POULTRY, ITS DISEASES. 
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nest. Prevention is the proper means to use. Give plenty of exercise 
and good wholesome food, but not that of an over-stimulating nature. 
‘The cure is by opening a blood vessel and bleeding freely, selecting the 
largest of the veins on the underside of the wing. Hold the vein be- 
tween the opening and the body, and release it when blood enough is 
taken. Keep the bird quiet and on light diet until recovered. 
Roup. 
The symptoms are at first those of severe catarrh. The dischargo 
loses its thin, watery, transparent character, gets opaque, with a peculiar 
and offensive smell. The inner corner of the eye contains froth, the 
lids swell, stick together and at last close. The nostrils close from the 
same accumulation ; the sides of the face swell and the bird dies. It is 
6 disease of the lining membrane of the nasal cavities. 
To Cure. 
Provide warm, dry, well-ventilated quarters, stimulating and nutritious 
food. Give internally a tea or a table-spoonful of castor oil, according 
to the size of the fowl, syringe the nostrils with chloride of soda, two 
parts water to one part of chloride. Inject by inserting the syringe in 
the slit at the roof of the mouth. Three or four hours after the oil give 
the following : 
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No. L y, Ofinco balsam copaiba, 
H Ounco liquorice powder, 
X Drachm piperitig. 
Divide into thirty doses, enclose each in a little gelatine, and give a 
dose twice a day. Isolate the sick fowls from all others, and kill promptly 
if they do not yield to treatment. 
Egg Bound. ' 
In this disability the eggs cannot pass down the passage. Strip a tail 
feather to within an inch of the end ; saturate it thoroughly in lard oil or 
6weet oil, and pass it carefully up the passage to the egg, lubricating the 
whole. If relief is not given, repeat the process. 
Inflammation of the Egg Passage. 
Symptoms . — There will be general feverishness, dullness, and tho 
feathers, especially those over the back, will be raised and ruffled. Give 
the following : 
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No. 2, 1 Grain calomel, 
1-12 Grain tartar emetic. 
Mix ; envelop in gelatine and place well back on the root of the tongue 
Until swallowed. If relief do not ensue in two days, give another dose. 
