RHEUMATISM, (Wing Disease.) 

 An affection of the wing joints, especially the 

 elbow joint. It is the most exposed joint of the 

 wing and is the one mostly used by the bird. It 

 being the most exposed joint is probably the reason 

 it is chiefly afflicted, owing to its liability of becom- 

 ing chilled. It is a disease very common among the 

 Homers, they being compelled to endure many hard- 

 ships, and encounter all kinds of weather. A bird 

 after arriving home is allowed to remain quiet, near 

 an open window or in a draught, is one cause of 

 this ailment. 



Symptoms: The bird will not care much about 

 eating; the joints of the wing are stiff, swollen, hot 

 and feverish. 



Treatment: Remove the bird to a pen by itself, 

 feed plain food, and to each pint of its drinking 

 water, add ten grains of salicylic acid. This will 

 have a tendency to carry off the impurities or to 

 neutralize the poisoning acids in the blood of birds 

 so afflicted. It will not be at all necessary to remove 

 any of the feathers around the swollen joint, for this 

 would make the inflammation worse than ever, but 

 all that need further be done is to paint the joint 

 or joints with Tincture Iodine. 



ENTERITIS, (Inflammation of Bowels.) 

 The causes of this disease must be divided into 

 two distinct classes namely: Secondary and Primary. 

 The first class is that attributed to the sudden 

 changes of the temperature when the thermometors 

 fall from twenty to thirty degrees in a short time. 

 The bird is taken with a sudden chill and an inflam- 

 mation of the bowels follows. The Primary class 



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