coughing 

 or a sneezing effort after it is given. The 

 caustic potash, spirit, &c., used in forming the 

 solution, seems to increase its efficacy as a 

 local agent. Tor this purpose, Fauk's solution 

 of copaiba is as good as any. It is readily given 

 by means of a quill ; which should be shaped 

 like a blunt-pointed pen, or rather a scoop, for 

 the facility of pouring the solution into it. 

 The plume, or top of the quill, should then be 

 cut off", leaving a circular aperture. On this 

 end the fore-finger should be placed ; the 



turned round once or twice, and then, drawn solution poured in at the scoop end, and well 

 out. This will dislodge some of the worms if inserted in the bird's mouth above the tongue, 

 dexterously performed, and with some know- The fore-finger should then be raised from the 

 jL'dge of the anatomy of the parts. A cock, in other end, when the contents of the quill 

 the last stage of roup, was cured by washing quickly flow into the fowl's throat. As all arc 

 its mouth and nostrils with soap and warm not equally informed, we shall be pardoned 

 water; its eyes with warm milk and water; ' for stating, that there is a difference between 

 and the internal application of pellets, consist- balsam of copaiba and solution of copaiba ; 

 ing of " barley-meal and flour (equal parts), the latter being, in some respects, weaker, as it 

 with mustard and grated ginger (equal parts), is prepared from the former. But the ingre- 

 and half the above." Its drink consisted of I dients used in preparing the solution are, them- 

 lukewarra water sweetened with treacle. An ' selves, of efficacy, especially from their local 

 acquaintance of the Kev. Mr. Dixon gave action. But we must warn fowl-keepers not to 

 spirit; of turpentine in rice, and afterwards a expect that catarrh or roup in fowls is now to 



little salt in the water given them ; he thus 

 saved sixteen out of twenty chickens attacked 

 with this disease. Mr. Kichardsou's treat- 

 ment is, for pellets — Powdered gentian, one 

 part ; powdered ginger, one part ; Epsom 

 salts, one-and-a-half part ; flower of sulphur, 

 one-half part; marlo up with butter, and 

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be " cured in one minute," as some peripatetic 

 " doctors" vouch for the tooth-ache. These 

 diseases seem often to be as depressing and 

 lingering in fowls, as influenza or inflammatory 

 sore throat is with ourselves. 



The treatment frequently found most speedy 

 and beneficial, is, first to give a dose of 



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