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Intern:! lly, castor oil is a valuable remedy. It 

 should be j;iven in doses of two teaspooufuls; or, the 

 eommon compound cathartic pill may be administered, 

 ('alomel is also a good laxative ov purgative for fowls 

 and is giveji in doses of from one-half to two grains 

 mixed with sufficient butter to foam a pill. Small 

 cage birds should receive a fragment of a cathartic pill, 

 the size depebding upon the size of the patient. 

 Epsom salts are good and safe; the dose for an adult 

 fowl is one tablespoonfnl of a satui'att'd solution. 



♦>. POISOMXC. 



Fowls may be poisoned by the same chemicals aud 

 agencies tliat poison larger animals. 



Poisoning with Arsenic— One of the most frequent 

 poisons is iuseiiic in one of its numerous forms. 

 Arsenic is u.sed so freely on farms for the ])urpose of 

 po'isoning potato bugs, wonns that infest tre^s, rats, 

 etc., that it frequently liappens that it comes within 

 the reach of poultry and poisons them. The symp- 

 toms of arsenic poisoning are loss of appetite, great 

 thirst, discharge of saliva from the mouth, attempts 

 to vomit, anxiety, restlessness and diarrhoea. Before 

 death the bird may evidence considerable pain, breathe 

 with difficulty, tremble and it may have convulsions. 



After death, the examination of the digestive tract 

 will show that it is considerably inflamed. It is red. 

 full of blood and its contents are mixed with blood. 



The treatment to be employed when it is known that 



