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fowls liavc been poisoned with arsenic is to administer 

 the white of an agg every hour ov the thicic liquid in 

 which flaxseed has been boiled. If possible, the chemi- 

 cal antidote, iron sesquioxide or dialized iron, should 

 be given. If there is much diarrhoea and pain tincture 

 of opium in doses of five to ten drops is useful. Pow- 

 dered chalk given in ^^■ater is also good. 



Poisoning with Salt. — Small quantities of salt are 

 very beneficial for fowls but large quantities may cause 

 serious illness or even death. From half an ounce 

 to an ounce of salt is fatal for a chicken. This quan- 

 tity will cause loss of appetite, great thirst, redness of 

 the membranes lining the mouth and throat, pain and 

 diarrhoea, and if the poisoned fowl is opened after 

 death it will be found that the intestines are in a con- 

 dition resembling that found when death results from 

 arsenical poisoning, but usually the inflammation is 

 not of quite such a severe type. Such substances as 

 mackerel brine, beef pickle, etc., are even more pois- 

 onous than pure salt and smaller quantities will pro- 

 duce the same symptoms. 



Tlie treatment consists in the administration of the 

 remedies recon.mended for arsenic poisoning, with the 

 exception of the iron compounds. 



Poisoning ivitli Mould. — T\'hen fowls are permitted 

 to eat food that has undergone decomposition or has 

 become very mouldy they are sometimes poisoned. 

 This subject has been referred to under the head of 

 irritation of the digestive canal and diarrhot^a. 



