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DISEASES OF POULTRY. 



the Stomach in a short time. It 

 does away with the uncertainty 

 attending the giving of medicine 

 in the feed or drinking water, and 

 with a little practice is more ex- 

 peditious than making and giv- 

 ing pills. The open end of the 

 catheter may be inserted into a 

 rubber bulb having one opening. 

 Just sufficient air should be ex- 

 pelled from the bulb, so that the 

 dose of medicine will be sucked 

 up without being followed by 

 much air. The bird's head is 

 then brought in a line wilh the 

 neck, which is extended, the 

 catheter is passed carefully to the 

 crop, when a slight pressure on 

 the bulb forces out the medicine, 

 and the instrument is withdrawn. 

 The operator should be sure that 

 he avoids the trachea. 



For the treatment of the heter- 

 akis, Megnin recommends mix- 

 ing santonin with the food given 

 to the fowls. The powdered 

 santonin may be incorporated 

 in a cake, the dose being 7 or 8 

 grains for each bird. An efficient 

 Fig. n.-Eeii,norhy>i,h„s j-prngdy js made by boiling an 



polvinoyplius^ male; mat; III- ■' 



fied 20 diameters. «, probus- quucc cach of male fern, tausy 



cis; <■, nerve gang-lion; <•, 



suspensory ligament; f, ^.w^l savory in a pint of Water. 



lemnisca; ^.^' testicles;", /, -' ., • • j 



deferent canals; X-, prostate 'TJig resulting llQUld IS miXCd 

 glands; /, seminal reservoir; ° 



«/, penis; ;/, caudal pouch, ■with fiour, whlch IS thcu made 



