POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 
birds, the mouth and nostrils should be 
washed out with 5% carbolic acid, or with 
50% hydrogen peroxide, or with 2% per- 
mangan&ate of potash. It is important to 
clean out the passage of the nostrils, and 
this may be done by: 
1. Pressing against the roof of the 
bird’s mouth from inside and 
squeezing the nostrils from 
above downwards. 
2. Syringing out the nostrils. 
3. Dipping the fowl’s head for a few 
seconds in a solution of the dis- 
infectant. Great care should be 
exercised in this method of 
treatment, which is only recom- 
mended when permanganate of 
potash is used.- 
It is well to keep birds isolated for some 
time after apparent recovery. When the 
eye is affected (see Fig. 20), the tumor 
should be carefully lanced and the cheesy 
matter removed, after which the cavity 
should be rinsed out with one of the dis- 
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