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phate tablet is dissolved in 1 ec. of warm normal 

 saHne solution. The salt solution with the dis- 

 solved atropine is then injected subcutaneously 

 in the axilla. Ether is used as the anesthetic. It 

 is administered from a small improvised mask 

 which admits of the condition of the comb being 

 seen during the operation. Depending on how 

 hard the ether is pushed, the bird is ready for 

 operation in from fifteen to twenty minutes after 

 the anesthesia is begun. 



