DISEASES OF THE ADULT. 13) 



2. Diseases of the Adult. These are, in 

 the present state of our knowledge, almost 

 all incurable, and the sooner they are put 

 out of the way the better. When the cause 

 is obvious, something may rationally be at- 

 tempted. A broken leg, for instance, may 

 be put in splints and tied up, the fowl being 

 kept apart from others. Sometimes the 

 fowl may be seen drooping, and, upon ex- 

 amination, the crop may be found over- dis- 

 tended with grain or gravel : the obvious 

 remedy in this case is to make a cut two 

 inches long into the crop, take out its con- 

 tents, and sew it up again : this may be done 

 with perfect safety. Sometimes I have 

 known fowls to have their crops enormously 

 distended with the small, yellowish-brown 

 beetle called the rose-bug. I proceeded 

 to operate in the same manner upon these, 

 but they all died. Upon examining them, 

 the cause of their death was obvious : the 

 bugs had fastened their claws into the very 

 substance of the crop and gullet, and the 

 fowls had died from inflammation. I must 

 confess I know of no remedy for such a 



