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gers and pull it gently out. Burn the discharge and feather 
after the operation. Look carefully for the worms and be 
careful not to choke the patient. 
We recommend this treatment as a last resort, and may 
say for the encouragement of the uninitiated that we have 
succeeded in saving valuable birds by this treatment. 
Constitutional treatment is also necessary. In addition 
to proper food and clean quarters as outlined, give the bird, 
daily, a small piece of camphor, about the size of a grain 
of wheat, and a few drops of turpentine in the drinking 
water, or mixed in the food, about 10 drops to the pint. 
5. Apoplexy. 
Fowls sometimes die of apoplexy — rupture of a blood 
vessel of the brain. 
Causes. — Laying hens that are allowed to become very 
fat are frequently found dead on the nest, indicating that the 
rupture was due to straining while endeavoring to expel 
the egg. 
Treatment. — Nothing can be done except to remove the 
cause and remedy the conditions by proper feeding. 
6. Large Lice on the Head of Chicks. 
Fig. 105. A Chick Suffering from Lice. 
Causes. — These lice appear on the head of the young 
chick because of the neglect of proper precaution, as outlined 
in Sect. 5, Chap. XL 
Symptoms. — The chick is "dumpish," refuses to eat and 
the irritation caused by the louse soon causes death. 
