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the mixture into the wound and continue until it ceases 
to foam. The foaming shows that diseased tissue is be- 
ing burned out although the operation is almost abso- 
lutely painless. After this, anoint the wound with a 
good carbolic salve. Put some of the mixture in the 
mouth so as to wash out or kill the germs, and keep the 
patient in a warm, dry room for a day or two. If the 
disease shows the ‘canker’ spots of diphtheria take a 
sharp splinter of soft wood, such as a match whittled to 
a flat, sharp point, and gently lift the ‘canker’ or false 
membrane and thus loosen and remove it. Then wash 
thoroughly with the mixture of peroxide of hydrogen and 
water, or better, put the mixture in a glass tumbler or 
fruit jar and dip the head of the patient in it deep enough 
to cover the whole head, allowing the patient to strangle 
slightly, so as to force the mixture into the throat, nos- 
trils and every part of the mouth. Keep the patient un- 
der observation and if the raw spots where the membrane 
was removed do not begin to heal at once repeat the 
operation. Keep the sick fowls by themselves in a warm, 
light room. Feed them on warm mashes. If the fow! 
will not eat force the feed into its crop. Stale bread 
soaked in milk and squeezed dry enough to make into 
little balls makes a good feed for sick fowls. 
“Roup can be prevented. Cold and roup come from 
keeping fowls in badly ventilated houses; keeping too 
many in one room; and allowing dampness in the 
poultry house; and-allowing the droppings to accu- 
mulate in the house. Hens will endure cold without in- 
jury but a very small hole in the side of the house may 
allow a draft from a high wind to strike a hen and start 
her on the way to a case of roup. They may run out of 
doors in verv cold, windy weather without injury if they 
