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cases may be sprinkled with a weak solution of salicylic 

 acid or salicylate of soda, and a little of the solution 

 should be added to the drinking water. 



Mr. Shipley says : " In individual cases the worms 

 may be removed by dipping a feather stripped of its 

 barbules except at the tip, into a mixture of one part of 

 oil of turpentine and two of olive oil, or into oil of cloves, 

 and then inserting it into the trachea; on its withdrawal 

 it will probably bring with it the worms. The opera- 

 tion requires a little care, or asphyxiation may result. 

 Garlic mixed into the food and rue mixed with the 

 water have also proved successful." 



Putting birds in boxes containing two parts, by 

 weight, of powdered chalk to one of camphor is 

 recommended by some authorities, while Mr. Teget- 

 meier recommends that the birds should be fumigated 

 by volatilised carbolic acid. This can be done byputting 

 the affected birds in a box in which a hot brick has been 

 placed and pouring a solution of carbolic acid on the 

 brick. 



Gapes. Lime dust sprinkled in the coops in the 

 morning is useful in this disease. At a later stage 

 garlic should be given with the food, once a day. 



Cramp. Change of soil is the treatment recom- 

 mended here. 



Ophthalmia and other Eye Affections. The birds 

 should be removed from their present rearing-ground. 



Diarrhoea. A little starch mixed with food soon 

 corrects this. Food should also be changed. 



