The yaluc of Heat for Ail'my Birds. 21 
literally baked her for about throe days. She completely re- 
covered, and is now as fit as ever; land yet her case; seemed 
very bad. But the most wonderful cure of all was that of 
a hen (why is it they are all hens'?) Pectoral Finch. My 
wife, who has had considerable hospital experience Ijecame 
quite impatient. The bird was apparently "as dead as a 
door nail." I held it in front of a bright kitchen fire for 
10-15 minutes, and then popped the bird in a cage into the 
oven. In ten hours time it had opened its eyes and was on 
its own keel. By bed-time it was on its feet. That night 
I kept it in a box underneath which a powerful duplex lamp 
burned all night. To make a long story short the bird made 
a complete recovery, and yet was absolutely apparently dead. 
1 could multiply successful cures ad lib. but I don't 
think any good purpose would be served by doing so. 
Have you ever failed, you ask? Yes, I have, and in 
all case^: it has been because I have not persevered with the 
treatment, which I find takes about two or three days, during 
which time the temperature must never fall below 60*^. I Avill 
roughly describe my recovery hot -air -chamber. It is in 
reality i>art of my new aviary and was not really designed as 
a "sick bay." The floor is covered externally with a square 
of zinc sheeting to prevent it catching fire and the iront is 
half -inch mesh wire netting. The sides are wood. The lamp 
is fixed well below the floor and immediately underneath. The 
whole forms a kind of propagator, so beloved of gardeners. 
It is then heated uncomfortably warm and yet birds revel in it. 
If you have never tried the effect of real heat, do! 
You will be positively amazed, but remember there must be 
no half measures, and above all persevere. Don't be misled 
by the fact that the bird is apparently quite fit the next day. 
If you are and let it out it will only get a relapse and die. 
You will then say the treatment is useless. Given a fair trial 
and I will guarantee you will cure at least 50 per cent, of 
the liirds you used previously to lose. Being a medical man 
I am keen on treatment and I can honestly say nothing ap- 
proaches the heat treatment for general success, so I am 
anxious to give others my hai^py experiences. 
Birds Which have been subjected to above treatment 
must not be put out of doors into cold quarters till they, have 
been properly hardened off. 
