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them do when afllicted with pneumonia, it will be 

 found that the lungs are very red and full of blood, 

 and portions of them when cut off and placed in a 

 vessel C'f water will sink instead of floating as pieces 

 of healthy or slightly diseased lungs do. The air tubes 

 are filled with a yellowish or reddish frothy fluid 

 which in some eases is expelled in small quantities 

 during life. 



The treatment of these cases is not profitable, be- 

 cause so few of them recover. If, however, one wishes 

 to treat an especially valuable fi^wl, and will consent 

 to devote the time and care to the ciisc rliat it requires, 

 good results may follow. 



Half a teasyKtoT.ful of whiskey in a little warm 

 water, together with from 2 to 3 grains of saltpetre 

 and ammonium carbonate may be administered at in- 

 tervals of frcm three to four hours. It is also well to 

 cause the fowl to inhale fumes of burning sulphur, but 

 ihis vapor should not bo administered in a concen- 

 trated form. The fo'wl must be kept in a warm, dry 

 place. 



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