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to a pint of water), wipe dry and apply the white lotion 
each time after bathing. This disease is frequently very 
stubborn and requires time and patience to cure and we 
strongly advise the strictest attention to care and proper 
diet as soon as it makes its appearance among a flock. 
3. Sore Eyes. 
Causes. — Sore eyes may result from one of two main 
causes: (1) The introduction of foreign matter — dust, chaff, 
etc. — into the eye, and (2) some constitutional derangement. 
Symptoms. — The membranes of the eye are inflamed and 
red and there is a watery discharge. 
Treatment. — Endeavor to ascertain if possible the cause 
and remove it. 
Bathe the eyes and head when swollen with lukewarm 
water, wipe dry and apply the eye wash twice a day. Should 
an ulcer or boil appear below the eye, when ready, this 
may be gently opened and the contents squeezed out. Con- 
tinue bathing and applications of the eye wash, which with 
proper diet and care will effect a cure in a few days. 
4. Comb and Wattle Wounds. 
Causes. — These, of course, are usually the result of fight- 
ing. It frequently happens, too, that the fowl injures the 
comb by constant rubbing against the poultry netting when 
endeavoring to get out of the enclosure. 
Fig. 115. A Pheasant. 
Treatment. — Should bleeding be very profuse and dan- 
ger of bleeding to death be apparent, apply at once a little 
Monsell's solution of iron. If this is not at hand, dip the head 
in a handful of ordinary wheat flour. When the bleeding is 
stopped or if no danger is anticipated of bleeding to death, 
