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down the throat and then the crop is manipulated until the soft- 
ened mass is caused to move on properly. 
Epsom Salts (Magnesium Sulfate).—It is one of the cheapest 
and most useful of all drugs. It is especially useful in liver trouble 
and diarrhoea. Half a teaspoonful for a full-grown fowl is a stand- 
ard dose. It can be fed by mixing in soft feed; but a much more 
effective plan is to allow the bird to go without feed for a few 
hours and then dissolve the salts in warm water and pour down 
the bird’s throat. 
Cottonseed oil and olive oil are useful when hens are egg bound, 
for diarrhoea, and for external and internal use in dressing sores, 
torn flesh, and bound crop. 
Bichloride of Mercury.—A 1 to 1,000 bichloride solution is a 
germicide and disinfectant for external use, cleansing wounds and 
preventing infection. It is highly poisonous, and to prevent it 
being mistaken for water it is well to color it with laundry blue 
for identification. One can mix the solution by purchasing’ the 
standard bichloride of mercury tablets, or, better yet, have the 
druggist make a standard solution. 
Medicines in Tablet Form.—It is often desirable, because much 
more convenient and easily administered, to have the medicines 
in compact tablet form. Wholesale drug houses carry complete 
lines of such tablets graded according to dosage. They are 
administered very easily by holding the bird’s mouth open with 
one hand and with the other thrusting the tablet far back into 
the bird’s mouth so that it is swallowed. The following four drugs 
in this form are useful: 
Salicylic acid, two and one-half grains, for use in cases of rheu- 
matism. 
Aconite Root, one-tenth grain, for use in fevers. 
Bismuth subnitrate, one grain, for intestinal irritation. 
Iron, quinine, and strychnine tablets, for use as a tonic. Dose, 
3 per day. 
Antiseptic Ointment.—The following ointment may be made 
by the poultryman and will always be found useful in treating 
cuts, sores, and wounds of all kinds: 
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Clean axle grease (or vaseline)............... 000 e eee 8 ounces 
