CHAPTER V. 



DISEASES OF THE BRAIN AND EYE. 



1. CONGESTION OF THE BRAIN. 



Congestion of the brain may be caused by extreme 

 excitement, by blows on the head or sunstroke. It is 

 characterized by staggering, stupor, unusual move- 

 ments, such as v.alking backwards or walking in a cir- 

 cle, unusual and irregular movements with the wings 

 and feet and tv^isting the head backwards or to the 

 side. Sometimes the bird will fall on its side and 

 make peculiar movements with its feet and wings, as 

 though attempting to run or fly. 



Tlie treatment consists in keeping the animal per- 

 fectly quiet in a dark place, the administration of laxa- 

 tives, such as two teaspoonfuls of castor oil or one and 

 one-half grain doses of calomel, and the application of 

 cold cloths or ice to the head. 



EPILEPSY. 



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 try, but still it is met with fium time to tiiiic and 



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