ing as only a small percentage of cases are curable. 

 The best medicines to administer are those having a 

 tendency to thin the blood and at the same time have 

 the tendency to improve the circulation. None will be 

 found better for all cases than Phosphate of Soda. It 

 acts as a mild aperient, removes the liver difficulty if 

 any exists and greatly improves the circulation. The 

 bird should be fed very sparingly, of wheat and the 

 milder grains, should be kept quiet, and the blood re- 

 moved from the head as much as possible by applying 

 cloths soaked in ice-water. Don't disturb it any more 

 than is absolutely necessary. A slight fright might 

 bring on a severe attack also. 



SWELLING OF NEGK. (Emplysema.) 



Cause: This is not a disease but only a condition 

 in which one or more air cells have been ruptured 

 under the skin allowing the extravasated air to pass 

 through the pores under the skin. It may be due to 

 a shot wound or an injury from a sharp pointed in- 

 strument. 



Symptoms; It usually will be found in the neck 

 although there have been cases where other parts of the 

 body are afflicted. The accumulation of air under the 

 skin causes a swelling which gradually becomes en- 

 larged and may even attain the size of a Pouter's crop, 

 and sometimes completely encircles the neck. This 

 condition does not however injure the health of the 

 bird, but it should be treated as it has a very un- 

 sightly appearance. 



Treatment: Wash off well the skin where the 

 operation is to be performed and take a sharp pointed 

 needle which has been previously dipped into some anti- 



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