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.1 ihoiimgh ck'j;i.sinji of the droppings. The yards 

 should be spriidvled wilh lime, tlic feeding place should 

 be scrupulously cleansed and disinfected, and the 

 water sujiply should be looked to carefully, in order to 

 avoid possible impurities or coutaniinat ion. The fowls 

 that die should be cremated 

 or deeply buried at a dis- 

 tance fr(nu the poultry 

 grounds. Tlie individual 

 l)atients need not be de- 

 sitroyiMl. as is sometimes 

 done, because it is fre- 

 quently possible to save 

 them by means of very sim- 

 ple treatment. It is impor- 

 tant to place them in warm, 

 dry (luarters, and feed nu- 

 tritious, attractive food. 

 Douglass mixture, referred 

 to on page 38, is useful. The 

 diphtheritic patches should 

 be removed by scraping 

 lightly witli a blunt metal or 

 wooden instrument, or by 

 rubbing them otf with a 

 swab made by Avrapping a snmll pledget of cot- 

 ton about the end of a toothpick. After they 

 are removed, the raw surface thus exposed should 

 be treated with an antiseptic, for the purpose 

 of destroying the disease germs that remain. One of 

 the best ;i]'i>lications for thi.s j)nrp(>se is a 10 per cent. 

 solution of nitriite of silver, to be applied cautiously 

 and in small quantities, with a camel's hair brush. 

 (ir. a 2 j)er cent, solution of creolin or carbolic acid 



The Hoof of the Mouth of a 

 Fowl, showing Diphtheritic 

 Patches. 



