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TREATMENT. —Give only soft, mild food and not very cold drink, 
‘using the treatment, in the main, that is detailed for Indigestion. 
CORE. 
This is a deposit or excrescence in the gullet, or in the organs of diges- 
‘tion further down, sometimes being dark, sometimes brownish-yellow, 
sometimes ochre-colored and mingled with blood. 
TREATMENT.—For obvious reasons it will hardly be detected unless a 
-dead fowl is opened. Then others of the flock may, as a precaution, be 
treated with mercurius, china and silicea, upon the homeopathic pginciple. 
PARALYSIS.—APOPLEXY.—MEGRIMS.—STAGGERS. 
These are all affections of the nervous system due to an excessive 
‘flow of blood to the head, or to a weak condition in the blood-vessels of 
the brain which makes them incapable of bearing their normal pressure. 
When a fowl is made to stagger from this cause, or to run in a circle, or 
flutter, without other manifestations, the disorder is called megrims, staggers, 
dizziness or vertigo. This may become chronic and thus leave no doubt 
regarding its nature; but mere dizziness and staggering also appear in 
-constipation, roup, idles: and other diseases characterized by weakness. 
Geese sometimes stagger in consequence of parasites in the ear, and ani- 
mals suffering from such a disorder will show symptoms so similar to 
those of real staggers that the difference will scarcely be detected. If the 
‘staggers are followed by falling and unconsciousness, apoplexy has come on. 
Either of these forms may show a temporary or permanent relief as soon 
as the blood leaves the brain. Should a blood-vessel be ruptured, the 
-disorder is known as paralysis, and the fowl either dies at once or suffers 
an impairment or loss of the use of one or more of its limbs. Such par- 
alysis may be relieved and occasionally the recovery may be apparently 
-complete. 
Cause.—In addition to the above causes, high feeding conduces to 
‘the pressure on the brain, Indian corn being especially bad for some breeds. 
Any too stimulating food tends to the same end, as well as mechanical in- 
juries, violent exertions, disorders of the spine, or even the mild straining 
in laying anegg. Some of these influences may give rise to temporary 
or permanent paralysis in the leg or wing, which will disappear if the 
exciting cause is removed. 
TREATMENT.—In all of these disorders, remove the patient from the 
flock and keep it free from excitement and in a dark place. Hold the 
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