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of water may be applied to the eyes, nostrils or mouth 

 and while often beneficial has the advantage of being 

 one of the mildest and safest remedies recommended. 

 It may be applied as frequently as convenient, and if 

 a pledget of absorbent cotton is saturated with it and 

 held for some minutes upon the affected part, the 

 beneficial effects are increased. Some recommend re- 

 moval of the membranes, treatment of the affected 

 patches with boric acid solution and then covering the 

 part with flowers of sulphur. An excellent remedy is 

 made by dissolving thirty -five grains of chlorate of 

 potassium and two grains of salicylic acid in one 

 ounce of water and adding one ounce of glycerine. 

 This liquid should be applied to the diphtheritic spots 

 two or three times a day and may also be given in- 

 ternally in the dose of a teaspoonful for fowls and 

 one -fourth to one -half as much for pigeons. 



Fumigation with oil of turpentine by evaporating 

 this in the room so that the affected birds will be 

 forced to breathe the vapors has been found beneficial. 

 It is best not to use fire for this evaporation, as the 

 turpentine is very inflammable. The desired result 

 may be obtained by heating a brick, a stone or a piece 

 of iron at the stove, taking this to the room where the 

 sick fowls are confined and poiiring the turpentine 

 upon the heated surface as fast as it evaporates. In 

 this way the air of the room is charged with turpen - 

 tine vapors which are inhaled by the birds at each 

 inspiration. This fumigation should be repeated 

 twice a day. 



Stimulating and tonic remedies have been more or 

 less successful and are especially valuable in the 

 chronic forms of the disease. The following com- 

 bination may be used : Cayenne pepper, sulphate of 



