TRANSLATIONS FROM CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 
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Giornale di Medicina Yeterinaria , Torino, April, I860. 
EPIZOOTIC APHTHOUS DISEASE OE THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 
By T. Tomaso, Veterinary Surgeon. 
This disease manifests itself on the comb and wattles. 
The aphtha or vesicles are of the size of pins’ heads, and of a 
reddish colour. Sometimes the eruption appears all over the 
body of the birds; they lose their appetite, droop their wings 
and tail, evince a disinclination to move, and about the 
second day the vesicles resemble pearls in shape and trans¬ 
parency. About the fifth day they begin to point, on 
the seventh they have attained their maturity, and on the 
eighth they break, when a little serum oozes out, after which 
the majority of the birds recover. Few die after the seventh 
day. 
Necroscopia .—The combs and wattles are found to be much 
swollen, and of a purple or scarlet colour. The vesicles are 
of the size of a lentil, some are full of limpid serum, others 
have dried up. In the cranial cavity the meninges are 
somewhat injected, and the cavity contains some serum 
of a reddish colour. No other alteration in this organ was 
perceived. The mucous membranes are of a violet colour; 
the tongue pale ; the crop empty of food, but slightly dis¬ 
tended with gas; the stomach contains some undigested 
matters, emitting an acid smell; the intestines are filled with 
liquid of a yellow colour, and possessing a fetid odour; the 
mucous lining of the intestines presents some reddish 
spots on its surface; the lungs and the liver are normal. 
The author describes a second and third form of this 
disease, but they vary only in intensity. The cure, or treat¬ 
ment, consists in giving the birds, fasting, a spoonful of the 
following mixture : 
Antim. Pot. Tart., 20 decigrammes. 
Pot. Bi-Tart., 20 grammes. 
Acid. Nitric., 20 drops. 
Aq. Destil., 250 grammes. 
For turkeys and water-birds, the strength must be somewhat 
increased,—about a tenth part of the ingredients. The 
affected parts should also be bathed with ferruginous water, 
which should also be given to the birds as drink. The roost, 
and other places where they are kept, are to be cleansed and 
well ventilated, and any dead birds carefully removed, as the 
disease is considered highly infectious. 
