CHAPTER I. 
DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 
ESATOMT OP THE HEN. APOPLEXY. ITS CAUSE. ROTTP. TO CURS. -BOH BO UND. 
INFLAMMATION OP THE EGG PASSAGE. CHOLERA. GAPES. CAUSE. H 
TO CURE.— —CROP BOUND. DIPHT HE R I A, OR CROUP. UP*' 
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Diseases of Fowls. 
There are but few diseases to which fowls are subject. Some of these, 
as apoplexy, are so sudden and fatal that there is scarcely time for reme- 
dies. Others, as so called chicken cholera, are malignant and infectious, 
and thus require watching. Others again, inflammatory In their nature, 
are difficult to understand and hence difficult to treat. The general run 
of diseases, however, to which the fowls of the farmer and suburban 
fancier are liable to in his flock are, as a rule, simple in their nature and 
of easy treatment. We shall, therefore, divide diseases into but two di- 
visions — dangerous and simple ailments. In the first class will bo 
considered thoso more fatal, and in the second class mere ailments, as leg 
weakness, bumble foot, catarrh, diarrhea, pip, lice, and other parasites. 
For a better understanding of the subjects, we introduce figures showing 
the skeleton of a fowl, their true positions and proper names. It will 
make a good study in connection with those en plumage, etc. 
