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P R EFACE.

I N actual money value, the products of poultry rais

ing, including eggs, surpasses that of many ambitious

industries and is surpassed by few, if any, in the world ,be they agricu ltura l or manufacturing. Notwithstand

ing the great aggregate va lue of pou ltry,but l ittle at

tention has been pa id to the medica l treatm ent of the

i l ls of fowl s, wh ich are many,and what l ittle they have

received has too often been of such a nature that they

wou ld have been better w ithout it. This,however

,is

not surprising, for as long as men are ignorant of, or

deny the truth of,homoeopathy

,the great and on ly law

of cure,so long w i l l they be incapable of formu lating

any system of medicine appl icable to all diseas es,

whether of man ,beast or fow l . H omoeopathy offers to

pou ltry ra isers a system of medicine for their fow ls

which is exceedingly efficacious, involves l ittle labor

and trifl ing expense. That system w i l l be found de

ta i led in this book . What imperfections may be found,

must not be charged to homoeopathy, but to imperfect

iv P REFACE .

knowledge of the diseases of fowls. I f symptoms can

be clearly described,homoeopathy w i l l surely supply the

remedy.

To Mr. P . H . Jacobs,of Hammonton

,N. J the wel l

known editor of the P oultry Keeper, and an extens ive

breeder of fine pou ltry,thanks are due for ass istance

rendered in classifying and accurately describing many

of the di seases treated in this book .

By simi lar

things administered

disease is produced, and by similar

are their

PART I.

HOMCEOPATHY AND ITS METHOD S .

S im ilia S im ilibu s C u rantu r .

IT has been said with truth that all subj ects which

arouse men, and cause them to divide into great con

tending parties, sooner or later crystal l ize into a word,or a terse apothegm

, wh ich contains a great truth .

For a century homoeopathy has excited keen interes t

and been fiercely fought. I ts scope is as wide as disease

and the cure thereof, yet is a ll crystal l ized in Similia

S imilibus Owrantur. L ike C ures L ike. As with all

great truths a chi ld may comprehend, and a w ise man

study it a l ifetime,and then rea lize that the unexplored

fields are vas t and the possibi l ities in them,for thewel

fare ofman and beast, almost l imitless. Homoeopathy’s

work wi l l cease only when disease no longer haunts the

earth.

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I llu s t rat ion s .

L ike C ures L ike,&

not the Same cures the Same

mark wel l the difference. P erhaps the pla inest i l lustra

t ion of this great natura l L aw— for H omoeopathy is as

much a L aw as Grav itation— may be found in the wel l

known cure for a frosted ear,namely

,rubbing it w ith

a handfu l of snow. Snow is not frost,but very much

like it. L ike C ures L i ke .

C inchona, or as it is known in homoeopathy, China , if

taken in large doses w i l l produce, not chi l ls and fever,but symptoms almost their exact cou nterpart ; it w i l l

also cause excess ive weakness, resembl ing that caused

by loss of blood . China. rel ieves both these symp

toms .

Arnica, if taken in strong doses, w i l l cause a sore and

bruised sensation, and,as all know

, when external ly

appl ied wil l cure bru ises and concussions ; and, further

more, as all do not know, it w i l l rel ieve the bad effects

from a concussion,blow

,or fa l l sti l l better if taken in

smal l doses,inwardly as wel l as appl ied outwardly.

Aconi te w i l l cause,among many other symptoms,

that feverish condition wh ich all experience at the

beginn ing of a bad cold,and Aconite taken at once

w i l l cure almost any cold . L et these few i l lustra

tions suffice, though the l ist m ight be extended to

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enormous length. L i ke C ures L i ke : therein l ies the

entire secret ofmedicine. Ski l l in appl ication is obtained

by the study of the symptoms of the sick man or

beast and of theMateria llfedz'

ca .

Ma ter ia Med i ca .

A concise Materia Medica of the remedies prescribed

in this book wi l l be found on its last pages,and a study

of this part is recommended to all who wou ld be suc

cessful in treating the a i lments of their fowls. This

Materia Medica. is a record of the symptoms produced

by the drug taken in excess ive doses by men in a state

of health.

The classification of diseases is,at best

,but mere

genera l ization . Take,for instance

,

“ colds ; a dozen

people may come together, each suffering from a cold,&

yet the symptoms of no two of them be exac tly al ike.

So w ith the diseases of fow ls described in this book ;

each one is named as well as may be, and the best

known remedy prescribed,and it may be adm in istered,

as a rule,with great profit in the saving of the l i ves of

poultry, yet an intel l igent study of the symptoms of the

affected fowls, and comparison of them w ith those of

the difi'

erent medicines, w i l l greatly aid in the work .

10 TH E P OUL TRY D OCTOR .

Adm in ist rat ion of R em ed ies .

The easiest way of adm in istering the medicine is to

d issolve two or three dozen pel lets in a clean dish

of pure water,and let the fow l s drink it at w i l l .

I f the disease is of an epidem ic nature,l ike R oup or

Cholera,i t is wel l to let them ’ all at i t

,for

,given the

correct remedy,i t w i l l cure the sick and prevent those

sti l l apparently wel l from developing the disease.

Another method and a good one,in View of the fact

that ch ickens are nearly a lways ready to eat,is to d is

solve the medicine in pure water and m ix the water

w ith corn-mea l or moist food , and feed it to the flock,

or the ind ividual fow l,as the case may be . Another

method is to mo isten a bit of white bread in the med i

cated water,by which means a few fow l s may be

treated w ithout the trouble of separating them from the

flock . They can be driven as ide and fed .

As a rule, where the a i lment is confined to one,or a

few,of the fowls

,it is better to keep them apart from

the others, where they can be treated w ith more care.

The pel lets can be given dry also, wh ich is an excel lent

method , if practicable. H omoeopath ic med icines maya lso be had in l iqu id form

,in which case from five to

ten drops in water constitute a dose . Many people prefer them in l iqu id form .


After two days,if there is no marked improvement

,

select some other remedy ; the chances are that the indi

cated one has not been chosen,for the true homoeo

pathic remedy acts very quickly on fowls and an imals— qu icker

,indeed

,than on mank ind— as fowls and an i

mals do not injure their constitutions by unnatural l i v

ing. When there is a marked improvement , discon

tinne the medicine,and do not resume it unless there are

signs of a relapse . Too much medicine has been the

bane of man and beast.

H ow to Keep H om oeopath ic Med ic ines .

Keep them wel l corked . D o not let the vial s stand

around open . Keep the v ials in a box, in some place

about the house where they are not exposed to undue

influences of any sort. After the pel lets are taken

from the vial,do not put any of them back aga in .

K eep them protected from the sun-l ight .

H ow to P rocu re H om e opath ic Med ic ines .

Tha best way, of course,is to go to a homoeopathic

pharmacy and buy them if th is is not conven ient, send

twenty-five cents for each remedy wanted , to the ad

dress of some wel l—known homoeopathic pharmacy, with

the name of the remedy pla in ly written— printed, if

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you doubt the legibil ity of your penma‘

nsh ip— and a

good sized v ial w i l l be ma iled,postpa id, and securely

packed . I f there is a homoeopathic physician in the

neighborhood,he w il l no doubt be glad to sel l you the

requ ired remedy .

H omoeopathic med icines may a lso be obtained from

some druggists ; but in such cases it m ust be insisted on

that the v ials bear the labels of a homoeopath ic phar

macy— they are all sealed w ith a metal l ic capsu le when

put up for druggists’trade

,and have the firm

’

s name

preparing them blown on the v ial . There is good

reason for this caution . The two schools work under

different pharmacopoeias,and the average druggist

knows l ittle or nothing of the preparation and dynam

i z ation of homoeopathic medic ines . Another,and a

very urgent,reason for this caution is that homoeopathy

deals w ith very active poisons wh ich,by the process of

preparation,are rendered harm less for injury

,un less

taken in oft-repeated and long-continued doses,wh i le

sti ll retaining all their curati ve powers . This leads us

to the subject of

D y nam iz at ion or P otent iat ion .

I t is,unfortunately

,a common error to suppose that

homoeopathy means smal l doses and nothing more .

TH E P OUL TRY D OCTOR. 13

I-Iomoeopathy—L ike C ures L ike—esays nothing about

the size of the dose . I n the early days,large doses were

g iven unti l it was noticed that there were aggrava

tions & — drug symptoms— before cure,though the cure

fol lowed . This led to a reduction of the size of the

dose . I n doing this the drugs were m inutely subdi

v ided,and then the wonderfu l d iscovery was made that

sma l l doses reduced to atoms whi le m ingled w ith m i lk

s ugar or alcohol were far more potent for cure than

when adm in istered in a cruder state. They had been

potentized, t.e.

,made more powerfu l in d isease

,and

,at

the same time,rendered comparati vely harm less for evi l

if taken by m istake , by means of the smal l dose. That

this theory of potentiation is correct can eas i ly be

demonstrated by the fact that men have swa l lowed

leaden bu l lets or shot and experienced no bad resu lts,

wh i le every one knows that if the same quantity of

lead,reduced to thefinest powder

,were to be swal lowed

,

the most terrible consequences wou ld ensue .

T h e T ru th of H om ceopa thy .

The crucial test of every scheme of medic ine is its

resu l t w ith the sick . I n this respect homoeopathy leads

all competitors ; indeed, truly v iewed,it has no com

petitors, for it is the great Natura l L aw of C ure, whi le


others are but man’s experiments

,ever shifting and

changing ; taken up as wonders and then dropped as

useles s . P leuro—pneumon ia in cattle is pronounced in

curable by the dom inant school,and the government

orders all the affl icted an imals to be slaughtered , yet

homoeopathy cou ld save nearly every case,as has been

repeatedly demonstrated . Homoeopaths have secured

many a fine bargain in horses,buying an an imal

, pro

nounced incurable by some old school veterinarian, and

curing him . The large horse-car compan ies in almost

every city have adopted homoeopath ic treatment.

W e w i l l close this branch of our subject by giving

the statistics of an epidem ic of comparati vely recent

date, to i l lustrate the differences between the two schools.

D uring the epidem ic of yel low fever in the southern

States in 1878, the al lopaths treated cases,of

which died ; a death rate of At the same

time the homoeopathic practit ioners treated 3914 cases

of the same disease,of which 261 died ; a death rate of

I n many of the southern States,by means of

unjust medica l legislation,the a l lopaths have obtained

sole control, and they refuse to perm it homoeopaths to

practice . This accounts for the great disparity in the

numbers treated .

Medica l legislation is a subject of vital importance to

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the people,and they should see to it that no medical

monopoly is granted. These laws, on thei r face,look

very plausible,and cla im to protect the publ ic,

&but

even quacks cou ld not have made a worse showing

than that of the regular & profession in the epidemic

of 1878.

PART 11.

SOME P RACTICAL H INTS .

TH ERE are a good many books on the general man

agement of poultry . All of them contain some good

matter and , a lso, much that is impractica l and even

useless,or worse . The most of them seem to take it for

granted that every pou ltry raiser can devote a great

dea l of his time to the care Of his fow ls . They seem to

be constantly addressing men who make pou ltry ra ising

their sole business , whereas the number who do so com

pared w ith those to whom it is merely an incidenta l

part of farm life, are as one to many thousands . It is

to the larger class that this book is addressed,and our

a im is to give here on ly such h ints as may be easi lyacted upon . Those who fol low poultry ra ising as a

business, perhaps know more on the subject of the care

of fow ls than the book writers do, but many of them

have much to learn in the treatment of the diseases of

pou l try .

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over night . The same ru le appl ies to all an imals . I n

this matter,

“ directions & are not needed,but on ly a

l ittle common sense flavored w ith human ity .

Another para l lel between man and hen : I n the

human fami ly the mortal ity is greatest in infancy, and

&so it is in the hen fami ly . Somemortal ity in both fam i

l ies is unavoidable,but much in both may be avoided

by a l ittle extra care . To be trite,prevention i s better

than cure . At the very dawn of its existence the young

chick mostly needs warmth. I f this warmth be com

bined w ith moisture the death-rate must rise ; therefore

D ame P artlett and her brood should be caged in some

place protected from the wet ground and the ra in,and

the dame w i l l prov ide the warmth. Furthermore,keep

the cage clean . I t is not much trouble,and it pays . W ho

has not seen a cage w ith its floor an inch thick w ith dirt

and the whole sodden by having thepan of water spil led

over it & Better let them run than be caged w ith such

a mess. Another point— but i t involves a l ittle care ;who has not seen a hen w ith her chicks tra i led out

behind her making their way through the wet grass of

early morn ing & Each l ittle fuzzy beggar is draggled

up to his neck and looks,and is

,no doubt

,thoroughly

miserable. The hen ought to have better sense,but she

hasn’t. I f she and her brood could be kept confined

TH E P OULTRY D OCTOR. 19

unti l the grass were dry it wou ld be better for the l ittle

ones .

Mr. Judd,in his book on pou ltry

,makes some good

points on thefeeding of very young chickens . He very

strenuously objects to thecommon Indian,or corn

,meal

dough that constitutes the sole food of so many young

chicks . I t is tumbled out to them,and if not all eaten

a l lowed to stand unti l it is eaten it usual ly sours,the

chicks,perforce

,must eat it, as nothing else is prov ided ,

and then they sicken and die. Mr. Judd says F or

thefirst morn ing mea l I give all my young stock bo i led

potatoes mashed up fine and m ixed w ith an equa l quan

tity of Indian meal and shorts . I find nothing so good

and acceptabl e as this food,and I use only smal l and

unmarketable potatoes they prove more profitable than

anything else I can employ.

& Th is food is fol lowed

w ith fine cracked corn . But whatever is fed to the

young chicks the gist of thematter is,do not feed them

anything that has turned sta le or sour.

&

T here is death

in such a mess , and it is economy to throw it away .

We know that w ild and domestic animals requ i re

salt,and from this it wou ld seem right to assume that

fowl s requ ire it too, though the want appears not so

pressing in their case . I t is sa id that fowls who eat

their own feathers cease to do so when given salt. H ow

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salt shou ld be given them is an open question . I n sal t

ing food the danger is in excess . Too much salt for

man or beast w i l l result in sickness, and very bad

sickness at that. Salt in large quantities seems to be

fata l to pou ltry,but may safely be used to season the

food .

What the wash-bow l or bath-tub is to man, a d ust

pile,dust-box or dust in some shape is to the hen . I t

doesn’t look l ike a very clean ly way of perform ing the

toi let,but it is her way, and chicken ra isers w i l l do

well to see that thedust-bath is provided in some shape .

I t is supposed that th is bath is a means of ridding the

feathers of l ice m ixing a l ittle insect powder w ith the

dust w i l l aid in this. Some authorities prefer fine sand

to dust. I f the hens w i l l use it,sand seems better than

dust. F ine ashes are a lso recommended .

L et the ch ickens get at corn—stalks in w inter,occa

sionally ; it helps in the as sim i lation of food . Sca lded

cl over hay , however, is better and furn ishes an excel

lent substitute for green food,but it must be finely

chopped .

On ions chopped up are eagerly eaten by fowls, andare excel lent for their hea lth

,especia l ly if their eyes are

not in good condition .

D ried tobacco leaves in the nest of a setting hen keeps

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i t cl ear of vermin,and adds greatly to her comfort and

that of her young when hatched .

C hickens fatten best when given a fu ll feed j ust

before going to roost,and the first thing in themorn

ing.

A dry floor may be obta ined by digging out the

earth and replacing it a foot deep w ith sand.

A hen’s laying capacity reaches its highest point in

her second year, and then begins to dec l ine.

I n reserving cocks for breed ing purposes, keep those

that are themost active and v igorous .

There shou ld be at least one cock to eight hens ; one

drake to four or five ducks ; one gobbler to ten turkey

hens,and one gander to two geese.

D o not let fowls inbreed too long or the result w i l l

be loss of eggs and deterioration of the flock .

Where poultry is a l l owed the run of a farm there is

no danger of over-feeding, but there is w ith yarded

poul try which gets no exerc ise these especia l ly requi re

variety.

One great secret of successfu l turkey ra ising is regu

lar feeding during the fa l l and w inter in one place.

This makes them tame and prevents that tendency to

wander off in summer and breed , which is innate in'

the turkey .


D uring fly-time a flock of turkeys w i l l easi ly l i ve

on insects,such as grasshoppers

,etc.

,and are

,therefore,

valuable in two senses, but it is not wel l to ra ise them

un less they can have a. w ide range. When confined

they easily eat their heads off.&

D ucks do not eat more,if fed regu larly

,than other

fow ls of their size,and w i l l be marketable at four

months age, and the large breeds may be made to attain

five pounds when ten or twel ve weeks old neither do

they requ ire a pond or stream,but may be ra ised where

chickens can be raised ; they requ ire plenty of good

drinking water and some pasturage. A stream or pond

of water, of course,is an advantage .

P ou ltry does well under woman’s care,and is very

profitable . A lady writes that in one year,after having

furn ished her own table w ith nearly a hundred fowls,

and w ith all the eggs needed,she was enabled to sel l

considerably over one hundred dol lars worth of eggs

and fowls . The cash out lay bringing in this return

was about twenty-five dol lars .

Chickens ought to have a house for w inter,even if

it consists merely of a few boards nai led together,a

mere shanty, l ined w ith paper. The cost of such a shed

wi l l be sl ight,but it wi l l pay .

Barren, sandy patches about the farm can be profit

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ably employed as poultry ranges . Fowls are freer from

d isease on a sandy soil and wi l l ferti l ize it to a consider

able extent.

I f possible,don ’

t have any green, sl imy pools of

water about. They are bad for man and hen .

Give fow ls and anima ls all the l ight possible . L ight

and pure air are health givers . D arkness and disease

are al l ies .

P lough or spade the poultry yard at times ; it keeps

the earth clean and tends to promote the health of the

fow ls.

Chicken powders & and advertised compounds pro

m ise all sorts of wonder working . L ittle or nothing

is known of them . I f “stimu lating

,remember that

stimu lants act on animals as on men— feel good for a

whi le and then not. Good food is all a fow l needs in

hea lth and the ind icated hommopathic remedy in

disease .

Whether charcoal , asafoetida , Cayenne pepper, etc .

,

are good to“ promote hea lth

,

& is a very wide,open

question . Some bel ieve in them— we don’t .

PART III.

THE TREATMENT OF D ISEASES .

P rel im inary R em ark s .

THE RE are no col leges established for the study of

the diseases of pou ltry , and there are no graduated

pou ltry physicians, and , outs ide of homoeopathy, there is

l ittle,if any, bel ief in the efficacy of medicine in treat

ing the i l ls of feathered creat ion. Indeed, an eminent

authorit-y'

on poul try rather drearily remarks : “ I t is

a lmost useless, and rarely ever worth while, to treat

sick pou ltry.

’This is true if no treatment

,but what,

for the sake of d istinction,may be termed al lopathic

,

is known,but it is not true ifhomoeopathy be employed .

I n the latter case, the labor involved is next to nothing,

the expense very slight,whi le the treatment is highly

effective,as has been demonstrated in thousands of cases

,

and this most markedly so in epidemic diseases which

carry off entire flocks.

One of the greatest d ifficul ties to overcome in writ

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inary purposes from those used in treating human

ailments .

The number found follow ing the name of the remedy

on the vial,as

“Arsenicum 6 , refers to the potency.

Minerals,l ike arsen ic

,are usual ly sold in the sixth

potency and others in the third .

Apoplexy .

This disease, as w ith men, is caused by over-feed ing,

and occurs with all classes of pou ltry when in a very

fat cond ition. The bird affl icted staggers and fa lls its

breath comes heavy and short,and somewhat resembles

snoring ; eyes protrud ing, staring and general ly highly

bloodshot. It is frequent to find apoplectic birds dead

under the roost,when they were apparently in excel lent

heal th. Open the bird ’s mouth and give it half a dozen

pel lets of Belladonna . O ther remedies are Aconite,Nux vomi ca and Pulsatilla . Nux vomica may even

be better than Aconite.

As thm a .

Canary and other singing birds are often troubled

w ith asthma . The breath ing is easi ly heard, and espe

cially after the exertion of flying. Corallium rubrum,

a half dozen pellets d issolved in the water-cup effects a

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speedy cure. Spongia. is also indicated ; a lso Ipecac,in case of too much flesh

,and Bryonia. in asthmatic

panting of old age. A l ittle planta in seed is said to

aid recovery in obstinate cases . This disease is Often

m istaken for roup.

B one-w en .

This disease has a lways been deemed incurable, but

where homoeopathy is employed a cure is possible,if

not probable . Isolate the affl icted fow l and dissolve six

pel lets ofHepar sulphuris in its water d ish every dayfor a week

,un less marked improvement sets in sooner.

I f at the end of the week no change is noticeable change

the med icine to Sili cea,same dose each day . O ther

remed ies areNitric acid , Galcarea carb . and Su lphur .

When changing remedy it may be wel l to give the last

named for one day before follow ing w ith the new

remedy .

B lack -rot .

I n th is d isease the comb turns a blackish color,legs

may swel l and emac iation accompanies. Bad food and

unhea lthy surround ings seem to be the cause remedy

these and give Thuja . The true remedy for this disease

is problematical,depend ing on the cause of the disease.

Nux vomi ca may be cal led for and Podophyllum, if


the seat of the derangement be the stomach or l iver

respectively.

B rok en B ones .

When bones are broken in fowls one can readi ly see

at a glance what is the trouble if it be a leg bone . With

other bones a break can be detected by exam ination

on ly , when a swell ing w i l l appear over the broken bone

wh ich is ev idently painfu l to the touch . These usua l ly

heal themsel ves if the fow l is kept qu iet. A compound

fracture is beyond the ski l l of most people,but a simple

break is not. Bring the broken parts gently but firm ly

together,bind w ith l inen bandages and hold in place

by a couple of appropriate sized spl ints . Moisten the

l inen frequently w ith a lotion of one part tincture of

Symphytum m ixed w ith five parts water. H ow long

the treatment is to continue must depend on the cond i

tion of the fracture,and that

,the one having charge of

the case a lone,can decide . After the operation give the

patient one dose of Aconite,say three pel lets in the

mouth and at the expiration of a week put six pel lets

ofHepar Sulph . in the water for one dav only .

B um b le F oot .

This is caused by the foot getting hurt in some way ,

bru ised , or possibly a sl i ver run in it. I t is often the


result of high roosts,the feet being inj ured when jump

ing therefrom , especial ly if the bird is heavy . Thehurt

part swells, becomes inflamed , pus forms, which in time

grows hard and cheesy-l ike . The treatment is to wash

the hurt clean,see that no foreign substance rema ins in

it,then bathe in a lotion of one part Calendula. tincture

to five parts water,and bind up the foot as neatly as

possible and keep bandage wet with the lotion or,in

place of bind ing the foot anoint it w ith Calendula.

cerate, or l otion, and keep thefowl on clean straw . After

operation give Hepar sulph . if hurt has not gathered

if it has,g ive Silicea . D uring the few days necessary

for hea l ing,the fowl shou ld be kept caged in a clean

place .C h icken -pox .

Some writers designate th is d isease smal l-pox.

& I t

is known by blotches on the comb and neck and pus

tu les under the w ings and feathers genera l ly, whi le the

fow ls seem weak and melancholy . Homoeopathically

treated it is not dangerous. The disease is contagious ,and the s ick shou ld be separated from the well

,though

if the flock is pretty generally attacked let the treatment

extend to all. The treatment consists in disso lv ing from

one to three dozen pel lets of Arsenicum, according as a

few or many are affl icted, in the drinking water. C on

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tinne for three days . I f no improvement is noticed

change the remedy to Rhus tox. R enew the medicine

each day, using fresh pure water. Also indicated , Bella.

donna. w ith hot fever. Si li cea. ifpustules “ break .

&

C h ip.

Chip or“ch ipping & derives its name from the

pecul iar cry or sound made by the bird,and it is prin

cipally attributed to lack of warmth,or exposure to

cold draughts (sometimes from the top venti lator) . I t is

confined ch iefly,if not entirely

,to young chickens

,and is

caused by wet weather,the l ight down on the l ittle fel

lows getting wet and having no chance to dry. I t is

very fata l if not taken in time . C hickens affl icted w ith

chip & seek refuge in sol itary places where they are de

tected by the regu lar and plaintive cry , and general ly re

main there until they d ie ; they exhibit tenderness on

being touched,and perceptible fever

,a lthough they

tremble violently as though cold . I f possible they

shou ld be given dry shelter and warmth . A number of

remedies are indicated in this d isease,so many

,indeed

,

that it is difficu lt to decide which to give the preference.

I t is best,perhaps

,to begin w ith Veratrum as that

remedy “ has external chi l l w ith internal heat,

a most

distressing feeling . A dozen or more pellets d issolved


in the drinking water,or

,if they w i l l not drink

,dip a

l ittle white bread in thewater and let them eat it if they

w i l l . Among theother remed ies areArsenicum, Acon

ite, D ulcamara. and Col chicum, the last named being

preferred by some authorities. Gi ve the selected remedy

twenty hours trial,and if there is no improvement

,

change to one of the others named .

C h o lera .

I t was frequently observed at the times and places

when cholera was epidemic among human beings that

ch ickens,turkeys

,geese and farmyard fow ls general ly

,

became in many instances sim i larly affected . At the

present day the word “cholera & is appl ied to an epi

dem ic which whi le varying somewhat in different parts

of the country is a lways accompanied by a v iolent

diarrhoea , and is very fata l . Some of the characteristics

of thi s disease are : Sad looks,lost appetite

,weakness,

staggering, th irst, hanging heads ; in more advanced

stages a tough mucus trickled from the bil ls,which

hang so low as to touch the ground , the comb becomes

shrunken and of a bluish color,whi le the diarrhoea is

v iolent and almost l iquid,yel lowish or green ish

,frothy

as the end approaches the eyes close . Being an epidemic

it i s wel l to treat the entire flock, though if the sick can

32 TH E P OULTRY D OC TOR.

be isolated so much the better. European writers highly

commend Veratrum alb .,both as curative and as pre

venting the spread of the d isease. D issol ve anywhere

from two dozen pel lets to half the vial (according to size .

of flock) in water given the fowls to drink, or take part

of thewater and moisten thei r food w ith i t . Arseni cum

is a l so qu ite as valuable in cholera ; the symptoms of

both remed ies bear great resemblance, Arsenicum being

indicated in the second stage where there is great pros

tration.

Arsenicum iod . (iod ide of arseni c) has by cl in ical

experience proved effective, as the fol lowing experience

reported by D r. R obert Boocock in theNorth American

Journal of Homwopathy shows Chick en Cholera .

I can fu l ly endorse the curative power of I odide ofArsenic in certa in forms of hum id asthma

,having been

successful in a few cases . I want to speak of this med i

cine as a means of curing the summer compla ints we

often meet during the hot weather. Two years ago I

lost almost all my chickens by chicken cholera. L ast

summer a new lot ofhens and chickens began to die off

by the same disease,and I thought it a good chance to

try Arsenicum iod. 3 . I m ixed about two pounds ofmea l

w ith two drachms of the remedy,and left themixture in

the chicken house for them to take at wi l l . It cured


only resul t in a ltering the character of the disease with

out eradicating it. Opium is another remedy for con

stipation, indicated when there is no urg ing .

C on tu s ions .

I f a fowl gets a severe blow or hurt in which no

bones are broken, bathe the hurt w ith a lotion of one

part Arni ca tincture to twenty parts water,and put a

few drops of the water in the fow l’s mouth. Arnica.

should never be appl ied to man or beast undi luted . It

acts better when diluted .

C on sumpt ion .

This disease in fowls seems to be pretty much the

same as in human beings— bad heredity or resulting

from a cold which is a l lowed to run on w ithout care .

There is a cough, the fowl seems to eat wel l,yet grows

emaciated . Incurable is the genera l verdict, a ver

dict which no bel iever in homoeopathy should admit to

be true, even though he cannot, w ith his present know l

edge, name the proper remedy. This consumption of

the lungs must be distingu ished from the consump

tion & spoken of under Marasmus.& I n both there

is a wasting away, but the seat of the trouble is d iffer

ent. This is a d isease that is sometimes classed in the


R oup family of ai lments . R emed ies can but be suggested : Hepar sulph . and

“

Spongia on alternate days

may cure, or Oalcarea. carb ., given alone.

C ore.

C ore consists of the formation of an excrescence in

the gu l let or al vine passage. I t is general ly browni sh

yel low in color, but varies in this respect. Arsenicum ,

Mercurius and Sili cea. are the three remed ies mostly

ind icated . The d isease is d ifficu lt to detect owing to

its situation .

C ory za or C a tarrh .

This is not at all an uncommon complaint,and it

causes considerable losses,being also one of the difficul

ties sometimes classed as R oup. With pigeons it often

occurs during mou lting, and is contagious, and some

times plays havoc in the pigeon roost. P igeons suffer

ing from coryza keep their bil ls open, and a yel low

lookingmucus may be seen in the nostrils themouth

also looks yellow . I f the disease is noticed in t ime,

remove the infected bird , but if a number are affected,

it is better to treat the whole lot. Mercurius Viv .w i l l

general ly cure a dozen pellets d issolved in clean drink

ing water, or the water used in mixing soft food . Con

t inne unti l cured, or if no improvement is noticeable in

36 THE P OUL TRY D OCTOR .

a few days,change the remedy to Acidum sulph .

,in

same way .

I n hens,coryza is general ly caused by catch ing cold

in continuous wet weather , or by very sudden changes

in the weather. I t is characterized by an increased

discharge from the nostri ls and sneezing . At times it

is epidemic . Arsenicum w i l l usual ly give prompt

rel ief. A dozen or more pel lets dissolved in the drink

ing water, or in ha lf a tumbler of water, and then this

m ixed w ith mea l or used to moisten bread . Arseni

cum fai l ing,give Mercurius Viv ; Shou ld the dis

charge thicken and the eyes seem affected,give

,in same

manner,Euphrasia . Should the coryza occur from

dry,cold winds

,Aconite is the remedy .

Coryza is particularly dangerous w ith turkeys. The

turkey seems uneasy,trembles

,an acrid

,sl imy dis

charge comes from the nostri ls and the eyes grow dim .

I f possible, separate the sick turkey from the well ones,

and adm in ister to it Acidum sulph . or Mercurius

Viv . As w ith pigeons,the d isease seems to attack the

turkeys during mou lting time .

H . F isher, V. S . of Berl in,reports the complete and

satisfactory cure of a va luable parrot who was suffering

from a bad coryz a or catarrh. The bird ate l ittle and

breathed with a rasping sound,and was ev idently suf


fering from a bad cold . D ulcamara and Hepar sulph . ,

in alternation twice a day soon removed the trouble.

Hepar sulphur is the best remedy when there has

been partial rel ief from other remedies but not complete

cure.

Gelsemium is an excel lent remedy for catarrh in

curred during warm,moist

,relaxing weather.

Catarrh or coryza in fowl s must be distinguished

from roup,as a common bad “

cold & is d istingu ished

from croup or d iphtheria in human beings . The dis

charge from the nostri ls of fowls in catarrh is thinner

and not offensive,and i s accompanied w ith sneezing

and cough ing,whi le in roup the discharge is thick and

very offensive. Cold,catarrh

,coryza

,roup and pip are

all more or less related to each other.

C ough .

Turkeys are often affl icted w ith a cough resulting

from smal l red worms in the w indpipe. The disease

seems to be the same as gapes in ch ickens,and cal ls

for the same medication, i .e.

,D ulcamara and Drosera ,

in a lternation w ith Sulphur, to complete the cure . For

externa l treatment, see gapes .&

D iarrh e a and D y sentery .

Whi le resembl ing, in some respects, cholera, these

38'

THE P OUL TRY D OCTOR.

a i lments are essentia l ly qu ite different. The discharges

are copious, sometimes bloody, the feathers about the

anus befouled and'

the fowl out of condition, though not

is anso greatly prostrated as in cholera . Scouring

other name for the trouble. All fowls are subject to

it. The cause is damp,cold weather ; cold on the

stomach ; brooding in damp, cold stables ; feeding on

nox ious berries or plants ; eating too many worms ; over

feeding,also want of l ime or gravel necessary to the

digestion of hens. Ipecac . is the chief remedy, a dozen

or more pel lets,ow ing to number to be treated

,in

water, or m ixed, after being d issolved, w ith the food .

I f d irectly traceable to bad food, remove the cause and

give Arsenicum. Chamomi l la , a lso, has cured . H ens

sometimes have a whitish discharge which oozes out,

fou l ing their feathers ; for this, give Garbo veg.

Among gees e there is a diseas e known sometimes as3

wh ite dysentery.

’The geese lose appetite

,become

weak and breathe hurried ly ; the evacuations are very

soft and of a chalky color,and final ly l iqu id . The

body or flesh assumes a bluish color and the bird then

dies . The disease runs its course'

in three or four days.Bad food, fi l th, browsing in hogs and swamps, are the

genera l causes . With geese so afllicted it is bes t tocage them up in a dry place on clean straw (keep it

TH E POULTRY D OCTOR. 39

clean) and feed good food . The first day give them

Aconite, two or three dozen pel lets in the drinking

water. The next day give Arsenicum (wash thedrink

ing vessel thoroughly on changing medicines,or get a

new one) . Mercurius Viv . and Chamomi l la. are also

useful .

There is also a species of bloody flux or inflamma

tion of the bowels, which attacks turkeys and hens

when closely confined,fed on bad food and given fou l

drinking water. The abdominal wal ls get thin and

transparent,and there is a sink ing in the region of

the anus ; a bloody,mucus-l ike diarrhoea accompan ied

w ith rapid emaciation . Mercurius cor . , in clean, pure

water,is the best remedy . Ipecac . , also, is useful .

There is a disease among geese and ducks originat ing

from the same causes as the preced ing,which

,in some

respects,resembles it

, yet wh ich post-mortem examin

ation shows to be inflammation of the spleen . Geese,

when attacked,begin to shriek

, put their heads to the

ground,fa l l over on their backs, go into convu lsions and

d ie . Where the d isease has progressed so far, there is no

help for the s ick. But the remainder of theflock may be

cooped up or confined, given good food and pure water,in which Arsenicum, as a preventati ve, has been dis

solved give this remedy for three days,changing water


every day . One German authority, Traeger, prefers

Ni tri c acidum dissolved in water, and the water used

to moisten the meal or other food given . The amount

of each remedy shou ld be in proportion to the number.

treated— from one dozen to three dozen or more pel lets .

D ysentery carries off a great many parrots, espe

cially the young ones . A few doses of Mercurius

cor . w i l l speedily cure. I t may be stated, that, in

genera l,Mercurius cor . is the remedy for the worst

cases of dysentery,especial ly “ painful bloody dis

charges .&

D isea s es of th e E ye.

The cause of sore eyes in hens is uncertain . Some

breeders attribute it to the weather and others to over

heating, dust and sundry other causes . P erhaps all

have something to do with it. The eyes are watery,

u lcerated, w ith d ischarge of Offensive- looking l iquid,

and,in time

, pus sores are formed . The sick fow ls are

also very apt to fal l rapid ly away . I f there is reason

to suppose the compla in t is caused by the weather,

wh ich is more frequently the case,give Aconite in the

beginn ing ; but for bad cases or those wel l advanced,

Euphrasia or Sulphur are better,the latter

,if there is

pus formation . Apis is ind icated when the eyes are

42 THE P OU L TRY D OCT OR .

ny'

m, Vertigo .

& Geese and ducks are mostly afllicted

w ith it,but hens and turkeys are not exempt. The

signs are,drooping w ings

,stretched-out neck , or tw i sted

a bout i n a ll sort of ways,the body is often shaken , and

turned around and around unti l th eb ird fal ls over and

d ies . Fat,or over-fed fow ls are mostly subject to it .

The cause is variously attributed to a rush of blood to

the head , to worms in the nostri l s or cars,and to the

resu lts of blows on the head . I t wi l l be seen from th is

that the ai lment is d ifficu l t to treat,or rather to deter

m ine which of the three causes shou ld be treated . The

rush of blood cal ls for Belladonna and plenty of cool,

fresh water for drinking . I f caused by a blow,Acon

ite, fol lowed by Bel ladonna . I f from worms,give

Gina , or a l ittle turpentine or kerosene in the nostri l s

may remove the trouble ; shoul d they be in the ears,

the case is difficul t ; to fi l l the ears with sweet oi l or

m ilk is about the on ly safe course . As a rule,how

ever, diz ziness is but a symptom of some ma lady .

D ropsy .

This disease on ly, as a ru le,attacks Old and fat hens

who have ceased lay ing. The ma lady is manifested by

a swel led abdomen and ruffled plumage . The fat seems

turn ing to water. If any one w ishes to treat dropsy,


Apocynum cannab . or Apis are the best remedies ; theformer

,if there is heaviness and general sluggishness ;

t he latter,if there are ev idences of the disease on the

sk in . I t is better, however, to destroy a 11d s o

affl icted .

E pilepsy .

P igeons are sometimes attacked by a d isease cal led ,perhaps improperly

,epi lepsy . I t man ifests itself by

the contortions or unnatura l workings of the muscles of

the throat,and if touched the birds seem to be in pain .

The d isease Oftener attacks the female than the male .

I ts cause is unknown . Bel ladonna covers the symp

toms best.Feath er ing .

Everv one knows that babies during dentition , or

teeth ing, often get very sick . Something analogous

occurs w ith young fowls when their down begins to be

replaced w ith feathers ; that is their teething & period .

To the best of our knowledge this complaint has never

been classified and named . We have ca l led it “feather

ing,& because theword, if homely, is certainly descrip

ti ve. Most pou ltry raisers have at some time carried a

lot of young chicks or turkeys safely through infancy

on ly to have them,

“

when feathers begin to sprout, per“

versely die. This Wi l l happen even where the care,


food and housing is of the best. W hat is thematter &The owner asks the question ofhis editor

,and that gen

tlemen— doesn’t answer satisfactori ly .

When young fowls of this age begin to droop and

d ie they shou ld be carefu l ly exam ined to make sure that

l ice are not the“

cause . I f no l ice be found there is a

pla in ca l l for medicine . There are no incurable diseas es

given if treated in time and the proper homoeopathic

remedy selected . The c ondit ion described is so vague

that no remedy can be w ith certainty prescribed,but

the probabil ities are that a helpfu l one w i l l be found

among the three fol low ing : Galcarea carb ., Chamo

milla or Hepar sulph . The cond itions distingu ishing

these remedies must necessari ly be vague. I n general ,Cal carea. carb . when there seems to be arrested growth

,

Chamomil la, when there is foul evacuation , and Hepar

when the chick looks scrofulous or,so to say , mangy .

Even a fourth remedy may be added,and a good one

Aconite, when there is restlessness,

crying,

&and a

general feverish condition . Adm in ister the remedy,a

dozen or more pel lets,in the water cup or food of the

fow ls in the latter case d issolve in water and m ix

thoroughly .

As already stated , this is merely suggestive. I t is an

analogy between the teething of babes and the grow ing


of feathers. But the losses are so heavy at this period of

fowls’ l ives that a remedy is needed, and we bel ieve can

be found in the foregoing.

Gapes .

E very pou ltry raiser knows what themalady known

as gapes & is. It chiefly attacks young fowls before

their feathers have grown , and is man ifested by a more or

less constant gaping of themouth,or,more properly

,

a gasping for breath. I t is due to the presence of a

smal l red worm in the w indpipe. Whether this worm

is bred w ithout the chick,or is a spontaneous generation

resu lting from physical causes , is an open question. I n

all probabil ity the disease is due to constitutiona l defects

which may be removed by the proper remedy. I n a

disease of this sort the remedy must be prescribed some

what empirica l ly, as there are no paral lels between th is

d isease and the provings . German homoeopathic writers

assert that Drosera and D ulcamara given on alternate

days wi l l cure the disease . Among suggested remedies

may be named Ignatia, Lachesis and China.

I f it shou ld ever be discovered that the worms are

bred in the stomach and ascend thence, as is most proba

bly the case, then the remedy unquestionably wou ld be

Gina , or the active principle of that remedy Santonine,


and we wou ld advise putting the young chick s on Gina.

for a few days, when, if there is no improvement, resort

may be had to one of the other remedies .

Among the more popular external treatments may be

mentioned the twisting of a horse—hair into a fine loop,

runn ing it down the bird’s w indpipe and pu l l ing the

worms out, a lso taking a smal l feather, stripping it, ex

cept at the point, dipping it in turpentine or kerosene

and runn ing it down the throat, after having bent the

feathered part over so that it w i l l go down with the

gra in of the feathers . There are many other treatments

recommended by various authorities,such as flour of

sulphur,crude camphor

,turpentine

,etc., but the trouble

w ith them all is that there is always danger of kil l ing

the ch ick along w ith the worm .

Gou t .

This disease commonly known as gout would seem

to be more akin to rheumatism.

&H ens and turk eys

are mostly l iable to it,and it also attacks ducks and

geese when they sleep on damp floors. The cause is

taking cold , or exposure to cold and wet,which settles

in the legs and feet ; damp pavements and filth also

combine to produce it. The legs and feet swel l and become stiff, and the fowls wa l k w ith difficu lty, their gait


suggesting that of a rheumatic person . The first

requisite in the treatment is a dry place for the fowls,

and if their legs could be rubbed down w ith mutton

tal low , so much the better. Bryonia or Rhus tox. w i l l

cure, however, w ithout the tal low . D ulcamara is also a

good remedy. Turkeys seem more subj ect to this disease

than other fowls .

H ern ia .

H ens laying unusual ly large eggs areat times troubled

w ith hern ia. The larger species of fowls are more apt

to be troubled by it than the smaller. The intestine

through wh ich the egg passes protrudes abnormal ly, and

does not recede when the hen leaves the nest.

To attempt to treat this a i lment externa l ly involves

rather a disagreeable proceeding, as it must be repeated

a number of times . The treatment consists in washing

the protruding part in lukewarm water or m ilk,anoint

ing itw ith l inseed or sweet oil and gently forcing it back

into the body . Th is repeated several times wi l l cure

the trouble. This treatment should be accompanied

each time w ith a dose of Aconite to al lay any fever.

The internal remedy is Pulsatilla or Nux vomica ,

i .e.,when the external treatment j ust mentioned is not

resorted to .

48 THE POULTRY D OC TOR.

H oarsenes s .

Caged singing birds are subj ect to attacks of hoarse

ness ; in other words they catch cold from being

exposed to draughts,the same as men do . There are a

number of remedies for this i l l,and they are eas ily ad

m in istered by d issolving half a dozen pel lets of the

chosen one in the bird’s water cup. I f the bird sneezes

and is evidently just tak ing cold,Aconi te is the remedy

,

but if it is plainly hoarse , tries to sing but has l ittle

voice,and that rough in sound

,give Causticum or

Hepar sulph . I f there is great hoarseness,watery

eyes, yet occasional ly the voice breaks out clear

,give

Pulsatilla .

H um id or B lack D i sease .

Humid ,“ black & or “ sweating disease sometimes

attacks hens who are setting and remain too long on the

nest at a stretch, especial ly if the nest be too damp and

cold. U nder the w ings the featherless parts w i ll be

found blackish lock ingand clammy . Med icine can hardly

do any good in such cases . The best cure is to make

the hen air herself more . Also,look carefu l ly for l ice,

both for the l ittle red m ites and the large gray l ice.

Some writers recommend washing the under part of

the wing with tepid water. But this process may exc ite


complete. Keep the fowl , or fowls, caged during the

treatment.Kriebel .

We have,given th is malady the German name for

want of an Engl ish one. I t is,we bel ieve, unknown to

American pou ltry raisers,though

,probably

,their fowls

have suffered from it and they did not know i ts cause

or confounded it w i th some other a i lment . The cause

of i t is smut and ergot, a pecul iar excrescence found

growing on grain . That found on cars of corn is cal led

smut,and on rye and wheat is ca l led ergot

,in some sea

sons when theweather has been hot and moist, though it

is found to a certa in extent in all seasons on the corn .

Chickens fed on corn contain ing much smut develop

the fol low ing symptoms : D izziness,staggering gai t,

lack-lustre feathers,leanness

,lay few eggs and refuse to

hatch sometimes they fal l on their sides and draw their

claws convu l sively together when they attempt to arise

the final symptom is a decav of the comb and feet,and

then death fol lows. It w i ll be seen from this that no

matter how carefu l ly fow ls are attended they cannot

escape “ kriebel & if fed on corn or gra in conta ining

much smut or ergot ; many a wel l—kept hennery mayhave been decimated from this cause

,much to the

puzzlement of i ts proprietor. The cure, of course

,is


pla in -remove the cause . The health of the flock w i l l

be regained more rapidly by giving it three or four

dozen pel lets of Solanum nig . every day in the drink

ing water .L ice

The dangerous louse to pou ltry is the large gray

back ,&who works on the head , neck and vents, is hard

to find as it lurks close down on the sk in at the roots of

the feathers,and is so blood-th irsty that one or two are

enough to kil l a young ch ick . These l ice are w ith

chickens all the time,but especial ly during July and

August. Search for them on the head,neck and throa t.

Bo'wel disease in summer is a sign of l ice ; the sleepy

disease,in wh ich the ch icks are sleepy or drowsy

,is a

sign refusa l to eat ; puny looking body, and slow

growth sudden deaths ; gradua l wasting away ; con

stant crying ; loss of feathers on the head ; and other

symptoms that appear surprising or remarkable. Even

in the cleanest of houses, when not a sign of l ice can

be seen,look on the ch icks for the large lice. Not

on ly on chicks but the large body l ice are nearly a lways

on adul ts . A ch ick w ill never get lousy un less the old

fow ls are near,and that is the reason why brooder chicks

grow faster than those under hens . The large l ice w i l l

k i l l ducks suddenly. They kill nearly all the young


turkeys that d ie . Whenever you notice a s ick fow l

dusting itself look for lice.

There are as many remedies for these pests as there

are cures for warts among school boys, and yet the

l ice flourish. Here are some of them

Wash the fowl w ith a decoction of absinth ium (worm

wood) .

O il of fennel dropped on the head or neck w ill dri ve

away l ice .

C lean the coop or hen-house thoroughly and white

wash i t equa l ly as thoroughly . R ub the roosts w ith

a m ixture of kerosene oil and lard ; if this is kept upfor a t ime the verm in w i l l d isappear.

F um igate the hen-house w i th a pan of l ive coals and

a handfu l of su lphur. (Also be very carefu l you do not

set it on fire by so doing . )

Apply kerosene freely to perches and wherever the

l ice may find refuge.

P ut a l ittle,a very l ittle

,kerosene on thefowls ’ neck

feathers,and this w ill driveaway the l ice from thefow ls.

Be carefu l not to put on too much,as it is i rritating .

A good ointment for l ice is made by m ixing a cup of

lard w ith a teaspoonfu l of kerosene.

To clear a house of fleas,m ites

, ticks, l ice and such

parasites, clean it, wash it w ith hot l ime wash, sprinkle

THE P OUL TRY D OCTOR. 53

the floor w ith a solution of carbol ic acid,and grease

the roosts w ith a m ixture of one pound of lard,one

pint of raw l inseed oi l, quarter of a pin t of kerosene

and a quarter of a pound of su l phur.

For l ice among pigeons,clean the house

,or cote

,

thoroughly,and sprinkle it with camphorated water,

and supply the birds with plenty of bathing water .

Green twigs of alder put into the coop, or house, and

removed next day , w i l l be found covered w ith the

verm in .

I f handfuls of w i ld thyme be thrown in the coop and

about the hen—house,l ice w i l l rarely trouble the fowls .

To clear singing birds of l ice,keep the cage clean

,

immerse it in scald ing water,and let the bird bathe

frequently. I f l ice are on the bird,take a piece of flan

nel and put some turpentine on it. C atch the bird and

wrap him up in the flannel as closely as you can,w ith

out hurting him ,leaving on ly his head exposed . H old

him for a few m inutes and then release him,and the

flannel w i ll be found covered w ith l ice, or some lice, at

any rate . F ire or sca lding water is then the best treat

ment for the l ice after being caught.

Among the numerous parasitic pests of fow ls,is one

7which we may ca l l red mites .’ They are noticed as

being in countless myriads on the wal ls and roosts .


Another c las s of m i tes , parasitical, are found under

scales , on the combs,and on the l egs below the

feat-hers. I f unmolested , the comb grows thicker at

the base,darker, and furrowed. The feathers of the

head and neck fal l off. The disease is infectious, and

when a fow l is attacked,it shou ld be caged apart from

the flock . The treatment must be external . The parts

may be pa inted w ith kerosene or washed w ith carbol ic

soap . Another good treatment is to wash the affected

parts and then anoint them w ith sulphur cerate,which

may be Obtained at any homoeopathic house. Another

good ointment,and one that can be home-made

,is

two parts of sweet oil or lard to one part kerosene .“ Scabby or sca ly legs & in pou ltry are due

,perhaps

entirely, to these parasitica l pests,and they may be

entirely removed by a little care— wash ing the leg and

rubbing it w ith the kerosene ointment,or a very l ittle

pure kerosene . A dozen pel lets of Sulphur , in the

water-cup of the fowl under treatment,renewed every

day, w i l l aid in the cure enabl ing the fowl to regain

a healthy skin and comb much sooner than w ithout it .

One ounce oil of cedar m ixed w ith a pint of other

oi l and put on the neck,back

,etc.,

of chickens is said

to clear the l ice away. O nly a few drops shou ld be

used,as grease is repugnant to fowls .


For young chicks : two parts glycerine,one part car

bolic acid, the two m ixed w ith five times their bul k in

water. Apply freely to Sprouting feathers .

I n conclusion, and in the words of an experienced

pou ltryman ,“ l ice means work .

&

L iver C ompla in t .

I t is rather d ifficult to detect this complaint unti l

the fowl is killed, when the l iver wi l l be observed

to have an unnatural color and a certa in rotten or cheesy

look. W hen al ive,the fowl has

,if it may be so ex

pres sed,a jaundiced and bil ious look

,with a lternate

attacks of diarrhoea and costiveness . Podophyllum

w i l l cure the trouble . Many cases of this diflioulty are

caused by the use of copperas solutions in the drin k ngwater

,by inexperienced pou l trymen

,known as D ouglass

m ixtures .

M ara smu s .

Marasmus,or Consumption, as it is sometimes

cal led,though neither designation seems to be quite cor

rect,is that disease in which the glands, secreting an

oily fluid among the ta i l feathers, becomes stopped .

When this occurs the fow l s cease scratching, sit about

morose, bit ing often at the root of the ta i l feathers, be

come constipated, grow lean and d ie . The external


treatment is to reopen the glands,if possible

,or to

anoint the part with oil— sweet oi l being best.

Such treatment,wh i le pal l iative

,is not real ly cura

tive,for it is fa ir to assume that the disease is not due

to external accidents . The homoeopathic remedy for

the compla int is Hepar su lph . Isolate the fowl,if

poss ible,and put a dozen pel lets of the remedy in her

water-cup.

M ou lt ing .

P roperly speaking,thi s is not a disease but a normal

process through which the fowls pass w ithout d ifficu lty .

Shou ld it happen that the process is slow and the fowl

seems in a genera l ly,dry , arrested condition

,give it

Calcarea carb . I f there is a raw corroding fluid

among the‘

feathers,give Natrum muriaticum . I f

fever,Aconite. O ily foods

,such as sunflower-seeds

,

l inseed-meal,etc .

,are beneficial during moul ting.

P ip .

A disease that affects the tongue and mouth of

the fow l , and is ev idenced by a tough, scaly growth on

the tongue, and is often the resu l t of dryness of the

tongue due to the clogging of the nostri ls,which cause

the fowls to breathe through the mouth . The term

pip & is now seldom used . The regu lar &treatment


pel lets,for the curative virtue l ies in the similia of the

dose and not in its strength .

&

R oup.

U nder this heading is grouped , too often, the whole

series of catarrhal affections . I fWebster’s U nabridged

is’

opened and R oup & looked up, the inqu irer is re

ferred to R oop ;&turn ing to that word he is again

referred to“ C roup,

&and that rea l ly is “ R oup .

&

D unglison’

s Med ica l D ictionary also gives the same

derivation . The difference between croup and diph

theria,in brief

,and

,what closer study would probably

revea l to be ana logous,roup and pip

,is,that in roup

the mucus rema ins sl imy and stringy,wh i le in pip it

hardens and forms the “scal e .& Be that as it may ,

roup is the bane of chicken—ra isers and of ch ickens .

The disease i s characterized by a fou l breath,offen

s ive discharges from the nostri ls,inflamed and swol len

head , sore eyes , and a cankerous-l ooking throat and

mouth .

The homoeopathic remedy for roup is Spongia, and

if homoeopathy had done nothing else for pou ltry

breeders than to give them this remedy,it wou ld merit

their lasting gratitude . Of its efficacy there can be no

doubt. Spongia is the sovereign remedy for croup in


chi ldren,as countless thousands could testify

,and it is

the same in croup,or roup

,of fowls . That th is theory

is correct is confirmed by experience wherever the

remedy has been admin istered to fowls . Breeders,who

heretofore had lost fifties and hundreds from roup, find

that their loss under Spongia dimin ished to next to

nothing .

I n administering the remedy, all

,

that is required is

to dissolve from a dozen to four dozen pel lets in clean

water,and put the water, the usual quantity apportioned

to the fow ls,in a clean vessel

,where they w i l l drink it .

C ontinue unti l the d isease has disappeared , wh ich w i l l

be in a very short time.

The disease sometimes called R attle & in geese seems

to be nothing but a species ofR oup , and Spongia is the

remedy for i t .

Among other homoeopathic remedies for R oup maybe m entioned Hepar sulph . , Aconite, Arsenicum and

Tartar emeti c .’

But these “w i ll hardly be called for

often .

B efore closing this subject it may not be am iss to

quote the fol lowing testimony from a correspondent of

The P oultry Keeper, a wel l-known j ournal

I don ’t know bu t it w ill be in pla

ceto say someth ingmoreof theSpongia.

W hen I last wrote I was trying it on a rooster that had the R oup for six

months . For a wonder it cured h im up. Of course i t would be impossible


to do this in every case. Y ou know I wrote you several times about losing

my young chicks w ith the R oup. W ell , I lost three lots—4 50 in all . I kept

on trying , and , a fter using the Spongia , I have on ly lost a few , and w ill havewinter fry s instead of spring frys .

&

Another correspondent w rites as fol lows

I am now prepared to state unconditionally that Spongia.did it ; circumstances as more favorableweather, and m y own rather costly experience

of last year m ay have h ad something to do with i t but the facts are that,from July , 1889, when the roup invaded my flocks, until February, 1890,

when by dint of the ‘surviva l of thenttest ,

’ health was again in a measure

restored in my pou ltry house, my chickens have yielded me very little in

come, and less pleasure ; handling and dosing , isola ting and fum igating ,

u ntil I was almost su ffocated and entirely disgusted . One-th ird of my

entire flock succumbed. Fact is also that although not a believer in

homoeopathic remedies, I u sed Spongia this year on the strength of the

P oultry Keeper’s recommendation ,

as soon as the dreadfu l disease showeditself, about them iddle of Augu st , and the last and most satisfactory fact isthat my hens and ch ickens never were in better health th an they arenow .

and have been since the beginn ing of September ; on ly a single chickenout of 150 having died of the disease. Certainly, single exam ples do not

prove a case, bu t if the experienceof many others, which w ill not be slow

to come in , shou ld show that in Spongia we have a simple and effective

remedy against as terrible a scourge as roup, th e poultry fraternity may

well congratulate itself and thank the P ou ltry Keeper.

&

The foregoing was written by a gentleman in Wis

consin . H ere is a bit of experience from one,a citi zen

of New Y ork

I‘

had abou t twenty cases of roup in m y flock this fall . I tried turpen

tine, glycerine and carbolic acid , in proper proportions. w ithout effecting a

single cure, and also used chlora lum and severa l other remedies w ithoutany good effect . I commenced Spongia about a week ago, and part of thema re now well , and there is a very marked improvement in the rest of the

cases .

&


Another pou ltryman writes

Since you sent meSpongia for a roup recipe I have given it a thoroughtrial , and find it strikes the very vital parts and does thework. I have trieda number of recipes , and they all proved a failure, and with the same

symptoms.and every condition , the Spongla. has cured in every insta nce, and

for your advice in thematter I am underm any obligations . I have quite a .

good place here and expect to ra isea large number of ch ickens the com ing

season .

&

And sti l l another

At the time I commenced using the Spangla I had fifteen or twen ty

cases of roup, and new ones com ing down every day . They soon com

menced to show signs of improvement, and are all now entirely well . Spongia

di d the business.

&

L ater issues of th is journa l contained abundant con

firmatory evidence of the inestimable value~of Spongia

in R oup ; one number contained letters from twenty

different correspondents from all parts of the country

test ifying to the curati ve powers of Spongia.

I t may not be out of place to emphasize aga in the

necessity of getting H omoeopathic Spongia to obta in

these results . We once an Al lopathic professor’s

account Of how Spongia is prepared and can affi rm

that if any one adm in istered the remedy prepared as he

d irected no resu lts wou ld be obtained .

Sw elled C rop.

Caused by eating too much or from something that

prevents the food from pass ing out of the crop, as the

62 TH E P OUL TRY D OCTOR.

passage from the crop to the gizzard may be clogged

w ith long dry grass, Old rags,or other substances. The

hen ruffles her feathers , throws her head back and her

crop feels packed ready to burst. Fas ting and gentle

man ipu lation genera l ly cures . Nux vomica. or Arseni

cum wi l l aid in giv ing relief. Some breeders as a last

resort cut the crop a l ittle w ith a very sharp kn ife, w ith

draw the food and sew up the wound w ith a si lk thread .

I n the latter case anoint the cut w ith Ca lendu la cerate,

or,if that is not at hand

,with Arnica and water.

S w el led H ead .

F rom some cause not clear,the heads of hens w i l l

often swel l great ly and be very hot. Exposure to

draughts of air,however

,is a fru itfu l cause of both

swel led heads and swol len eyes . Spong'ia. has given

rel ief in many cases bu t Belladonna is the indicated

remedy for this trouble ; Bryonia. a lso wi l l rel ieve.

Th ru sh (Aph th ae) .

C onsists of smal l vesicles or white specks on themem

brane of mouth, tongue, etc. There are severa l remedies

for th is condition of sore mouth or Stomatitis among

them may be named in their order : Ni tric acid if there

is a genera l yel low ish appearance ; Mercurius Viv . if


red, spongy, bleeding Staphisagria. if pale, white and

read ily bleeding ; and Thuja. if there appears to be a

fungus-l ike“

growth .

T um o rs , E xcres cences .

D omestic fow ls are somet imes attacked with Tumors

which anyone w i l l recognize at a glance . Isolate the

fow l and dissolve a dozen pel lets of Arsenicum each

day in its water cup if it is supposed the Tumor is a

natural grow th,or

,if caused by injury

,Hepar su lph .

C au liflower-l ike excrescences or seedy warty growths

requ ire Thuja .

Ves ic les .

Small Vesicles, or pimples about the size of a pin

head,and pearl-l ike, w i l l sometimes be found on the

neck,comb and wattles of fow ls . They hunt sunny

places,droop their w ings and grow lean . On the seventh

day theVesicles ripen and improvement sets in or the

fow l d ies . Isolate theaffected ones . Nitric acid is the

best remedy dissolve in thewater cup a dozen or more

pel lets each day unti l cured .

W art s .

Warts do not trouble fow ls often . The best general

prescription for them is Thuja . Occasional ly there is

met w ith in pigeons and other fowls, warty, cancerous

64 TH E P OUL TRY D OCTOR.

or u lcerous growths in the mou th and throat. It is

difficu lt to cure,but Arsenicum w i l l in many cases

rel ieve . For W hat is known as“ W art Skin &

(not

C hicken-

pox) give Calcarea carb .

W h ite C om b .

This d isease is said by German authorities to be a

vegetable parasite or fungus,which attacks fowls some

times. The combs become covered w ith what looks

l ike a whitish dust, the feathers grow scrawny and the

fow l d ies . The compla int seems to be contagious,and

the fow ls affected shou ld be isolated . The trea tment

recommended by the German pou ltry men is Sulphur

for a day or two in the drinking water,fol lowed by

S taphisagria, which is the main remedy .

Something which somewhat resembles this complaint

w i ll be found under the head ing L ice .&

W orm s .

When any fow l is known by observation to be

affected w ith worms,Gina , or the active principle of

that remedy, Santonine, is the remedy . Continue until

good health is restored . R aw flesh is general ly the

cause of worms,but not a lways .

66 THE P OU LTRY D OC TOR.

exposure to cold , dry winds . D ry burning throat. For beg in

n ing of p leurisy or pneumonia . Spitting of bright , frothy

blood . P ressure as of a weight in the pit of the stomach . Urine

hot , painful , red. Milk fever. Teething , wi th hot inflamed

gums. L aryngitis , with inflammatory fever. Dry , hacking

cough . Hot breath . Oppression of the chest when moving

fast . P ulse full and hard in fevers Great'

irritation of the

nervous system . Skin red, dry and burning ; sweating when

covered and attacks of ch illiness. S leeplessness of old age.

General indications are dry fever. heat, and especially restless

ness. Aconiteis very useful in the first stages of a large number

of ailments.

Apis .— Inflammatory affections with grea t swelling , almost

like dropsy. The pain is of a biting , sting ing , burning character,

like that arising from the sting of a bee. A great indication

for the selection of th is remedy is thewant of thirst in spite of

fever and inflammation . The same holds good in dropsical

afl'

ections. Sore throat with sting ing pain when swallowing .

Incipient diphtheria . Erysipelas. An extremely valuable

remedy in a great variety of diseases of the eye, inflammatory.

Apocy num C ann ab inum .

— Heaviness of the head

evenings . Hydrocepha lus. Great th irst, but water disagrees .

D ropsy . Acu te inflammatory dropsy . Excretions of urine and

sweat greatly diminished . D ropsy and dropsical conditions.

Arn ica. M on tana — Externa lly . A lotion of one part

tincture to ten of water, to be applied to all injuries from falls ,blows , concussions and sprains . I nterna lly (in pellets) , for all

heavy blows or concussions . Bladder affections from mechanical

injuries . P leurisy from mechanical injuries. R heumatism of


laborers . Palpitation and strain of theheart after violent

exertion . Clergymen’

s sore throat.&Bruised feeling. Great

phys ical fatigue. Ill effects from blows or heavy exertion

generally. Neuralgia following injuries. Nose bleed with“blackish blood.

Arsenioum Album . Headache, motion aggravates.

Chronic eruptions, with pustules on thehead. Violent burningin the eyes. D ischarges of cadaverous odor from the ears.

W atery discharge causing burning and smarting in the nostrils.

Cancerous u lcers on the face. Eruptions, sores and u lcers on

mouth or lips. Thirst, drinks often but little at a t ime. Ere

quent vom iting . Vom iting immediately after eating . Heat

and burning in the pit of the stomach . D iarrhoea after ch ill

ing the stomach by food or drink . I ll efi'

ects of cold wa ter or

ice cream . Haemorrhages from bowels, dark and offensive.

Asia tic cholera with wa tery discharges . Sudden catarrh threat

ening suffocation at night. D iflicult breathing. Tightness of

chest. Agoniz ing heart pains. Trembling l imbs ; violent

start ing wh ile falling asleep. Very rapid sinking of strength .

D reams fu ll of care, sorrow and fear. Eruptions, pimples , car

buncles, cancers, lupus . Bad efi'

ectsfrom tobacco chewing , qui

nine or a lcohol. B ites of animals. Sudden andextremedebility,

burning pains and bad eruptions. Haemorrhoids, with burni ng ,like fire.

Ar seni cum Jodatum (I odatum ) .— Enlarged scrofulous

glands . B lood poisoning with debilitating sweats. Eruptions

in syphilitic patients.

'

Last stages of diphtheria and croup ,

putrefaction. D iarrhoeas, dark , mushy stools.

Belladonna..— D elirium . Blood mounts to the head .


Jumping , violent , throbbing headache, eyes feel as if startingfrom their sockets. Headache from heat of the sun. Face

swollen and hot. Violent thirst and desires sour drinks. Sea/r

let fever. Attacks of coughing , as if from dust. Ery sipelas.

B ad efi'

ects from smok ing tobacco. P eritoni tis. Su its full

blooded people. Congestion of blood . R ed, inflamed swellings ,

red , feverish states.

Bry on ia..— Headache beginning in themorning and increas

ing , as though the head wou ld burst, till evening : worse on

motion . Hot , soft pufli ness of face. Coryz a , with green ish

discharge from the nose. B itter taste. Angry , disagreeable

temper. Soreness in pit of stomach when coughing. Bilious

ness. D esire to breathe deeply, but cannot on account of pain

in the chest. P leurisy . P ains in the joints. R heuma tism .

Great aggravation of suffering from heat . Constipa tion stools

hard , dark brown or bla ck , dry , a s if burn t. L umbago. P ro

fuse, oflensive sweat. Yellow skin . In general , bilious com

plaint-s and all complaints worse on motion. Catarrh with dryness. D ry mouth and throat. L umbago.

C a lcarea. C arb on ica .

— Scrofulous ophthalmias. Hair

dry , falling ou t, dandruff, and generally scabby and unhea lthy.

Sore, u lcerated nostrils. Ozena . Face pale,bloated

, old and

wrinkled looking . D vfi cult teething . Cough dry expectora

tion salty. Chronic dyspepsia. Felons. Feet cold , damp ,bunions. Takes cold easily. Epilepsy ; marasmus. Crackingof joints, as if dry . Headache in school children. Scrofulous

inflammation of the ear. Skin dry , shrivelled . R ingworms .

For rickety and scrofulous people or unhealthily large childrenbig headed. Enlargement of the liver, with jaundice ; liver


sore. Chronic dyspepsia. with aversion to wa rm food or

drink . W hite swelling of knee-joint. Inflammation of hip

joint . Chronic form of intermittent fever. Many cases of

goitre.

C amphora..— Sudden and extreme prostration. Face pale,

livid , cold . Cold sweat. Cholera . Cholera morbus. S ick

ness from tobacco. Tongue cold . Mouth cold . Summer com

p la int. Body cold . Strangury. Influenz a when pat ient

feels cold and chilly . Hands cold, bluish. Great prostration,

Impotence. Chill, with shivering and shak ing ; chatteringteeth . Unhealthy coldness. Cholera, cramps, cold prostrations. (N.B .

—The remedy u sed should be homoeopathic

camphora , and not the crude drug from the“camphor

bottle &

)

Garb o Vegetab ilis .— Ailments from eating fat meats,

pork , etc. , or in waterbrash , sOur risings, great flatulency with

constant eructations. Spasms in the stomach with burning and

aching pains . Ailments after abuse of mercury, as offensive

breath , bleeding of the gums, canker in themouth . Useful.

in

all kinds of foul-smelling discharges, even from ulcers. Bad

eflectsfrom drinking icewa ter, such as colic. Senilegangrene,

hum id leg . Corrosive leucorrhoea.

C au st icum .—Ailments result ing from suppressed eruptions

like measles, scarla tina , etc. L oss of voice. P aralytic condi

tions, sciatica. W eakness of the neck of thebladder, ch ildren

wetting the bed. Acid dyspepsia. Horny warts.

C ham om illa..— Child cries, quiet only when carried whin

ing, restless ; wants things, and when ofl‘

ered pushes them

away ; peevish . nothing pleases, one cheek red wh ile the other


is pale. Eructation sour, inclination to vomit. Convulsions

of children. S tool green , watery , or like chopped eggs, with

colic. For children during teeth ing and for infantile colic,

earache. A valuable remedy for uterinehaemorrhages.C ina.. —Child does not want to be touched ; cannot bear you

to come near it ; uneasy and distressed. Child pick s at itsnose. Grinds its teeth when asleep. Unnatural hunger. The

chief remedy for worms in ch ildren. (S anto nine cures worms

if Gina fails. )

C inchona. (C hin a ) . —~Heaviness in thehead, fa inting, tem

porary loss of sight, ringing in the ears ; cold surface. After

haemorrhage. Vertigo, after loss of animal flu ids. Headache

worse in the open air, better from hard pressure, Habitual

nosebleed . Flatulency. Heartburn . Hectic fever, frequent

night sweats, diarrhoea , pallor, sleepless, nervous . After ex

hausting disease or loss of animal flu id . Chills and fever, especially in swarthy persons. For all losses of animal fluids.

Rapid emaciation, with indigestion , voracious appetite, undi

gested stools and copious night sweats. R inging in theears.

C olchi cum .—Great thirst but no appetite, smell of food

disgusting. Intense neuralg ic headache, with ineffectual effortsto sneeze. Stomach icy cold , colic distension. Breathing as th

matic. Rheumatic pains in elbow, wrist, finger-joints. (Ede

matous swelling and coldness in legs and feet. Tingl ing in toes

like after being frosted. Smell of cook ing nauseates. W ants

things, but when brought they nauseate. Useful with asth

matic, gouty , rheumatic people.

C orallium R ub rum is very serviceable in nervous coughsand whooping cough , mostly during the spasmodic stage ; also,


in Millar‘

s asthma of children . Sensation as if cold air passed

through the respiratory organs , when taking a long breath.

D ros era.. W hooping -cough in periodically returning par

oxysms, with vomiting, the child feeling better during motion

than during rest. W hooping-cough with haemorrhage from

the nose and mouth ; nose-bleed , especially morning and even

ing , or when stooping . Cough worse a t n ight, and madeworse

by singing , laughing , crying , smoking and drinking. Oppres

sion of chest as if air cou ld not be expired .

D u lcam ara — D ull headache, continuous . Aching in eyes

when reading . Coryz a worse after slightest exposure. Saliva

tion . Menses suppressed by cold . R heuma tic p leuritis and

pleura—pneumonia with tough , difli cult , discolored sputa. Ery

sipelas of feet . P ains in the joints after exposure to cold.

R ending pain in side, u pward . Tetter ooz ing a watery flu id ,

bleeds after scratch ing . Nettlerash with much itching ; after

scratching it burns ; increases in warmth ,better in cold .

Fleshy warts . Useful , in general , in ailments arising from

cold ,wet wea ther, especially in phlegmatic, scrofulous , torpid ,

people ; catarrhal troubles always worse in cold , wet wea ther ,

w ith free secretion of mucus ; lameness in small of back after

getting wet.

Eu phras ia..— Eyes with swollen agglutinated lids Thick

yellow discharge from theeyes . Stitch ing pressure in the eyes.

Sensation as of sand in the eyes. Opacity in the cornea.

Catarrhal ophthalmia with lachrymation andmucous discharge.

Profuse flow of acrid tears . Inflammation and u lceration of the

marg in of the lids . P rofuse, bland, fluent coryz a , with scalding

tears and aversion to light. Cough , can scarcely get breath.

72 TH E P OU L TRY D OCTOR.

Attacks of heat during the day , with redness of face and cold

hands . Has strong action on ailments of the eyes in connection

with colds.

Gelsem ium .— Complete loss of muscular power from want

of nerve-tone. P aralysis . Cerebro-spinel-meningitis . Infantile

rem ittent fever, and other fevers having a rem ittent character.

Feverish conditions with great restlessness . Neuralg ia with

nervous twitchings. P rostration from night watching . W eak

ness of sight, double vision . Afl'

ections from prostration of hot

weather. H iccough if chronic. W riter’s cram p . Especially

useful for all“colds . or catarrhs, contracted in hot , moist

weather. Catarrh .

Graph iteS .—D irty crusts on the scalp . Every thing tu rns

black before the eyes when steeping . S tyes on lower lid ;

wens on the l ids. Eruptions behind the ears ; fissures ; scabs.

D ry scabs in the nose, with sore cracked , u lcerated nostrils ;

puru lent, foetid secretion . Scabs on the face, skin dry , beard

falls out . R otten odor from mouth and’

gums . Tape worm .

F issuro a ni . Em issions withou t erections . Nocturnal em issions ,

flaccid (long-standing complaint) . Hydrocele, left side. Leu

corrhoeal discharges in gushes. Hard scars. Abscess. Hard,

dry respiration. Horny hands , cracked raw places , nails black

and rough . Callous ulcers on the feet (quarter cra ck in. horses ) .

Burning in old scars. Old scars from ulcers . W ill remove or

lessen scars. For unhealthy, hard , dry , cracked , scabby skin

and slow fou l u lcerated conditions .

Hepar S u lph u r .— Morning headache worse from every j ar.

Boils on head and neck . Falling out of hair, with sore pimples

and bald blotches. D ischargeof foetid pus from the ear. P ain


Mercuriu s Vivu s .— Head feels as if in a viceor bound with

a hoop , worse at night. Foetid , sour-smelling oily sweat on the

head . P urulent discharge, green from theears. Coryz a, nose

red shining swollen , worse at night . Teeth loose, toothache

from caries ; gums painfu l, swollen, bleeding , receding from

the teeth. Oz aena, ofiensive, sorebones. Erysipelatous inflam

mation of the throat , rawness, roughness, mouth fu ll of saliva ;

tonsils dark red, u lcerous, but rarely diphtheritic. Constipa

tion , stools tenacious or crumbling , violent straining , sometimes

with blood . Cough , violent racking , worse at night as if head

and chest would burst, short breath and sometimes bloody

sputum . Scrofulous catarrh . Ach ing in the bones . Paralysis

agitans. Chronic inflammation of the liver with jaundice.

Syphilitic conditions generally . Venereal ulcers.

Natrum Mu r .— Interm ittent fever, chi ll beginning in the

morning , backache. P rofuse sweat h aving a sour smell . Ma

laria lpoi soning . Headache,as if bu rsting beating or stitches

through neck and chest. Excessively sore, red eyelids. Heart

burn always after eating. Constipation ; difficult stool with

fissures at the anus. Chronic catarrh of the ear. Greasy slain .

N itric A ci d — Usefu l in inflammation and u lceration of the

bones ; syphilis and sycosis ; tedious suppuration and glandular

diseases sore threat, from syphilis on abuseofmercury prick

ing pains as from splinters ; carious u lcers pain in old sores on

change of theweather brown-red spots on the skin and boils.

I s often required in secondary syphilis and mercurial ailments ,small-pox. Pneumonia in old people. B leeding warts . Bad

freckles:of the skin. (R esembles Mercurius in many respects . )Nu x Vom ica..— Hypochondriac mood of persons of sed


entary habits ; of thosewho dissipate. Headache from drinking spirituous liquors ; red blotched face or yellow and florid.

Eyes burning and smarting . Toothache with swollen face.Taste ; bitter, sour, tongue heavily coated white, or yellow.

Bad effects of coffee, alcoholic drinks and debauchery. Indiges

tion after abuse of drugs (too much allopathic or patent

medicines) . Sedentary habits , high living. L iver swollen,sensitive caused by debauchery or high living. Jaundice with

constipation, from sedentary habits or abuse of alcohol. Alter

nate constipation and diarrhaaa . Roughness and rawness in

the chest. Nervous prostration from mental overwork .

Opium .—This remedy is frequently suitable to drunkards

and old people, and to persons on whom other medicines are

slow to act . D ream . Stupid sleeplessness ; consequenceoffright ;trembling , jerk ing convulsions beginning with rigidity of the

whole body, loud cries ; epilepsy ; tetanus ; painters’ paralysis ;

delirium tremens ; expectoration of frothy blood when cough

ing ; constipation from torpor of thebowels ; stupor occasioned

by falls , blows, or other accidents. Valuable in apoplexy with

stupor and cold extremities ; also in threatened apoplexy of

drunkards.

P hospho ru s — Impending paralysis of brain and collapse;soften ing of the brain . Da ndruff copious ; hair comes out in

bunches . Bad effects from excessive use of salt. After drink

ing as soon as water becomes warm it is thrown up. Jaundice

with pneumonia or brain disease. Sexua l excitement, lascivious

dream s, emissions and weakness. Asthma with fear of sufl'

oca

tion ; loss of voice, rattling breathing, hoarseness with cough

and rawness ; cough worse at night and changing from warm


to cold. Broncho-pu lmonary catarrh. P neumonia,'

weight on

chest. Typhoid pneumonia . P leuritis. Tubercu losis in the

tall , slender or rapidly growing. Great debility, frequent at

tacks of bronch itis. C lammy sweat. B lood boils. Open cancers

bleeding easily. General tendency to fatty degeneration. Soften

ing of the brain brain always feels tired .

P odophy llum .— Excessivesecretion ofbile great irritabilty

of the liver ; torpidity of the liver ; jaundice ; chronic hepatis

hyperaem ia of l iver . B ilious a ttacks .

’

P rolapsus ani , with

stool , even from least exertion , followed by stool or th ick , trans

parent mucus , or m ixed with blood. P iles with prolapsus ani

and long standing diarrhoea . B ilious temperaments .

P u ls atilla .— Especially adapted to fema le derangemen ts ,

children and to persons of m ild , gentle dispositions , but valu

able in many complaints of all persons. Headache from over

loaded stomach ,pastry , fat food . Rheumatic headache. D eaf

ness, as if ears were stopped ; from cold ; earache ; bland ,

nearly inoffensive discharge, Coryz a with loss of sense of

taste and smell , or dim inished . L oss of taste with catarrh ,

nothing tastes good . Thirstlessness . Eructations , tasting of

food . P ressure on the pit of the stomach after eating ; colic

from cold with diarrhoea ; from ices, fru its, pastry. Phth isis

florida , suppurative stage ; chlorotic g irls. P a in in chest, as if

u lcerated. Catch ing pains in region of the heart,burning ,

palpitation . S titches in small of back . P ain in small of the

back , as from steeping long. P a ins tha t shift from place to

p lace. Hysteria. Fainting fits, pale face, sh ivering. Ep i

leptic convu lsions from suppressed menses. Tired , worn-out

feeling. Flitting chilliness, now here, now there. Emaciation.


Acts especially with light-haired or blue-eyed , fair people.

Old, painful chilblains.

R hu s Toxicod endron .— S ttfiness or lameness on first

moving after res t ; better after exercise. Complaints from get

ting wet while over-heated. Erysipelas. Burning , drawing ,tearing in face. Fissureof anus , with periodical , profuse, bleed

ing piles. Stiff neck , pain in shoulders and back, with stiff

ness , as from a sprain. Effects from getting wet or sleeping in

damp , cold places. L umbago, increased by cold . Sciatica.

Spra in from over-lifting . R heuma tism , j ointss tiif or red, and

shining . Eruptions , red,measly rash , itching , burning. Ec

zema, surface raw . Chilblains. Valuable for effects of strains

on the muscles from lifting. Muscu lar rheumatism , without

much fever or inflammation . Acne rosacea.

S il icea .— Violent periodic headache. Amblyopia of the

eyes from abuse of stimu lants . Coryz a long lasting . Caries of

the bones . Carious teeth. Ai lments caused by vaccina tion .

L ack of vital warmth ; scrofulous constitutions ; foot sweat ;

waterbrash with chilliness ; cough hollow , Spasmodic ; night

sweats. Nails yellow, brittle. Cancer ; fistulous Openings

yellow , dirty, or wax-like skin. W hileHepar sulphur tends topromote the suppurative (festering) process, bringing it ou t&

to a hea S i l icea tends to heal that already established .

Abscess at roots of teeth .

S pong ia. To sta..— Headache in back part of the head .

Membranous croup , suffocating attacks, barking cough . Thick ,

oflensive, viscous mucus. Laryngismus stridulus. Inflammation of the larynx, trachea and bronchia. Chronic cough ,

violent attacks , brought up small , hard tubercle. Asthma.

W heez ing, laboring breath . Herpes.


S taph isagria.. —Hypochondriacal , apathetic, weak memory,

face sunken , weak legs, backache, prostrat ion,resu lting from

abuse of sexual organs . Herpes, dry , with scabs. Ulcers in

scurvy . Toothachefrom Old decayed teeth . Certain deep

coughs , not chron ic. Chronic gout with nodosities .

S u lphu r.

— Afiects the whole organ ism ,rendering it sus

ceptible to the action of other remedies, but more noticeably

acts on the sk in itch ing ; freckles ; yellow , brown , flat spots ;

skin rough , scaly, scabby ; herpes scabby and scurfy ; eruptions

whitlow ; black pores on nose. Often precedes Calcarea

carb .

Tartar Em et ic.—This is an important remedy in the first

stage of influenz a ; dry cough and affections of the chest ; also,

in bilious affections small-pox ; asphyxia of new-born infants.

P ustu lar eruptions of the whole body ; stupefying headache,

with pressure above the eyes nausea , vom iting and diarrhoea ,

v iolent oppression of thestomach ; suflocative spasmodic cough

rattling of mucus, cough ing and sneez ing ; difficulty of breath

ing, especially at night ; palpitation of the heart and oppres

sion of the chest.

Thuj a .— Headacheworsefrom heating . Eyes : chronic con

j unctivitis. W atery, offensive discharge from the ear. Ulcers

in the mou th . B ad efl’

ects of vaccina tion . Cauliflower ex

crescences . W arts. B leeding , fungous growths. W hite, scaly,dry , mealy herpes . Emaciation and deadness of affected parts ,Finger-tips numb, as if dead , Extremely foetid sweat of the

feet. D ysuria. R epressed gonorrhoea.

Vera trum A lbum .— Cholera , cholera morbus , with cold

sweat on forehead , and cramps ; lips bluish ; coldness ; cramps


in the calves of legs. Gastric catarrh , great weakness ,

cold , sudden sinking . External chill and coldness with inter

nal heat . Rheumatic fever, with profuse sweat, great weak

ness and diarrhoea. Typhoid forms of fever in cholera season.

Often indicated after Arsenicum.


REMED IES PRESCRIBED .

Acidum sulph . ,

Aconite,

Apis ,

Apocynum cannabinum ,

Arnica,

Arsenicum album ,

Arsenicum j odatum ,

Belladonna ,

Calcarea carbonica,

Calendu la ,

Campli ora,

Carbo vegetabilis,

Causticum ,

Chamom illa,

China,

C ina,

Colchicum ,

Coralium rubrum ,

D rosera,

D ulcamara ,

Euphrasia ,

Gelsemium ,

Graphites ,

Hepar sulphur,

Ignatia amara,

Ipecac.

L achesis,

Mercurius corrosivus ,

Mercurius vivus ,

Natrum muriaticum ,

Nux vom ica,

Opium ,

P odophyllum,

P ulsatilla,

R hus toxicodendron,

S ilicea,

Solanum nig. ,

Spongia,

Staph isagria ,

Sulphur,

Symphitum ,

Tartar emetic,

Thuja,

Veratrum album .


C onsumption (cf. Marasmus) . —Hepar sulph. , Spongia,

Calcarea carb.

C ore.— Mercurius viv. , S ilicea, China.

C ory z a—C a tarrh — Mercurius viv. , Acidum sulph . , Ar

senicum , Euphrasia, D ulcamara , Hepar sulph . , Gelsem ium .

C ou gh —D ulcamara, D rosera, Sulphur.

D iarrhe a— D y sentery .

—Ipecac. , Arsenicum , Chamo

milla , Carbo veg. , Aconite, Mercurius cor. , Nitric acid .

D is eases of the E y e — Aconite, Euphrasia, Sulphur.

D istemper.— Nux vom ica.

D iz z in ess .-Belladonna , Aconite.

D ropsy .— Apocynum cannab.

, Apis.Epilepsy — Belladonna.

F eath er ing .— Calcarea carb . , Chamomilla, Hepar sulph. ,

Aconite. Kali phos. , in“nervous prostration.

Gapes .— D rosera, D ulcamara , Ignatia, Lachesis, China ,

Cina , Santonine.

Gou t —Bryonia, Rhus tox.

Hern ia — Aconite,.

Nux vom . , P u lsatilla.

H oarseness .— Aconite, Causticum , Hepar sulph. , Pulsa

tilla.

Hum id or Bla ck D isea se — Sulphur.

Indi ges tion , D y speps ia .—Nux vom. , Pulsatilla, China ,

Carbo veg.

Itch — Sulphur, Staphisagria.

K rieb el . -Solanum niger.

L ice.— Sulphur.

L iver C ompla int .—Podophyllum. Chionanthus , (hyper

trophy of liver. Nux vom . , in big eaters.


Marasmu s (cf. consumption) .— Hepar sulph .

Mou lting .

— Calcarea carb. , Natrum mur. , Aconite.

P ip — Spongia , Mercurius viv .

R oup .— Spongia, Hepar sulph .

, Aconite, Arsenicum , Tar

tar emetic.

Sw elled C rop — Nux vom . , Arsenicum.

Sw elled H ead — Belladonna, Bryonia .

Thru sh (Aphthse) .— Nitric acid , Mercurius viv. , S taphis

agria , Thuja.

Tum o rs , Excresc ences .

— Arsenicum Hepar sulph . ,

Thuja

Ves icles — Nitric acid .

W arts .— Thuja, Arsenicum , Calcarea carb. ,

W hite C om b — Sulphur, Staphisagria .

W orm s .— C ina , Santonine.


IND E& .

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Adm in istration of R emedies, 10Apoplexy, 26

Asthma, 26

Black D isease, 48

Black-rot, 27

Bone-wen , 27

Broken Bones, 28

Bumble-foot, 28

Catarrh , 35

Chicken P ox, 29“ Chicken Powders, 23

Chip,& 30

C holera . 3 1

C linical Case of Cholera, 32

Cocks to Hens,

Constipation, 33

Contents,Contusions, 34

Consumption, 34

Core, 35

Coryz a,

35

Cough , 37

D iarrhoea, 37

D iseases, L i st of, 80

D iseases of theEye, 40

D istemper, 41

D iz z iness, 41

D ropsy, 42

D ucks, 22

D ust-bath, 20

D ynam ization, 12

D ysenteryD yspepsia,

Epilepsy,Excrescences,

Feathering,Feeding,F lux,

Food ,

GapesGout,

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Hoarseness,

H omoeopathy and I ts Methods, .

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Swelled Crop, 61

Swelled Head , 61

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