POULTRY AND LARGE BIRDS. 397 
head under a stream of cold water to drive the blood from the brain, and’ 
afterward give a'light diet. Give aconite if the skin is dry and hots bella- 
donna, for heat about the head and convulsive movements of the head;, 
nux vomica, for the first indications of the disorder; opium for the uncon- 
scious state of apoplexy. Beside this treatment, sini independently of it,. 
paralysis may be benefited by one-sixteenth grain doses of strychnine, but 
it should not be resorted to until a day or two after the first paroxysm has. 
occurred and the fowl has begun to hobble about and take its food. Either 
of these diseases may be profitably treated for some days after apparent. 
recovery with two doses per day of bromide of potassium, four to ten 
grains at a time, according to the age. It may be remarked, finally, that 
treatment has been detailed for fowls that are of a particular value for 
food, exhibitions, or eggs for the table, since those of little value are not: 
worth the pains, and no affected bird is fit for breeding purposes.’ 
RHEUMATISM, CRAMPS AND GOUT. 
Rheumatism is generally caused by exposure to wet, as in the grass in. 
the morning, damp coops or roosts, and by hereditary influences. Cramps’ 
may arise from rheumatism, or from the same causes as_ the latter, but 
some forms are produced by indigestion, internal inflammation, diarrhcea 
and dysentery. In rheumatism the limbs suffer an impairment or loss of 
use, are hot, swollen and stiff, the toes being often drawn out of shape; the 
fowl persistently sits down and can not use the perch; the heart may 
become involved and thus induce death, preceded by excitable uneasiness. 
In the treatment, give warm, dry shelter, and good, stimulating, easily 
digested food, including a little cooked meat each day. Rub the affected 
parts with hot mustard-water, immediately wiping them dry. Oil of 
witch-hazel is a good ointment, as are also lard and butter. 
Gout attacks Asiatics especially, and is characterized by hot, swollen 
and inflamed feet. Keep the fowl in a warm, dry place, and feed as for 
Rheumatism. Give three drops of the wine of colchicum twice a day and 
a quarter to a half of a grain of calomel at night. Rub the limbs with. 
sweet oil. Give bryonia to turkeys suffering from this disease. 
DEBILITY AND LEG-WEAKNESS. 
Close confinement without fresh air, continued exhibitions, shock or 
fright, injuries, or imperfect development of the nervous system, may pro- 
duce general debility. The symptoms are loss of spirits, appetite and con- 
dition, with constitutional prostration. Insure rest. Give nourishing food, 
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