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This is most painful to the birds, and not at all 

 successful. 



Garlic is said to get rid of the worms by means of 

 its powerful odour. This can be used either chopped 

 up in the food or given in pills. I have never tried 

 this remedy, but both Montagu and Megnin have 

 found it very successful. 



Rue infused in the birds' drinking-water is another 

 old remedy, by no means to be despised. I have 

 known several cases of Grapes successfully overcome 

 by the use of this herb. 



Tobacco-smoke has been employed with advantage. 

 The way to use it is to put the bird in a closed box, 

 and fill the box with tobacco-smoke until the bird 

 falls over, when it should be immediately taken out 

 and put in the fresh air. 



Tracheal injections have been tried in recent years. 

 This method of curing Gapes is one of the most suc- 

 cessful, but it requires care and attention. I have 

 found a few drops of 8 p. c. solution of salicylate 

 of soda, injected into the trachea with a fine pipette, 

 invariably successful. I obtained similar results with 

 Eaealy ptus-o\\. 



A mixture of one ounce of powdered chalk and 

 half an ounce of finely-ground camphor, sprayed into 

 a closed box so that the birds must inhale it, is by far 

 the safest and most successful remedy I have tried, 

 although not so certain in its results as by tracheal 

 injections. It has, however, many advantages over 

 the former, as so much care is not needed. This 



