96 DISEASES. 



itself in the "trembling limb." Warmtb and 

 generous diet are the sole remedies for this. 



Fowls are apt to be afflicted with (dare I 

 mention it?) corns. These are caused by injury 

 to the foot in descending from high perches. 

 Eemoval to a grass run is the best treatment. 

 The calosity must first be carefully pared. 



Apoplexy is the result of high feeding; the 

 comb becomes black, and the bird falls down in 

 a state of stupor. Bleeding from the foot 

 sometimes effects a cure, with the aid of medicine, 

 and a continuation of low diet. 



It is well to know that fowls are no homceopa- 

 thists, and can hardly be overdosed by simple 

 physic. However, a smaller quantity has the 

 same effect as a larger- 



