96 GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF POULTKV. 



immediate application to every spot attacked of lunar caustic ; 

 but on the whole cures have been rare with this. More 

 success has been reported from the application of an American 

 coal-tar preparation called Cresolene,* ten drops to a pint, 

 applied as a lotion, especially to the inside of the mouth and 

 throat; but as this is difficult to procure, experience is not 

 sufficient to pronounce positively. Another preparation intro- 

 duced by Mr. Christy of Fenchurch Street, the tincture of 

 Papaine, so far as it has been tried, appears to exert a most 

 marvellous effect upon the diseased secretion. Any outbreak 

 in a yard may too probably give ample opportunity for the 

 trial of each and all of these remedies. 



Consumption is denoted by cough combined with gradual 

 wasting and ill-health, though sometimes the appetite is good. 

 Liver Disease presents somewhat similar symptoms, but there 

 is seldom any cough, and the failure of the appetite is the first 

 and most marked symptom, with moping and Hstlessness. 

 Both are practically incurable ; but when cases occur the 

 owner should consider whether his stock is tainted, or if his 

 yard does not present such unsanitary conditions particularly 

 damp ground as need prompt treatment. 



Crojy-bound. Fowls sometimes so distend their crops that 

 nothing can pass out to the gizzard, and death ensues unless 

 relieved. Careless feeding after hunger is the usual cause. 

 In most cases persistent and gentle kneading about of the 

 crop with the fingers, and occasionally pouring a tea-spoonful 

 of water down the throat, and after leaving the bird a couple 

 of hours, repeating the process, will be effectual. If not, there 

 is 110 remedy but to make a perpendicular cut rather more than 

 an inch long in the upper part of the crop, remove all the 

 contents with a tea-spoon, wash it out thoroughly, and then 

 join each skin separately with three or four horsehair single 

 stitches or ties, making the outer set come between the inner 



* Not to be confounded with an English preparation termed Kresyline- 



