134 AMPUTATION. 



proportion of half a pound of the sulphur to 

 a dozen fowls, given at intervals of about 

 three days, in equally-divided doses. 



A favourite fowl may have its wing bro- 

 ken, or we may wish to attempt to domes- 

 ticate some wild fowl, when it will be ne- 

 cessary to amputate the wing in order to 

 keep them within our control. This is usu- 

 ally done in a coarse, bungling way, by 

 crushing the bone with a strong pair of scis- 

 sors, and then with a redhot iron searing 

 the part, in order to prevent the effusion of 

 blood. This is unnecessarily painful, and in 

 eight cases out of ten is accompanied with 

 loss of life. All this pain may be avoided, 

 and the operation rendered more secure, by 

 the following, process, which prevents the 

 loss of blood, and the subsequent inflamma- 

 tion is comparatively trifling. 



Fig. 8. We must first, however, 



invite the attention of the 

 operator to the annexed 

 figure (fig. 8), which ex- 

 hibits the principal bones 

 to be operated upon. It 

 is not worth while to enter 



