Treatment: So long as the germ remains in the 

 system of the bird the disease will gradually become 

 advanced and cause the death of the bird sooner or 

 later. Tuberculous diseases in pigeons could under 

 favorable circumstances be checked and probably the 

 health fully restored for as many medical doctors now 

 claim that tuberculous diseases in man are curable why 

 could not it be likewise with the bird as well. If the 

 remedy given has the power and properties to fully 

 eliminate the disease germ, the bird will without doubt 

 become fully restored to health provided that none of 

 the special organs have become seriously affected or 

 impaired. There are however drugs that will kill the 

 germ outright but the trouble remains that as the drugs 

 must be exceedingly powerful, too often the life of 

 the bird itself is endangered. 



The main point in treating this disease is to keep 

 up and restore the tone, and reinforce the power of 

 resistance of the tissues. The organisms must be 

 placed in a condition not only to provide for the daily 

 needs, and to resist the vicissitudes of temperature, 

 humidity, etc, but to enable it to resist the attack of 

 enemies in the form disease germs. This can only be 

 done by feeding the most nutritious foods and giving 

 what the author has found best in treating this disease 

 Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda which build up the 

 system and renders it more liable to fight the disease. 

 To prevent this terrible disease from spreading and to 

 aid in affecting a cure the use of the "Tonic" in the 

 drinking water desci-ibed in the last chapter. 



This consists of a number of salts acting as anti- 

 septics as it were. Creosote the best known tissue 

 builder and preserver, Iron the best oxidizing agent, 



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