GIFT OF 
 Prof. E.J.toickson 
 
 A1N LlBRARY-AGRVCUt-TUKC DEFT. 
 

 * JAN * 
 
THE 
 
 POULTRY DOCTOR 
 
 INCLUDING 
 
 THE HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT AND CARE OF 
 
 CHICKENS, TURKEYS, GEESE, DUCKS UNO SINGING BIRDS. 
 
 ALSO 
 
 A MATERIA MEDICA OF THE CHIEF REMEDIES. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA: 
 
 BOERICKE & TAFEL. 
 
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 1891. 
 
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 MAIM UHA*Y.AG*kCULTUE DCPT. 
 
 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1891. 
 
 BY BOERICKE & TAFEL, 
 In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C. 
 
PREFAC 
 
 IN 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" agricultural or manufacturing. Notwithstand- 
 ing the great aggregate value of poultry, but little at- 
 tention has been paid to the medical treatment of the 
 ills of fowls, which are many, and what little they have 
 received has too often been of such a nature that they 
 would have been better without it. This, however, is 
 not surprising, for as long as men are ignorant of, or 
 deny the truth of, homoeopathy, the great and only law 
 of cure, so long will they be incapable of formulating 
 any system of medicine applicable to all diseases, 
 whether of man, beast or fowl. Homoeopathy offers to 
 poultry raisers a system of medicine for their fowls 
 which is exceedingly efficacious, involves little labor 
 and trifling expense. That system will be found de- 
 tailed in this book. What imperfections may be found, 
 must not be charged to homoeopathy, but to imperfect 
 
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IV PREFACE. 
 
 knowledge of the diseases of fowls. If symptoms can 
 be clearly described, homoeopathy will surely supply the 
 remedy. 
 
 To Mr. P. H. Jacobs, of Hammonton, N. J., the well- 
 known editor of the Poultry Keeper, and an extensive 
 breeder of fine poultry, thanks are due for assistance 
 rendered in classifying and accurately describing many 
 of the diseases treated in this book. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 PREFACE, ... 3 
 
 PART I. HOMOEOPATHY AND ITS METHODS, .... 7 
 
 PAET II. SOME PRACTICAL HINTS, 16 
 
 PART III. THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES, .... 26 
 
 PART IV. MATERIA MEDIC A, ....'... 65 
 
 LIST OF REMEDIES, 80 
 
 LIST OF DISEASES, 81 
 
 INDEX, 84 
 
" By similar things disease is produced, and by similar 
 things administered to the sick they are healed of their 
 diseases." Hippocrates. 
 
PART I. 
 
 HOMOEOPATHY AND ITS METHODS. 
 
 Similia Similibus Curantur. 
 
 IT has been said with truth that all subjects which 
 arouse men, and cause them to divide into great con- 
 tending parties, sooner or later crystallize into a word, 
 or a terse apothegm, which contains a great truth. 
 For a century homoeopathy has excited keen interest 
 and been fiercely fought. Its scope is as wide as disease 
 and the cure thereof, yet is all crystallized in Similia 
 Similibus Curantur. Like Cures Like. As with all 
 great truths a child may comprehend, and a wise man 
 study it a lifetime, and then realize that the unexplored 
 fields are vast and the possibilities in them, for the wel- 
 fare of man and beast, almost limitless. Homoeopathy's 
 work will cease only when disease no longer haunts the 
 earth. 
 
8 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 Illustrations. 
 
 " Like Cures Like," not the Same cures the Same 
 mark well the difference. Perhaps the plainest illustra- 
 tion of this great natural Law for Homoeopathy is as 
 much a Law as Gravitation may be found in the well- 
 known cure for a frosted ear, namely, rubbing it with 
 a handful of snow. Snow is not frost, but very much 
 like it. Like Cures Like. 
 
 Cinchona, or as it is known in homoeopathy, China, if 
 taken in large doses will produce, not chills and fever, 
 but symptoms almost their exact counterpart; it will 
 also cause excessive weakness, resembling that caused 
 by loss of blood. China relieves both these symp- 
 toms. 
 
 Arnica, if taken in strong doses, will cause a sore and 
 bruised sensation, and, as all know, when externally 
 applied will cure bruises and concussions ; and, further- 
 more, as all do not know, it will relieve the bad effects 
 from a concussion, blow, or fall ; still better if taken in 
 small doses, inwardly as well as applied outwardly. 
 
 Aconite will cause, among many other symptoms, 
 that feverish condition which all experience at the 
 beginning of a bad cold, and Aconite taken at once 
 will cure almost any cold. Let these few illustra- 
 tions suffice, though the list might be extended to 
 
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 enormous length. Like Cures Like: therein lies the 
 entire secret of medicine. Skill in application is obtained 
 by the study of the symptoms of the sick man or 
 beast and of the Materia Medica. 
 
 Materia Medica. 
 
 A concise Materia Medica of the remedies prescribed 
 in this book will be found on its last pages, and a study 
 of this part is recommended to all who would be suc- 
 cessful in treating the ailments of their fowls. This 
 Materia Medica is a record of the symptoms produced 
 by the drug taken in excessive doses by men in a state 
 of health. 
 
 The classification of diseases is, at best, but mere 
 generalization. Take, for instance, " colds ;" a dozen 
 people may come together, each suffering from a u cold/' 
 yet the symptoms of no two of them be exactly alike. 
 So with the diseases of fowls described in this book ; 
 each one is named as well as may be, and the best 
 known remedy prescribed, and it may be administered, 
 as a rule, with great profit in the saving of the lives of 
 poultry, yet an intelligent study of the symptoms of the 
 affected fowls, and comparison of them with those of 
 the different medicines, will greatly aid in the work. 
 
10 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 Administration of Remedies. 
 
 The easiest way of administering the medicine is to 
 dissolve two or three dozen pellets in a clean dish 
 of pure water, and let the fowls drink it at will. 
 If the disease is of an epidemic nature, like Roup or 
 Cholera, it is well to let them all at it, for, given the 
 correct remedy, it will cure the sick and prevent those 
 still apparently well from developing the disease. 
 
 Another method and a good one, in view of the fact 
 that chickens are nearly always ready to eat, is to dis- 
 solve the medicine in pure water and mix the water 
 with corn-meal or moist food, and feed it to the flock, 
 or the individual fowl, as the case may be. Another 
 method is to moisten a bit of white bread in the medi- 
 cated water, by which means a few fowls may be 
 treated without the trouble of separating them from the 
 flock. They can be driven aside and fed. 
 
 As a rule, where the ailment 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 with more care. 
 The pellets can be given dry also, which is an excellent 
 method, if practicable. Homoeopathic medicines may 
 also be had in liquid form, in which case from five to 
 ten drops in water constitute a dose. Many people pre- 
 fer them in liquid form. 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 11 
 
 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 animals 
 quicker, indeed, than on mankind as fowls and ani- 
 mals do not injure their constitutions by unnatural liv- 
 ing. When there is a marked improvement, discon- 
 tinue 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. 
 
 How to Keep Homoeopathic Medicines. 
 Keep them well corked. Do not let the vials stand 
 around open. Keep the vials in a box, in some place 
 about the house where they are not exposed to undue 
 influences of any sort. After the pellets are taken 
 from the vial, do not put any of them back again. 
 Keep them protected from the sun-light. 
 
 How to Procure Homoeopathic Medicines. 
 Tha best way, of course, is to go to a homoeopathic 
 pharmacy and buy them ; if this is not convenient, send 
 twenty-five cents for each remedy wanted, to the ad- 
 dress of some well-known homoeopathic pharmacy, with 
 the name of the remedy plainly written printed, if 
 
12 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 you doubt the legibility of your penmanship and a 
 good sized vial will be mailed, postpaid, and securely 
 packed. If there is a homoeopathic physician in the 
 neighborhood, he will no doubt be glad to sell you the 
 required remedy. 
 
 Homoeopathic medicines may also be obtained from 
 some druggists; but in such cases it must be insisted on 
 that the vials bear the labels of a homoeopathic phar- 
 macy they are all sealed with a metallic capsule when 
 put up for druggists 7 trade, and have the firm's name 
 preparing them blown on the vial. There is good 
 reason for this caution. The two schools work under 
 different pharmacopoeias, and the average druggist 
 knows little or nothing of the preparation and dynam- 
 ization of homoeopathic medicines. Another, and a 
 very urgent, reason for this caution is that homoeopathy 
 deals with very active poisons which, by the process of 
 preparation, are rendered harmless for injury, unless 
 taken in oft-repeated and long-continued doses, while 
 still retaining all their curative powers. This leads us 
 to the subject of 
 
 Dynamization or Potentiation. 
 It is, unfortunately, a common error to suppose that 
 homoeopathy means small doses and nothing more. 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 13 
 
 Homoeopathy Like Cures Like says nothing about 
 the size of the dose. In the early days, large doses were 
 given until it was noticed that there were " aggrava- 
 tions" drug symptoms before cure, though the cure 
 followed. This led to a reduction of the size of the 
 dose. In doing this the drugs were minutely subdi- 
 vided, and then the wonderful discovery was made that 
 small doses reduced to atoms while mingled with milk 
 sugar or alcohol were far more potent for cure than 
 when administered in a cruder state. They had been 
 potentized, i.e., made more powerful in disease, and, at 
 the same time, rendered comparatively harmless for evil 
 if taken by mistake, by means of the small dose. That 
 this theory of potentiation is correct can easily be 
 demonstrated by the fact that men have swallowed 
 leaden bullets or shot and experienced no bad results, 
 while every one knows that if the same quantity of 
 lead, reduced to the finest powder, were to be swallowed, 
 the most terrible consequences would ensue. 
 
 The Truth of Homoeopathy. 
 The crucial test of every scheme of medicine is its 
 result with the sick. In this respect homoeopathy leads 
 all competitors ; indeed, truly viewed, it has no com- 
 petitors, for it is the great Natural Law of Cure, while 
 
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 others are but man's experiments, ever shifting and 
 changing ; taken up as wonders and then dropped as 
 useless. Pleuro-pneumonia in cattle is pronounced in- 
 curable by the dominant school, and the government 
 orders all the afflicted animals to be slaughtered, yet 
 homosopathy could save nearly every case, as has been 
 repeatedly demonstrated. Homoeopaths have secured 
 many a fine bargain in horses, buying an animal, pro- 
 nounced incurable by some old school veterinarian, and 
 curing him. The large horse-car companies in almost 
 every city have adopted homoeopathic treatment. 
 
 We will close this branch of our subject by giving 
 the statistics of an epidemic of comparatively recent 
 date, to illustrate the differences between the two schools. 
 During the epidemic of yellow fever in the southern 
 States in 1878, the allopaths treated 96,187 cases, of 
 which 12,296 died ; a death rate of 23.5. At the same 
 time the homoeopathic practitioners treated 3914 cases 
 of the same disease, of which 261 died ; a death rate of 
 6.6. In many of the southern States, by means of 
 unjust medical legislation, the allopaths have obtained 
 sole control, and they refuse to permit homoeopaths to 
 practice. This accounts for the great disparity in the 
 numbers treated. 
 
 Medical legislation is a subject of vital importance to 
 
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 15 
 
 the people, and they should see to it that no medical 
 monopoly is granted. These laws, on their face, look 
 very plausible, and claim to " protect the public," but 
 even " quacks " could not have made a worse showing 
 than that of the " regular " profession in the epidemic 
 of 1878. 
 
PART II, 
 
 SOME PRACTICAL HINTS. 
 
 THERE are a good many books on the general man- 
 agement of poultry. All of them contain some good 
 matter and, also, much that is impractical and even 
 useless, or worse. The most of them seem to take it for 
 granted that every poultry raiser can devote a great 
 deal of his time to the care of his fowls. They seem to 
 be constantly addressing men who make poultry raising 
 their sole business-, whereas the number who do so com- 
 pared with those to whom it is merely an incidental 
 part of farm life, are as one to many thousands. It is 
 to the larger class that this book is addressed, and our 
 aim is to give here only such hints as may be easily 
 acted upon. Those who follow poultry raising as a 
 business, perhaps know more on the subject of the care 
 of fowls than the book writers do, but many of them 
 have much to learn in the treatment of the diseases of 
 poultry. 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 17 
 
 Where poultry is allowed the run of the farm during 
 the warm months the question of feeding is settled by 
 the fowls themselves, but when winter comes they must 
 be fed. When this time arrives those fows will thrive 
 best that are given some variety in their food. Do not 
 give them the same stuff day after day, but vary it if 
 possible. Hens, like horses and men, are the better for 
 a change of diet. Especially give them at times some- 
 thing green, throw in a head of cabbage and let them 
 revel on it. 
 
 Another point that involves little trouble and no ex- 
 pense is to see that they are provided with clean water 
 often renewed. Water that is unfit for a human being 
 is not good for hens. A little common sense comes into 
 good play here ; the horse, cow, dog and hen eat and 
 drink what they can get; if their food and drink does 
 not suit them, no complaint is heard ; they do not 
 grumble or raise a disturbance as man does, but follow 
 St. Paul's advice, and eat what is set before them. Their 
 only protest against unfit food and drink is to sicken 
 and die without a complaint. Did you never notice 
 how eagerly a caged bird hops over and drinks when 
 his water cup is filled ? He evidently appreciates it as 
 much as a man would who was given a glass of fresh 
 water in place of some that had stood in his bedroom 
 
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18 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 over night. The same rule applies to all animals. In 
 this matter, "directions" are not needed, but only a 
 little common sense flavored with humanity. 
 
 Another parallel between man and hen : In the 
 human family the mortality is greatest in infancy, and 
 so it is in the hen family. Some mortality in both fami- 
 lies is unavoidable, but much in both may be avoided 
 by a little extra care. To be trite, prevention is better 
 than cure. At the very dawn of its existence the young 
 chick mostly needs warmth. If this warmth be com- 
 bined with moisture the death-rate must rise; therefore 
 Dame Partlett an<i her brood should be caged in some 
 place protected from the wet ground and the rain, and 
 the dame will provide the warmth. Furthermore, keep 
 the cage clean. It is not much trouble, and it pays. Who 
 has not seen a cage with its floor an inch thick with dirt 
 and the whole sodden by having the pan of water spilled 
 over it ! Better let them run than be caged with such 
 a mess. Another point but it involves a little care; 
 who has not seen a hen with her chicks trailed out 
 behind her making their way through the wet grass of 
 early morning ! Each little 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. If she and her brood could be kept confined 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 19 
 
 until the grass were dry it would be better for the little 
 ones. 
 
 Mr. Judd, in his book on poultry, makes some good 
 points on the feeding of very young chickens. He very 
 strenuously objects to the common Indian, or corn, meal 
 dough that constitutes the sole food of so many young 
 chicks. It is tumbled out to them, and if not all eaten 
 allowed to stand until it is eaten ; it usually sours, the 
 chicks, perforce, must eat it, as nothing else is provided, 
 and then they sicken and die. Mr. Judd says : " For 
 the first morning meal I give all my young stock boiled 
 potatoes mashed up fine and mixed with an equal quan- 
 tity of Indian meal and shorts. I find nothing so good 
 and acceptable as this food, and I use only small and 
 unmarketable potatoes ; they prove more profitable than 
 anything else I can employ." This food is followed 
 with fine cracked corn. But whatever is fed to the 
 young chicks the gist of the matter is, do not feed them 
 anything that has turned stale or sour. There is death 
 in such a mess, and it is economy to throw it away. 
 
 We know that wild and domestic animals require 
 salt, and from this it would seem right to assume that 
 fowls require it too, though the want appears not so 
 pressing in their case. It is said that fowls who eat 
 their own feathers cease to do so when given salt. How 
 
20 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 
 
 salt should be given them is an open question. In salt- 
 ing food the danger is in excess. Too much salt for 
 man or beast will result in sickness, and very bad 
 sickness at that. Salt in large quantities seems to be 
 fatal to poultry, but may safely be used to season the 
 food. 
 
 What the wash-bowl or bath-tub is to man, a dust 
 pile, dust-box or dust in some shape is to the hen. It 
 doesn't look like a very cleanly way of performing the 
 toilet, but it is her way, and chicken raisers will do 
 well to see that the dust-bath is provided in some shape. 
 It is supposed that this bath is a means of ridding the 
 feathers of lice ; mixing a little insect powder with the 
 dust will aid in this. Some authorities prefer fine sand 
 to dust. If the hens will use it, sand seems better than 
 dust. Fine ashes are also recommended. 
 
 Let the chickens get at corn-stalks in winter, occa- 
 sionally ; it helps in the assimilation of food. Scalded 
 clover hay, however, is better and furnishes an excel- 
 lent substitute for green food, but it must be finely 
 chopped. 
 
 Onions chopped up are eagerly eaten by fowls, and 
 are excellent for their health, especially if their eyes are 
 not in good condition. 
 
 Dried tobacco leaves in the nest of a setting hen keeps 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 21 
 
 it clear of vermin, and adds greatly to her comfort and 
 that of her young when hatched. 
 
 Chickens fatten best when given a full feed just 
 before going to roost, and the first thing in the morn- 
 ing. 
 
 A dry floor may be obtained by digging out the 
 earth and replacing it a foot deep with sand. 
 
 A hen's laying capacity reaches its highest point in 
 her second year, and then begins to decline. 
 
 In reserving cocks for breeding purposes, keep those 
 that are the most active and vigorous. 
 
 There should 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. 
 
 Do not let fowls inbreed too long or the result will 
 be loss of eggs and deterioration of the flock. 
 
 Where poultry is allowed the run of a farm there is 
 no danger of over-feeding, but there is with yarded 
 poultry which gets no exercise ; these especially require 
 variety. 
 
 One great secret of successful turkey raising is regu- 
 lar feeding during the fall and winter in one place. 
 This makes them tame and prevents that tendency to 
 wander off in summer and breed, which is innate in 
 the turkey. 
 
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 During " fly-time " a flock of turkeys will easily live 
 on insects, such as grasshoppers, etc., and are, therefore, 
 valuable in two senses, but it is not well to raise them 
 unless they can have a wide range. When confined 
 they easily " eat their heads off." 
 
 Ducks do not eat more, if fed regularly, than other 
 fowls of their size, and will be marketable at four 
 months age, and the large breeds may be made to attain 
 five pounds when ten or twelve weeks old ; neither do 
 they require a pond or stream, but may be raised where 
 chickens can be raised ; they require plenty of good 
 drinking water and some pasturage. A stream or pond 
 of water, of course, is an advantage. 
 
 Poultry does well under woman's care, and is very 
 profitable. A lady writes that in one year, after having 
 furnished her own table with nearly a hundred fowls, 
 and with all the eggs needed, she was enabled to sell 
 considerably over one hundred dollars worth of eggs 
 and fowls. The cash outlay bringing in this return 
 was about twenty-five dollars. 
 
 Chickens ought to have a house for winter, even if 
 it consists merely of a few boards nailed together, a 
 mere shanty, lined with paper. The cost of such a shed 
 will be slight, but it will pay. 
 
 Barren, sandy patches about the farm can be profit- 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 23 
 
 ably employed as poultry ranges. Fowls are freer from 
 disease on a sandy soil and will fertilize it to a consider- 
 able extent. 
 
 If possible, don't have any green, slimy pools of 
 water about. They are bad for man and hen. 
 
 Give fowls and animals all the light possible. Light 
 and pure air are health givers. Darkness and disease 
 are allies. 
 
 Plough or spade the poultry yard at times ; it keeps 
 the earth clean and tends to promote the health of the 
 fowls. 
 
 " Chicken powders " and advertised compounds pro- 
 raise all sorts of wonder working. Little or nothing 
 is known of them. If " stimulating," remember that 
 stimulants act on animals as on men feel good for a 
 while and then not. Good food is all a fowl needs in 
 health and the indicated homoeopathic remedy in 
 disease. 
 
 Whether charcoal, asafoetida, Cayenne pepper, etc., 
 are good to " promote health," is a very wide, open 
 question. Some believe in them we don't. 
 
PART ill. 
 
 THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES. 
 
 Preliminary Remarks. 
 
 THERE are no colleges established for the study of 
 the diseases of poultry, and there are no graduated 
 poultry physicians, and, outside of homoeopathy, there is 
 little, if any, belief in the efficacy of medicine in treat- 
 ing the ills of feathered creation. Indeed, an eminent 
 authority on poultry rather drearily remarks : " It is 
 almost useless, and rarely ever worth while, to treat 
 sick poultry." This is true if no treatment, but what, 
 for the sake of distinction, may be termed allopathic, 
 is known, but it is not true if homoeopathy be employed. 
 In the latter case, the labor involved is next to nothing, 
 the expense very slight, while 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 difficulties to overcome in writ- 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 25 
 
 ing a work on the ills of poultry is in naming the 
 the diseases. A careful comparison of the few treatises 
 published heretofore on the subject, reveals the fact that 
 a disease that in one place bears one name, takes on 
 another in another part of the country. Fortunately, 
 however, this fact, which would prove so disastrous 
 under other systems of medicine, is but of slight 
 moment in homoeopathy, for it treats diseases, not ac- 
 cording to their names, but according to their symp- 
 toms, and a little knowledge of the action of the various 
 remedies will enable any one to treat a sick fowl intel- 
 ligently and quite independently of the name of the 
 disease. 
 
 Homoeopathic remedies may be classified into groups 
 or families ; the individuals of which differ yet have 
 many traits in common. In the following pages the 
 remedy chiefly indicated by the disease is first given, 
 but it may not be the correct one in all cases, and the 
 others named afterwards may then be administered in 
 their order. 
 
 Those having homoeopathic " family medicine cases " 
 (and every family living in the country should have 
 one) may use the medicines in them. The same medi- 
 cine applies equally to fowls or human beings; there is 
 no difference in the preparation of medicines for " veter- 
 
26 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 inary " purposes from those used in treating human 
 ailments. 
 
 The number found following the name of the remedy 
 on the vial, as " Arsenicum 6," refers to the potency. 
 Minerals, like arsenic, are usually sold in the sixth 
 potency and others in the third. 
 
 Apoplexy. 
 
 This disease, as with men, is caused by over-feeding, 
 and occurs with all classes of poultry when in a very 
 fat condition. The bird afflicted staggers and falls ; its 
 breath comes heavy and short, and somewhat resembles 
 snoring; eyes protruding, staring and generally highly 
 bloodshot. It is frequent to find apoplectic birds dead 
 under the roost, when they were apparently in excellent 
 health. Open the bird's rnouth and give it half a dozen 
 pellets of Belladonna. - Other remedies are Aconite, 
 Nux vomica and Pulsatilla. Nux vomica may even 
 be better than Aconite. 
 
 Asthma. 
 
 Canary and other singing birds are often troubled 
 with asthma. The breathing is easily heard, and espe- 
 cially after the exertion of flying. Corallium rubrum, 
 a half dozen pellets dissolved in the water-cup effects a 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 27 
 
 speedy cure. Spongia is also indicated ; also Ipecac, 
 in case of too much flesh, and Bryonia in asthmatic 
 panting of old age. A little plantain seed is said to 
 aid recovery in obstinate cases. This disease is often 
 mistaken for roup. 
 
 Bone-wen. 
 
 This disease has always been deemed incurable, but 
 where homoeopathy is employed a cure is possible, if 
 not probable. Isolate the afflicted fowl and dissolve six 
 pellets of Hepar sulphuris in its water dish every day 
 for a week, unless marked improvement sets in sooner. 
 If at the end of the week no change is noticeable change 
 the medicine to Silicea, same dose each day. Other 
 remedies are Nitric acid, Calcarea carb. and Sulphur. 
 When changing remedy it may be well to give the last 
 named for one day before following with the new 
 remedy. 
 
 Black-rot. 
 
 In this disease the comb turns a blackish color, legs 
 may swell and emaciation accompanies. Bad food and 
 unhealthy surroundings seem to be the cause ; remedy 
 these and give Thuja. The true remedy for this disease 
 is problematical, depending on the cause of the disease. 
 Nux vomica may be called for and Podophyllum, if 
 
28 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 the seat of the derangement be the stomach or liver 
 
 respectively. 
 
 Broken Bones. 
 
 When bones are broken in fowls one can readily see 
 at a glance what is the trouble if it be a leg bone. With 
 other bones a break can be detected by examination 
 only, when a swelling will appear over the broken bone 
 which is evidently painful to the touch. These usually 
 heal themselves if the fowl is kept quiet. A compound 
 fracture is beyond the skill of most people, but a simple 
 break is not. Bring the broken parts gently but firmly 
 together, bind with linen bandages and hold in place 
 by a couple of appropriate sized splints. Moisten the 
 linen frequently with a lotion of one part tincture of 
 Symphytum mixed with five parts water. How long 
 the treatment is to continue must depend on the condi- 
 tion of the fracture, and that, the one having charge of 
 the case alone, can decide. After the operation give the 
 patient one dose of Aconite, say three pellets in the 
 mouth and at the expiration of a week put six pellets 
 of Hepar Sulph. in the water for one day only. 
 
 Bumble Foot. 
 
 This is caused by the foot getting hurt in some way, 
 bruised, or possibly a sliver run in it. It is often the 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 29 
 
 result of high roosts, the feet being injured when jump- 
 ing therefrom, especially if the bird is heavy. The hurt 
 part swells, becomes inflamed, pus forms, which in time 
 grows hard and cheesy-like. The treatment is to wash 
 the hurt clean, see that no foreign substance remains 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 binding the foot anoint it with Calendula 
 cerate, or lotion, and keep the fowl on clean straw. After 
 operation give Hepar sulph. if hurt has not " gathered ; " 
 if it has, give Silicea. During the few days necessary 
 for healing, the fowl should be kept caged in a clean 
 
 place. 
 
 Chicken-pox. 
 
 Some writers designate this disease " small-pox." It 
 is known by blotches on the comb and neck and pus- 
 tules under the wings and feathers generally, while the 
 fowls seem weak and melancholy. Homoeopathically 
 treated it is not dangerous. The disease is contagious, 
 and the sick should be separated from the well, though 
 if the flock is pretty generally attacked let the treatment 
 extend to all. The treatment consists in dissolving from 
 one to three dozen pellets of Arsenicum, according as a 
 few or many are afflicted, in the drinking water. Con- 
 
30 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 tinue for three days. If no improvement is noticed 
 change the remedy to Rhus tox. Renew the medicine 
 each day, using fresh pure water. Also indicated, Bella- 
 donna with hot fever. Silicea if pustules " break." 
 
 Chip. 
 
 "Chip" or "chipping" derives its name from the 
 peculiar 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 ventilator). It is 
 confined chiefly, if not entirely, to young chickens, and is 
 caused by wet weather, the light down on the little fel- 
 lows getting wet and having no chance to dry. It is 
 very fatal if not taken in time. Chickens afflicted with 
 " chip" seek refuge in solitary places where they are de- 
 tected by the regular and plaintive cry, and generally re- 
 main there until they die; they exhibit tenderness on 
 being touched, and perceptible fever, although they 
 tremble violently as though cold. If possible they 
 should be given dry shelter and warmth. A number of 
 remedies are indicated in this disease, so many, indeed, 
 that it is difficult to decide which to give the preference. 
 It is best, perhaps, to begin with Veratrum, as that 
 remedy " has external chill with internal heat," a most 
 distressing feeling. A dozen or more pellets dissolved 
 
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 in the drinking water, or, if they will not drink, dip a 
 little white bread in the water and let them eat it if they 
 will. Among the other remedies are Arsenicum, Acon- 
 ite, Dulcamara and Colchicum, the last named being 
 preferred by some authorities. Give the selected remedy 
 twenty hours trial, and if there is no improvement, 
 change to one of the others named. 
 
 Cholera. 
 
 It was frequently observed at the times and places 
 when cholera was epidemic among human beings that 
 chickens, turkeys, geese and farmyard fowls generally, 
 became in many instances similarly affected. At the 
 present day the word " cholera " is applied to an epi- 
 demic which while varying somewhat in different parts 
 of the country is always accompanied by a violent 
 diarrhoea, and is very fatal. Some of the characteristics 
 of this disease are : Sad looks, lost appetite, weakness, 
 staggering, thirst, hanging heads; in more advanced 
 stages a tough mucus trickled from the bills, which 
 hang so low as to touch the ground, the comb becomes 
 shrunken and of a bluish color, while the diarrhoea is 
 violent and almost liquid, yellowish or greenish, frothy ; 
 as the end approaches the eyes close. Being an epidemic 
 it is well to treat the entire flock, though if the sick can 
 
32 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 be isolated so much the better. European writers highly 
 commend Veratrum alb., both as curative and as pre- 
 venting the spread of the disease. Dissolve anywhere 
 from two dozen pellets to half the vial (according to size 
 of flock) in water given the fowls to drink, or take part 
 of the water and moisten their food with it. Arsenicum 
 is also quite as valuable in cholera; the symptoms of 
 both remedies bear great resemblance, Arsenicum being 
 indicated in the second stage where there is great pros- 
 tration. 
 
 Arsenicum iod. (iodide of arsenic) has by clinical 
 experience proved effective, as the following experience 
 reported by Dr. Robert Boocock in the North American 
 Journal of Homoeopathy shows : " Chicken Cholera. 
 I can fully endorse the curative power of Iodide of 
 Arsenic in certain forms of humid asthma, having been 
 successful in a few cases. I want to speak of this medi- 
 cine as a means of curing the summer complaints we 
 often meet during the hot weather. Two years ago I 
 lost almost all my chickens by chicken cholera. Last 
 summer a new lot of hens and chickens began to die off 
 by the same disease, and I thought it a good chance to 
 try Arsenicum iod. 3. I mixed about two pounds of meal 
 with two drachms of the remedy, and left the mixture in 
 the chicken house for them to take at will. It cured 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 33 
 
 every case. I had a good lot of it left to throw away. In 
 severe cases of cholera infantum it promptly cured when 
 all our usual remedies failed." 
 
 Parched corn, or parched cracked corn, almost to 
 coffee-color, is an excellent food for flocks during cholera 
 season not exclusively but as a part of the food. 
 
 Constipation. 
 
 This complaint may afflict any of the feathered 
 creatures and is easily recognized. The fowl is restless 
 and cannot evacuate, although making frequent effort ; 
 if any stool does pass, it is small in quantity and very 
 hard and dry. The cause of the trouble lies in long- 
 continued feeding on dry and heating food, such as bar- 
 ley, oats, rye, hemp seed, etc., together with impure 
 water and lack of any green food. It occurs chiefly 
 among fowls confined in coops or narrow yards. It 
 may be also the result of cold. Nux vomica, half a 
 dozen pellets to the fowl, dissolved in its drinking 
 water, or mixed with food, will usually remove the 
 complaint if caused by the food. Bryonia, if result- 
 ing from cold or other causes. A change of food, or,, 
 rather, giving the fowl something green in addition, is 
 also required. But the medicine is necessary to give 
 thorough relief, for the mere giving of green stuff may 
 
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34 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 only result in altering the character of the disease with- 
 out eradicating it. Opium is another remedy for con- 
 stipation, indicated when there is no urging. 
 
 Contusions. 
 
 If a fowl gets a severe blow or hurt in which no 
 bones are broken, bathe the hurt with a lotion of one 
 part Arnica tincture to twenty parts water, and put a 
 few drops of the water in the fowl's mouth. Arnica 
 should never be applied to man or beast undiluted. It 
 acts better when diluted. 
 
 Consumption. 
 
 This disease in fowls seems to be pretty much the 
 same as in human beings bad heredity or resulting 
 from a cold which is allowed to run on without care. 
 There is a cough, the fowl seems to eat well, yet grows 
 emaciated. " Incurable " is the general verdict, a ver- 
 dict which no believer in homoaopathy should admit to 
 be true, even though he cannot, with his present knowl- 
 edge, name the proper remedy. This consumption of 
 the lungs must be distinguished from the " consump- 
 tion " spoken of under " Marasmus." In both there 
 is a wasting away, but the seat of the trouble is differ- 
 ent. This is a disease that is sometimes classed in the 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 35 
 
 Roup family of ailments. Remedies can but be sug- 
 gested : Hepar sulph. and Spongia on alternate days 
 may cure, or Calcarea carb., given alone. 
 
 Core. 
 
 Core consists of the formation of an excrescence in 
 the gullet or alvine passage. It is generally brownish- 
 yellow in color, but varies in this respect. Arsenicum, 
 Mercurius and Silicea are the three remedies mostly 
 indicated. The disease is difficult to detect owing to 
 its situation. 
 
 Coryza or Catarrh. 
 
 This is not at all an uncommon complaint, and it 
 causes considerable losses, being also one of the difficul- 
 ties sometimes classed as Roup. With pigeons it often 
 occurs during moulting, and is contagious, and some- 
 times plays havoc in the pigeon roost. Pigeons suffer- 
 ing from coryza keep their bills open, and a yellow- 
 looking mucus may be seen in the nostrils ; the mouth 
 also looks yellow. If the disease is noticed in time, 
 remove the infected bird, but if a number are affected, 
 it is better to treat the whole lot. Mercurius viv. will 
 generally cure ; a dozen pellets dissolved in clean drink- 
 ing water, or the water used in mixing soft food. Con- 
 tinue until cured, or if no improvement is noticeable in 
 
36 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 a few days, change the remedy to Acidum sulph., in 
 same way. 
 
 In hens, coryza is generally caused by catching cold 
 in continuous wet weather, or by very sudden changes 
 in the weather. It is characterized by an increased 
 discharge from the nostrils and sneezing. At times it 
 is epidemic. Arsenicum will usually give prompt 
 relief. A dozen or more pellets dissolved in the drink- 
 ing water, or in half a tumbler of water, and then this 
 mixed with meal or used to moisten bread. Arseni- 
 cum failing, give Mercurius viv. Should 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 with turkeys. The 
 turkey seems uneasy, trembles, an acrid, slimy dis- 
 charge comes from the nostrils and the eyes grow dim. 
 If possible, separate the sick turkey from the well ones, 
 and administer to it Acidum sulph. or Mercurius 
 viv. As with pigeons, the disease seems to attack the 
 turkeys during moulting time. 
 
 H. Fisher, V. S. of Berlin, reports the complete and 
 satisfactory cure of a valuable parrot who was suffering 
 from a bad coryza or catarrh. The bird ate little and 
 breathed with a rasping sound, and was evidently suf- 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 37 
 
 fering from a bad cold. Dulcamara and Hepar sulph., 
 in alternation twice a day soon removed the trouble. 
 
 Hepar sulphur is the best remedy when there has 
 been partial relief from other remedies but not complete 
 cure. 
 
 Gelsemium is an excellent remedy for catarrh in- 
 curred during warm, moist, relaxing weather. 
 
 Catarrh or coryza in fowls must be distinguished 
 from roup, as a common bad " cold " is distinguished 
 from croup or diphtheria in human beings. The dis- 
 charge from the nostrils of fowls in catarrh is thinner 
 and not offensive, and is accompanied with sneezing 
 and coughing, while in roup the discharge is thick and 
 very offensive. Cold, catarrh, coryza, roup and pip are 
 all more or less related to each other. 
 
 Cough. 
 
 Turkeys are often afflicted with a cough resulting 
 from small red worms in the windpipe. The disease 
 seems to be the same as " gapes " in chickens, and calls 
 for the same medication, i.e., Dulcamara and Drosera, 
 in alternation with Sulphur, to complete the cure. For 
 external treatment, see " gapes." 
 
 Diarrhoea and Dysentery. 
 While resembling, in some respects, cholera, these 
 
38 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 ailments are essentially quite different. The discharges 
 are copious, sometimes bloody, the feathers about the 
 anus befouled and the fowl out of condition, though not 
 so greatly prostrated as in cholera. " Scouring " is an- 
 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 
 noxious berries or plants ; eating too many worms ; over- 
 feeding, also want of lime or gravel necessary to the 
 digestion of hens. Ipecac, is the chief remedy, a dozen 
 or more pellets, owing to number to be treated, in 
 water, or mixed, after being dissolved, with the food. 
 If directly traceable to bad food, remove the cause and 
 give Arsenicum. Chamomilla, also, has cured. Hens 
 sometimes have a whitish discharge which oozes out, 
 fouling their feathers ; for this, give Carbo veg. 
 
 Among geese there is a disease known sometimes as 
 " white dysentery." The geese lose appetite, become 
 weak and breathe hurriedly ; the evacuations are very 
 soft and of a chalky color, and finally liquid. 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, filth, browsing in bogs and swamps, are the 
 general causes. With geese so afflicted it is best to 
 cage them up in a dry place on clean straw (keep it 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 39 
 
 clean) and feed good food. The first day give them 
 Aconite, two or three dozen pellets in the drinking 
 water. The next day give Arsenicum (wash the drink- 
 ing vessel thoroughly on changing medicines, or get a 
 new one). Mercurius viv. and Chamomilla 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 foul 
 drinking water. The abdominal walls get thin and 
 transparent, and there is a sinking in the region of 
 the anus; a bloody, mucus-like diarrhoea accompanied 
 with rapid emaciation. Mercurius cor., in clean, pure 
 water, is the best remedy. Ipecac., also, is useful. 
 
 There is a disease among geese and ducks originating 
 from the same causes as the preceding, which, in some 
 respects, resembles it, yet which post-mortem examin- 
 ation shows to be inflammation of the spleen. Geese, 
 when attacked, begin to shriek, put their heads to the 
 ground, fall over on their backs, go into convulsions and 
 die. Where the disease has progressed so far, there is no 
 help for the sick. But the remainder of the flock may be 
 cooped up or confined, given good food and pure water, 
 in which Arsenicum, as a preventative, has been dis- 
 solved ; give this remedy for three days, changing water 
 
40 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 every day. One German authority, Traeger, prefers 
 Nitric acidum dissolved in water, and the water used 
 to moisten the meal or other food given. The amount 
 of each remedy should be in proportion to the number 
 treated from one dozen to three dozen or more pellets. 
 Dysentery carries off a great many parrots, espe- 
 cially the young ones. A few doses of Mercurius 
 cor. will speedily cure. It may be stated, that, in 
 general, Mercurius cor. is the remedy for the worst 
 cases of dysentery, especially " painful bloody dis- 
 charges." 
 
 Diseases of the Eye. 
 
 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. Perhaps all 
 have something to do with it. The eyes are watery, 
 ulcerated, with discharge of offensive-looking liquid, 
 and, in time, pus sores are formed. The sick fowls are 
 also very apt to fall rapidly away. If there is reason 
 to suppose the complaint is caused by the weather, 
 which is more frequently the case, give Aconite in the 
 beginning ; but for bad cases or those well advanced, 
 Euphrasia or Sulphur are better, the latter, if there is 
 pus formation. Apis is indicated when the eyes are 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 41 
 
 inflamed, sore and swollen, but not complicated with 
 colds or other ailment. 
 
 Distemper. 
 
 " Hen distemper " is a plague occurring in hot, dry 
 weather, and is commonly attributed to atmospheric 
 conditions. The hens lose their bright, cheery look, 
 have a puffed face of deep scarlet color ; crouch about 
 in corners and die one after the other. The disease is 
 contagious, and if not too much spread through the 
 flock, the sick ones should be isolated. Examination 
 reveals the fact that the skin around the anus is in- 
 flamed and red, with black spots occurring. The best 
 remedy is Nux vomica, which has proved successful. 
 
 Students of poultry books will, no doubt, experience 
 some confusion on reading the foregoing, for some of 
 their books connect hen distemper and cholera, while 
 others associate it with roup. Which are we to be- 
 lieve? they may ask. The reply is, ignore the name 
 and attend to the symptoms. If the foregoing symp- 
 toms are met, administer Nux vomica. 
 
 Dizziness. 
 
 Dizziness seems to be the best term, or, at least, the 
 most descriptive. In geese it is sometimes known as 
 " staggers" and sometimes denominated by the sy no- 
 
42 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 nym, " Vertigo." Geese and ducks are mostly afflicted 
 with it, but hens and turkeys are not exempt. The 
 signs are, drooping wings, stretched-out neck, or twisted 
 about in all sort of ways, the body is often shaken, and 
 turned around and around until the bird falls over and 
 dies. Fat, or over-fed fowls are mostly subject to it. 
 The cause is variously attributed to a rush of blood to 
 the head, to worms in the nostrils or ears, and to the 
 results of blows on the head. It will be seen from this 
 that the ailment is difficult to treat, or rather to deter- 
 mine which of the three causes should be treated. The 
 rush of blood calls for Belladonna and plenty of cool, 
 fresh water for drinking. If caused by a blow, Acon- 
 ite, followed by Belladonna. If from worms, give 
 Cina, or a little turpentine or kerosene in the nostrils 
 may remove the trouble ; should they be in the ears, 
 the case is difficult; to fill the ears with sweet oil or 
 milk is about the only safe course. As a rule, how- 
 ever, dizziness is but a symptom of some malady. 
 
 Dropsy. 
 
 This disease only, as a rule, attacks old and fat hens 
 who have ceased laying. The malady is manifested by 
 a swelled abdomen and ruffled plumage. The fat seems 
 turning to water. If any one wishes to treat dropsy, 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 43 
 
 Apocynum cannab. or Apis are the best remedies ; the 
 former, if there is heaviness and general sluggishness ; 
 the latter, if there are evidences of the disease on the 
 skin. It is better, however, to destroy a bird so 
 afflicted. 
 
 Epilepsy. 
 
 Pigeons are sometimes attacked by a disease called, 
 perhaps improperly, epilepsy. It manifests itself by 
 the contortions or unnatural workings of the muscles of 
 the throat, and if touched the birds seem to be in pain. 
 The disease oftener attacks the female than the male. 
 Its cause is unknown. Belladonna covers the symp- 
 toms best. 
 
 Feathering. 
 
 Every one knows that babies during dentition, or 
 teething, often get very sick. Something analogous 
 occurs with young fowls when their down begins to be 
 replaced with feathers; that is their " teething" period. 
 To the best of our knowledge this complaint has never 
 been classified and named. We have called it "feather- 
 ing," because the word, if homely, is certainly descrip- 
 tive. Most poultry raisers have at some time carried a 
 lot of young chicks or turkeys safely through infancy 
 only to have them, when feathers begin to sprout, per- 
 versely die. This will happen even where the care, 
 
44 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 food and housing is of the best. What is the matter ? 
 The owner asks the question of his editor, and that gen- 
 tlemen doesn't answer satisfactorily. 
 
 When young fowls of this age begin to droop and 
 die they should be carefully examined to make sure that 
 lice are not the cause. If no lice be found there is a 
 plain call for medicine. There are 110 incurable diseases 
 given if treated in time and the proper homoaopathic 
 remedy selected. The condition described is so vague 
 that no remedy can be with certainty prescribed, but 
 the probabilities are that a helpful one will be found 
 among the three following : Calcarea carb., Chamo- 
 milla or Hepar sulph. The conditions distinguishing 
 these remedies must necessarily be vague. In general, 
 Calcarea carb. when there seems to be arrested growth, 
 Chamomilla, 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. Administer the remedy, a 
 dozen or more pellets, in the water cup or food of the 
 fowls; in the latter case dissolve in water and mix 
 thoroughly. 
 
 As already stated, this is merely suggestive. It is an 
 analogy between the teething of babes and the growing 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 45 
 
 of feathers. But the losses are so heavy at this period of 
 fowls 7 lives that a remedy is needed, and we believe can 
 be found in the foregoing. 
 
 Gapes. 
 
 Every poultry raiser knows what the malady known 
 as " gapes " is. It chiefly attacks young fowls before 
 their feathers have grown, and is manifested by a more or 
 less constant " gaping " of the mouth, or, more properly, 
 a gasping for breath. It is due to the presence of a 
 small red worm in the windpipe. Whether this worm 
 is bred without the chick, or is a spontaneous generation 
 resulting from physical causes, is an open question. In 
 all probability the disease is due to constitutional defects 
 which may be removed by the proper remedy. In a 
 disease of this sort the remedy must be prescribed some 
 what empirically, as there are no parallels between this 
 disease and the provings. German homoeopathic writers 
 assert that Drosera and Dulcamara given on alternate 
 days will cure the disease. Among suggested remedies 
 may be named Ignatia, Lachesis and China. 
 
 If it should 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 would be 
 Cina, or the active principle of that remedy Santonine, 
 
46 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 and we would advise putting the young chicks on Cina 
 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, 
 running it down the bird's windpipe and pulling the 
 worms out, also taking a small feather, stripping it, ex- 
 cept at the point, dipping it in 'turpentine or kerosene 
 and running it down the throat, after having bent the 
 feathered part over so that it will go down with the 
 grain of the feathers. There are many other treatments 
 recommended by various authorities, such as flour of 
 sulphur, crude camphor, turpentine, etc., but the trouble 
 with them all is that there is always danger of killing 
 the chick along with the worm. 
 
 Gout. 
 
 This disease commonly known as " gout " would seem 
 to be more akin to " rheumatism." Hens and turkeys 
 are mostly liable 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 swell and be- 
 come stiff, and the fowls walk with difficulty, their gait 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 47 
 
 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 with mutton 
 tallow, so much the better. Bryonia or Rhus tox. will 
 cure, however, without the tallow. Dulcamara is also a 
 good remedy, Turkeys seem more subject to this disease 
 than other fowls. 
 
 Hernia. 
 
 Hens laying unusually large eggs are at times troubled 
 with hernia. The larger species of fowls are more apt 
 to be troubled by it than the smaller. The intestine 
 through which the egg passes protrudes abnormally, and 
 does not recede when the hen leaves the nest. 
 
 To attempt to treat this ailment externally 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 milk, anoint- 
 ing it with linseed or sweet oil and gently forcing it back 
 into the body. This repeated several times will cure 
 the trouble. This treatment should be accompanied 
 each time with a dose of Aconite to allay any fever. 
 The internal remedy is Pulsatilla or Nux vomica, 
 i.e., when the external treatment just mentioned is not 
 resorted to. 
 
48 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 Hoarseness. 
 
 Caged singing birds are subject 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 ill, and they are easily ad- 
 ministered by dissolving half a dozen pellets of the 
 chosen one in the bird's water cup. If the bird sneezes 
 and is evidently just taking cold, Aconite is the remedy, 
 but if it is plainly hoarse, tries to sing but has little 
 voice, and that rough in sound, give Causticum or 
 Hepar sulph. If there is great hoarseness, watery 
 eyes, yet occasionally the voice breaks out clear, give 
 Pulsatilla. 
 
 Humid or Black Disease. 
 
 Humid, " black " or " sweating " disease sometimes 
 attacks hens who are setting and remain too long on the 
 nest at a stretch, especially if the nest be too damp and 
 cold. Under the wings the featherless parts will be 
 found blackish looking and clammy. Medicine can hardly 
 do any good in such cases. The best cure is to make 
 the hen air herself more. Also, look carefully for lice, 
 both for the little red mites and the large gray lice. 
 Some writers recommend washing the under part of 
 the wing with tepid water. But this process may excite 
 
, THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 49 
 
 the hen so much that it may " break up " her setting. 
 Carbo. veg. will aid, or Sulphur. 
 
 Indigestion Dyspepsia. 
 
 This complaint is evidenced by unhealthy evacuations 
 of partly or wholly undigested food, diminished or total 
 loss of appetite, and sometimes retching, vomiting and 
 a " tucked up " crop. It is supposed to be caused by 
 over eating. Confine the bird by itself, let it fast a little 
 and give it half a dozen pellets of Nux vomica dissolved 
 in its water cup. If this does not correct the trouble, 
 change the remedy to Pulsatilla, especially if there has 
 been retching or vomiting. China and Carbo veg. are 
 also good remedies. 
 
 Itch. 
 
 Itch is a contagious disease. Some care must be used 
 not to confound it with lice or chicken-pox. Examin- 
 ing the fowl will enable one to distinguish the one from 
 the other. A hen with the itch is constantly scratching 
 and biting herself, her feathers become droopy and fall 
 out. Examination reveals the fact that her body is 
 covered with small pimples, larger on the back than 
 elsewhere. Give Sulphur in the water for three days, 
 and then follow with Staphisagria urtil the cure is 
 
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50 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 complete. Keep the fowl, or fowls, caged during the 
 
 treatment. 
 
 Kriebel. 
 
 We have given this malady the German name for 
 want of an English one. It is, we believe, unknown to 
 American poultry raisers, though, probably, their fowls 
 have suffered from it and they did not know its cause 
 or confounded it with some other ailment. The cause 
 of it is smut and ergot, a peculiar excrescence found 
 growing on grain. That found on ears of corn is called 
 smut, and on rye and wheat is called ergot, in some sea- 
 sons when the weather has been hot and moist, though it 
 is found to a certain extent in all seasons on the corn. 
 Chickens fed on corn containing much smut develop 
 the following symptoms : Dizziness, staggering gait, 
 lack-lustre feathers, leanness, lay few eggs and refuse to 
 hatch ; sometimes they fall on their sides and draw their 
 claws convulsively together when they attempt to arise ; 
 the final symptom is a decay of the comb and feet, and 
 then death follows. It will be seen from this that no 
 matter how carefully fowls are attended they cannot 
 escape "kriebei'Mf fed on corn or grain containing 
 much smut or ergot ; many a well-kept hennery may 
 have been decimated from this cause, much to the 
 puzzlement of its proprietor. The cure, of course, is 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 51 
 
 plain remove the cause. The health of the flock will 
 be regained more rapidly by giving it three or four 
 dozen pellets of Solanum nig. every day in the drink- 
 ing water. 
 
 Lice. 
 
 The dangerous louse to poultry is the large " gray- 
 back," who works on the head, neck and vents, is hard 
 to find as it lurks close down on the skin at the roots of 
 the feathers, and is so blood-thirsty that one or two are 
 enough to kill a young chick. These lice are with 
 chickens all the time, but especially during July and 
 August. Search for them on the head, neck and throat. 
 
 Bowel disease in summer is a sign of lice ; the sleepy 
 disease, in which the chicks are sleepy or drowsy, is a . 
 sign ; refusal to eat ; puny looking body, and slow 
 growth ; sudden deaths ; gradual 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 lice can 
 be seen, look on the chicks for the large lice. Not 
 only on chicks but the large body lice are nearly always 
 on adults. A chick will never get lousy unless the old 
 fowls are near, and that is the reason why brooder chicks 
 grow faster than those under hens. The large lice will 
 kill ducks suddenly. They kill nearly all the young 
 
52 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 turkeys that die. Whenever you notice a sick fowl 
 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 
 lice flourish. Here are some of them : 
 
 Wash the fowl with a decoction of absinthium (worm- 
 wood). 
 
 Oil of fennel dropped on the head or neck will drive 
 away lice. 
 
 Clean the coop or hen-house thoroughly and white- 
 wash it equally as thoroughly. Rub the roosts with 
 a mixture of kerosene oil and lard ; if this is kept up 
 for a time the vermin will disappear. 
 Fumigate the hen-house with a pan of live coals and 
 a handful of sulphur. (Also be very careful you do not 
 set it on fire by so doing.) 
 
 Apply kerosene freely to perches and wherever the 
 lice may find refuge. 
 
 Put a little, a very little, kerosene on the fowls' neck- 
 feathers, and this will drive away the lice from the fowls. 
 Be careful not to put on too much, as it is irritating. 
 A good ointment for lice is made by mixing a cup of 
 lard with a teaspoonful of kerosene. 
 
 To clear a house of fleas, mites, ticks, lice and such 
 parasites, clean it, wash it with hot lime wash, sprinkle 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 53 
 
 the floor with a solution of carbolic acid, and grease 
 the roosts with a mixture of one pound of lard, one 
 pint of raw linseed oil, quarter of a pint of kerosene 
 and a quarter of a pound of sulphur. 
 
 For lice 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, will be found covered with the 
 vermin. 
 
 If handfuls of wild thyme be thrown in the coop and 
 about the hen-house, lice will rarely trouble the fowls. 
 
 To clear singing birds of lice, keep the cage clean, 
 immerse it in scalding water, and let the bird bathe 
 frequently. If lice are on the bird, take a piece of flan- 
 nel and put some turpentine on it. Catch the bird and 
 wrap him up in the flannel as closely as you can, with- 
 out hurting him, leaving only his head exposed. Hold 
 him for a few minutes and then release him, and the 
 flannel will be found covered with lice, or some lice, at 
 any rate. Fire or scalding water is then the best treat- 
 ment for the lice after being caught. 
 
 Among the numerous parasitic pests of fowls, is one 
 which we may call " red rnites." They are noticed as 
 being in countless myriads on the walls and roosts. 
 
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 Another class of mites, parasitical, are found under 
 scales, on the combs, and on the legs below the 
 feathers. If unmolested, the comb grows thicker at 
 the base, darker, and furrowed. The feathers of the 
 head and neck fall off. The disease is infectious, and 
 when a fowl is attacked, it should be caged apart from 
 the flock. The treatment must be external. The parts 
 may be painted with kerosene or washed with carbolic 
 soap. Another good treatment is to wash the affected 
 parts and then anoint them with sulphur cerate, which 
 may be obtained at any homo30pathic 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 scaly legs" in poultry are due, perhaps 
 entirely, to these parasitical pests, and they may be 
 entirely removed by a little care washing the leg and 
 rubbing it with the kerosene ointment, or a very little 
 pure kerosene. A dozen pellets of Sulphur, in the 
 water-cup of the fowl under treatment, renewed every 
 day, will aid in the cure enabling the fowl to regain 
 a healthy skin and comb much sooner than without it. 
 One ounce oil of cedar mixed with a pint of other 
 oil and put on the neck, back, etc., of chickens is said 
 to clear the lice away. Only a few drops should be 
 used, as grease is repugnant to fowls. 
 
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 For young chicks: two parts glycerine, one part car- 
 bolic acid, the two mixed with five times their bulk in 
 water. Apply freely to sprouting feathers. 
 
 In conclusion, and in the words of an experienced 
 poultryman, " lice means work" 
 
 Liver Complaint. 
 
 It is rather difficult to detect this complaint until 
 the fowl is killed, when the liver will be observed 
 to have an unnatural color and a certain rotten or cheesy 
 look. When alive, the fowl has, if it may be so ex- 
 pressed, a jaundiced and bilious look, with alternate 
 attacks of diarrhoea and costiveness. Podophyllum 
 will cure the trouble. Many cases of this difficulty are 
 caused by the use of copperas solutions in the drinkng 
 water, by inexperienced poultrymen, known as Douglass 
 mixtures. 
 
 Marasmus. 
 
 Marasmus, or " consumption," as it is sometimes 
 called, though neither designation seems to be quite cor- 
 rect, is that disease in which the glands, secreting an 
 oily fluid among the tail feathers, becomes stopped. 
 When this occurs the fowls cease scratching, sit about 
 morose, biting often at the root of the tail feathers, be- 
 come constipated, grow lean and die. The external 
 
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 treatment is to reopen the glands, if possible, or to 
 anoint the part with oil sweet oil being best. 
 
 Such treatment, while palliative, is not really cura- 
 tive, for it is fair to assume that the disease is not due 
 to external accidents. The homeopathic remedy for 
 the complaint is Hepar sulph. Isolate the fowl, if 
 possible, and put a dozen pellets of the remedy in her 
 water-cup. 
 
 Moulting. 
 
 Properly speaking, this is not a disease but a normal 
 process through which the fowls pass without difficulty. 
 Should it happen that the process is slow and the fowl 
 seems in a generally, dry, arrested condition, give it 
 Calcarea carb. If there is a raw corroding fluid 
 among the feathers, give Natrum muriaticum. If 
 fever, Aconite. Oily foods, such as sunflower-seeds, 
 linseed-meal, etc., are beneficial during moulting. 
 
 pip. 
 
 A disease that affects the tongue and mouth of 
 the fowl, and is evidenced by a tough, scaly growth on 
 the tongue, and is often the result of dryness of the 
 tongue due to the clogging of the nostrils, which cause 
 the fowls to breathe through the mouth. The term 
 " pip " is now seldom used. The " regular " treatment 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 57 
 
 is to remove the scale or skin from the tongue with 
 a knife, and at the same time put a little chlorate of 
 potash into the mouth. But this heroic treatment is 
 now generally abandoned, and is both troublesome and, 
 far too often, totally ineffective. The homeopathic 
 treatment, on the other hand, involves no more trouble 
 than mixing the pellets in the water of the fowls and 
 arranging that they drink it. 
 
 The disease seems really to be a species of sore throat 
 or diphtheria, brought on by sudden change in the 
 weather, or catching cold in some way. The hens are 
 listless, sit with open mouth, nostrils are clogged, comb 
 looks unhealthy, and the crop is mostly empty, prob- 
 ably on account of the difficulty in swallowing. As 
 with roup, to which it is akin, Spongia meets most 
 cases, though Mercurius viv. is also indicated. In 
 many instances one dose of the former remedy com- 
 pletely cures. If, after several days, no improvement 
 sets in, change to Mercurius viv. If the complaint is 
 very prevalent, give the remedy to the entire flock in 
 their water or food; if confined to a few, isolate them. 
 Dose : from a dozen up to four or five dozen pellets, 
 owing to size of flock. In this, as in all other diseases, 
 there is not the slightest danger in giving too many 
 
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 pellets, for the curative virtue lies in the similia of the 
 dose and not in its " strength." 
 
 Roup. 
 
 Under this heading is grouped, too often, the whole 
 series of catarrhal affections. If Webster's Unabridged 
 is opened and "Roup" looked up, the inquirer is re- 
 ferred to " Roop ;" turning to that word he is again 
 referred to " Croup," and that really is " Roup." 
 Dunglison's Medical Dictionary also gives the same 
 derivation. The difference between croup and diph- 
 theria, in brief, and, what closer study would probably 
 reveal to be analogous, roup and pip, is, that in roup 
 the mucus remains slimy and stringy, while in pip it 
 hardens and forms the "scale." Be that as it may, 
 roup is the bane of chicken-raisers and of chickens. 
 
 The disease is characterized by a foul breath, offen- 
 sive discharges from the nostrils, inflamed and swollen 
 head, sore eyes, and a cankerous-looking throat and 
 mouth. 
 
 The homoeopathic remedy for roup is Spongia, and 
 if homoeopathy had done nothing else for poultry 
 breeders than to give them this remedy, it would merit 
 their lasting gratitude. Of its efficacy there can be no 
 doubt. Spongia is the sovereign remedy for croup in 
 
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 children, as countless thousands could testify, and it is 
 the same in croup, or roup, of fowls. That this theory 
 is correct is confirmed by experience wherever the 
 remedy has been administered to fowls. Breeders, who 
 heretofore had lost fifties and hundreds from roup, find 
 that their loss under Spongia diminished to next to 
 nothing. 
 
 In administering the remedy, all that is required is 
 to dissolve from a dozen to four dozen pellets in clean 
 water, and put the water, the usual quantity apportioned 
 to the fowls, in a clean vessel, where they will drink it. 
 Continue until the disease has disappeared, which will 
 be in a very short time. 
 
 The disease sometimes called " Rattle " in geese seems 
 to be nothing but a species of Roup, and Spongia is the 
 remedy for it. 
 
 Among other homoeopathic remedies for Roup may 
 be mentioned Hepar sulph., Aconite, Arsenicum and 
 Tartar emetic. But these will hardly be called for 
 often. 
 
 Before closing this subject it may not be amiss to 
 quote the following testimony from a correspondent of 
 The Poultry Keeper, a well-known journal : 
 
 " I don't know but it will be in place to say something more of the Spongia. 
 When I last wrote I was trying it on a rooster that had the Roup for six 
 months. For a wonder it cured him up. Of course it would be impossible 
 
60 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 to do this in every case. You know I wrote you several times about losing 
 my young chicks with the Roup. Well, I lost three lots 150 in all. I kept 
 on trying, and, after using the Spongia, 1 have only lost a few, and will have 
 winter frys instead of spring frys." 
 
 Another correspondent writes as follows : 
 
 " I am now prepared to state unconditionally that Spongia did it ; circum- 
 stances as more favorable weather, and my own rather costly experience 
 of last year may have had something to do with it ; but the facts are that, 
 from July, 1889, when the roup invaded my flocks, until February, 1890, 
 when by dint of the ' survival of the fittest,' health was again in a measure 
 restored in my poultry house, my chickens have yielded me very little in- 
 come, and less pleasure ; handling and dosing, isolating and fumigating, 
 until I was almost suffocated and entirely disgusted. One-third of my 
 entire flock succumbed. Fact is also that although not a believer in 
 homoeopathic remedies, I used Spongia this year on the strength of the 
 Poultry Keeper's recommendation, as soon as the dreadful disease showed 
 itself, about the middle of August, and the last and most satisfactory fact is 
 that my hens and chickens never were in better health than they are now, 
 and have been since the beginning of September ; only a single chicken 
 out of 150 having died of the disease. Certainly, single examples do not 
 prove a case, but if the experience of many others, which will not be slow 
 to come in, should show that in Spongia we have a simple and effective 
 remedy against as terrible a scourge as roup, the poultry fraternity may 
 well congratulate itself and thank the Poultry Keeper." 
 
 The foregoing was written by a gentleman in Wis- 
 consin. Here is a bit of experience from one, a citizen 
 of New York : 
 
 " I had about twenty cases of roup in my flock this fall. I tried turpen- 
 tine, glycerine and carbolic acid, in proper proportions, without effecting a 
 single cure, and also used chloralum and several other remedies without 
 any good effect. I commenced Spongia about a week ago, and part of them 
 are now well, and there is a very marked improvement in the rest of the 
 
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 Another poultryman writes : 
 
 "Since you sent me Spongia for a roup recipe I have given it a thorough 
 trial, and find it strikes the very vital parts and does the work. I have tried 
 a number of recipes, and they all proved a failure, and with the same 
 symptoms, and every condition, the Spongia has cured in every instance, and 
 for your advice in the matter I am under many obligations. I have quite a 
 good place here and expect to raise a large number of chickens the coming 
 season." 
 
 And still another : 
 
 "At the time I commenced using the Spongia I had fifteen or twenty 
 cases of roup, and new ones coming down every day. They soon com- 
 menced to show signs of improvement, and are all now entirely well. Spongia 
 did the business." 
 
 Later issues of this journal contained abundant con- 
 firmatory evidence of the inestimable value of Spongia 
 in Roup ; one number contained letters from twenty 
 different correspondents from all parts of the country 
 testifying to the curative powers of Spongia. 
 
 It may not be out of place to emphasize again the 
 necessity of getting Homoeopathic Spongia to obtain 
 these results. We once read an Allopathic professor's 
 account of how Spongia is prepared and can affirm 
 that if any one administered the remedy prepared as he 
 directed no results would be obtained. 
 
 Swelled Crop. 
 
 Caused by eating too much or from something that 
 prevents the food from passing out of the crop, as the 
 
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 passage from the crop to the gizzard may be clogged 
 with 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. Fasting and gentle 
 manipulation generally cures. Nux vomica or Arseni- 
 cum will aid in giving relief. Some breeders as a last 
 resort cut the crop a little with a very sharp knife, with- 
 draw the food and sew up the wound with a silk thread. 
 In the latter case anoint the cut with Calendula cerate, 
 or, if that is not at hand, with Arnica and water. 
 
 Swelled Head. 
 
 From some cause not clear, the heads of hens will 
 often swell greatly and be very hot. Exposure to 
 draughts of air, however, is a fruitful cause of both 
 swelled heads and swollen eyes. Spongia has given 
 relief in many cases but Belladonna is the indicated 
 remedy for this trouble ; Bryonia also will relieve. 
 
 Thrush (Aphthae). 
 
 Consists of small vesicles or white specks on the mem- 
 brane of mouth, tongue, etc. There are several remedies 
 for this condition of sore mouth or Stomatitis ; among 
 them may be named in their order: Nitric acid if there 
 is a general yellowish appearance; Mercurius viv. if 
 
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 red, spongy, bleeding ; Staphisagria if pale, white and 
 readily bleeding ; and Thuja if there appears to be a 
 fungus-like growth. 
 
 Tumors, Excrescences. 
 
 Domestic fowls are sometimes attacked with Tumors, 
 which anyone will recognize at a glance. Isolate the 
 fowl and dissolve a dozen pellets of Arsenicum each 
 day in its water cup if it is supposed the Tumor is a 
 natural growth, or, if caused by injury, Hepar sulph. 
 Cauliflower-like excrescences or seedy warty growths 
 
 require Thuja. 
 
 Vesicles. 
 
 Small Vesicles, or pimples about the size of a pin- 
 head, and pearl-like, will sometimes be found on the 
 neck, comb and wattles of fowls. They hunt sunny 
 places, droop their wings and grow lean. On the seventh 
 day the Vesicles ripen and improvement sets in or the 
 fowl dies. Isolate the affected ones. Nitric acid is the 
 best remedy ; dissolve in the water cup a dozen or more 
 pellets each day until cured. 
 
 Warts. 
 
 Warts do not trouble fowls often. The best general 
 prescription for them is Thuja. Occasionally there is 
 met with in pigeons and other fowls, warty, cancerous 
 
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 or ulcerous growths in the mouth and throat. It is 
 difficult to cure, but Arsenicum will in many cases 
 relieve. For what is known as " Wart Skin " (not 
 Chicken-pox) give Calcarea carb. 
 
 White Comb. 
 
 This disease is said by German authorities to be a 
 vegetable parasite or fungus, which attacks fowls some- 
 times. The combs become covered with what looks 
 like a whitish dust, the feathers grow scrawny and the 
 fowl dies. The complaint seems to be contagious, and 
 the fowls affected should be isolated. The treatment 
 recommended by the German poultry men is Sulphur 
 for a day or two in the drinking water, followed by 
 Staphisagria, which is the main remedy. 
 
 Something which somewhat resembles this complaint 
 will be found under the heading " Lice." 
 
 Worms. 
 
 When any fowl is known by observation to be 
 affected with worms, Cina, or the active principle of 
 that remedy, Santonine, is the remedy. Continue until 
 good health is restored. Eaw flesh is generally the 
 cause of worms, but not always. 
 
PART IV. 
 A BRIEF MATERIA MEDICA 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CHIEF REMEDIES PRESCRIBED IN THIS 
 BOOK. 
 
 THIS Materia Medica, condensed from the standard homoeo- 
 pathic text-books, gives some of the more prominent indications 
 calling for the remedy named in human beings; the same 
 indication demands the same remedy, whether it occurs in man, 
 beast or fowl ; thus readers will not only be enabled to obtain a 
 clearer knowledge of the remedy their fowls require, but at 
 times to select a remedy for their own ills. It must not be 
 inferred that all the symptoms, under a remedy, must be present 
 in order to call for it. A few of them, or even one, will be 
 relieved by the remedy if truly indicated. 
 
 Aconitum. Restlessness. Anxiety. Headache as if the 
 brain were moved or raised. Eyes staring, red, inflamed. For 
 inflammation resulting from foreign substances in the eyes. 
 Violent sneezing, feverish, thirsty with coryza. For beginnings 
 "o/ colds." Toothache in sound teeth, or neuralgia, from 
 
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 exposure to cold, dry winds. Dry burning throat. For begin- 
 ning of pleurisy or pneumonia. Spitting of bright, frothy 
 blood. Pressure as of a weight in the pit of the stomach. Urine 
 hot, painful, red. Milk fever. Teething, with hot inflamed 
 gums. Laryngitis, with inflammatory fever. Dry, hacking 
 cough. Hot breath. Oppression of the chest when moving 
 fast. Pulse full and hard in fevers- Great irritation of the 
 nervous system. Skin red, dry and burning; sweating when 
 covered and attacks of chilliness. Sleeplessness of old age. 
 General indications are dry fever, heat, and especially restless- 
 ness. Aconite is very useful in the first stages of a large number 
 of ailments. 
 
 Apis. Inflammatory affections with great swelling, almost 
 like dropsy. The pain is of a biting, stinging, burning character, 
 like that arising from the sting of a bee. A great indication 
 for the selection of this remedy is the want of thirst in spite of 
 fever and inflammation. The same holds good in dropsical 
 affections. Sore throat with stinging pain when swallowing. 
 Incipient diphtheria. Erysipelas. An extremely valuable 
 remedy in a great variety of diseases of the eye, inflammatory. 
 
 Apocynum Cannabinum. Heaviness of the head 
 evenings. HydrocepTialus. Great thirst, but water disagrees. 
 Dropsy. Acute inflammatory dropsy. Excretions of urine and 
 sweat greatly diminished. Dropsy and dropsical conditions. 
 
 Arnica Montana. Externally. A lotion of one part 
 tincture to ten of water, to be applied to all injuries from falls, 
 blows, concussions and sprains. Internally (in pellets), for all 
 heavy blows or concussions. Bladder affections from mechanical 
 injuries. Pleurisy from mechanical injuries. Rheumatism of 
 
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 laborers. Palpitation and " strain " of the heart after violent 
 exertion. " Clergymen's sore throat." Bruised feeling. Great 
 physical fatigue. Ill effects from blows or heavy exertion 
 generally. Neuralgia following injuries. Nose bleed with 
 " blackish " blood. 
 
 Arsenicum Album. Headache, motion aggravates. 
 Chronic eruptions, with pustules on the head. Violent burning 
 in the eyes. Discharges of cadaverous odor from the ears. 
 Watery discharge causing burning and smarting in the nostrils. 
 Cancerous ulcers on the face. Eruptions, sores and ulcers on 
 mouth or lips. Thirst, drinks often but little at a time. Fre- 
 quent vomiting. Vomiting immediately after eating. Heat 
 and burning in the pit of the stomach. Diarrhoea after chill- 
 ing the stomach by food or drink. Ill effects of cold water or 
 ice cream. Haemorrhages from bowels, dark and offensive. 
 Asiatic cholera with watery discharges. Sudden catarrh threat- 
 ening suffocation at night. Difficult breathing. Tightness of 
 chest. Agonizing heart pains. Trembling limjbs ; violent 
 starting while falling asleep. Very rapid sinking of strength. 
 Dreams full of care, sorrow and fear. Eruptions, pimples, car- 
 buncles, cancers, lupus. Bad effects from tobacco chewing, qui- 
 nine or alcoliol. Bites of animals. Sudden and extreme debility, 
 burning pains and bad eruptions. Haemorrhoids, with burning, 
 like fire. 
 
 Arsenicum Jodatum (lodatum). Enlarged scrofulous 
 glands. Blood poisoning with debilitating sweats. Eruptions 
 in syphilitic patients. Last stages of diphtheria and croup, 
 putrefaction. Diarrhosas, dark, mushy stools. 
 
 Belladonna. Delirium. Blood mounts to the head. 
 
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 Jumping, violent, throbbing headache, eyes feel as if starting 
 from their sockets. Headache from heat of the sun. Face 
 swollen and hot. Violent thirst and desires sour drinks. Scar- 
 let fever. Attacks of coughing, as if from dust. Erysipelas. 
 Bad effects from smoking tobacco. Peritonitis. Suits full- 
 blooded people. Congestion of blood. Red, inflamed swellings, 
 red, feverish states. 
 
 Bryonia. Headache beginning in the morning and increas- 
 ing, as though the head would burst, till evening : worse on 
 motion. Hot, soft puffiness of face. Coryza, with greenish 
 discharge from the nose. Bitter taste. Angry, disagreeable 
 temper. Soreness in pit of stomach when coughing. Bilious- 
 ness. Desire to breathe deeply, but cannot on account of pain 
 in the chest. Pleurisy. Pains in the joints. Rheumatism. 
 Great aggravation of suffering from heat. Constipation : stools 
 hard, dark brown or black, dry, as if burnt. Lumbago. Pro- 
 fuse, offensive sweat. Yellow skin. In general, bilious com- 
 plaints and all complaints worse on motion. Catarrh with dry- 
 ness. Dry mouth and throat. Lumbago. 
 
 Calcarea Carbonica. Scrofulous ophthalmias. Hair 
 dry, falling out, dandruff, and generally scabby and unhealthy. 
 Sore, ulcerated nostrils. Ozena. Face pale, bloated, old and 
 wrinkled looking. Difficult teething. Cough dry : expectora- 
 tion salty. Chronic dyspepsia. Felons. Feet cold, damp, 
 bunions. Takes cold easily. Epilepsy ; marasmus. Cracking 
 of joints, as if dry. Headache in school children. Scrofulous 
 inflammation of the ear. Skin dry, shrivelled. Ringworms. 
 For rickety and scrofulous people or unhealthily large children ; 
 big headed. Enlargement of the liver, with jaundice ; liver 
 
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 sore. Chronic dyspepsia, with aversion to warm food or 
 drink. White swelling of knee-joint. Inflammation of hip- 
 joint. Chronic form of intermittent fever. Many cases of 
 goitre. 
 
 Camphora. Sudden and extreme prostration. Face pale, 
 livid, cold. Cold sweat. Cholera. Cholera morbus. Sick- 
 ness from tobacco. Tongue cold. Mouth cold. Summer com- 
 plaint. Body cold. Strangury. Influenza when patient 
 feels cold and chilly. Hands cold, bluish. Great prostration, 
 Impotence. Chill, with shivering and shaking ; chattering 
 teeth. Unhealthy coldness. Cholera, cramps, cold prostra- 
 tions. (N.B. The remedy used should be homoeopathic 
 camphora, and not the crude drug from the "camphor 
 bottle.") 
 
 Carbo Vegetabilis. 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 the mouth. Useful in 
 all kinds of foul-smelling discharges, even from ulcers. Bad 
 effects from drinking ice water, such as colic. Senile gangrene, 
 humid leg. Corrosive leucorrhoaa. 
 
 Causticum. Ailments resulting from suppressed eruptions 
 like measles, scarlatina, etc. Loss of voice. Paralytic condi- 
 tions, sciatica. Weakness of the neck of the bladder, children 
 wetting the bed. Acid dyspepsia. Horny warts. 
 
 Chamomilla. Child cries, quiet only when carried ; whin- 
 ing, restless ; wants things, and when offered pushes them 
 away; peevish, nothing pleases, one cheek red while the other 
 
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 is pale. Eructation sour, inclination to vomit. Convulsions 
 of children. Stool green, watery, or like chopped eggs, with 
 colic. For children during teething and for infantile colic, 
 earache. A valuable remedy for uterine haemorrhages. 
 
 Cina. Child does not want to be touched ; cannot bear you 
 to come near it ; uneasy and distressed. Child picks at its 
 nose. Grinds its teeth when asleep. Unnatural hunger. The 
 chief remedy for worms in children. (Santonine cures worms 
 if Cina fails. ) 
 
 Cinchona (China). Heaviness in the head, fainting, tem- 
 porary loss of sight, ringing in the ears ; cold surface. After 
 haemorrhage. Vertigo, after loss of animal fluids. 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 fluid. Chills and fever, espe- 
 cially in swarthy persons. For all losses of animal fluids. 
 Rapid emaciation, with indigestion, voracious appetite, undi- 
 gested stools and copious night sweats. Ringing in the ears. 
 
 Colchicum. Great thirst but no appetite, smell of food 
 disgusting. Intense neuralgic headache, with ineffectual efforts 
 to sneeze. Stomach icy cold, colic distension. Breathing asth- 
 matic. Rheumatic pains in elbow, wrist, finger-joints. (Ede- 
 matous swelling and coldness in legs and feet. Tingling in toes 
 like after being frosted. Smell of cooking nauseates. Wants 
 things, but when brought they nauseate. Useful with asth- 
 matic, gouty, rheumatic people. 
 
 Corallium Rubrum is very serviceable in nervous coughs 
 and whooping- cough, mostly during the spasmodic stage ; also, 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 71 
 
 in Millar's asthma of children. Sensation as if cold air passed 
 through the respiratory organs, when taking a long breath. 
 
 Drosera. Whooping-cough in periodically returning par- 
 oxysms, with vomiting, the child feeling better during motion 
 than during rest. Whooping-cough with haemorrhage from 
 the nose and mouth ; nose-bleed, especially morning and even- 
 ing, or when stooping. Cough worse at night, and made worse 
 by singing, laughing, crying, smoking and drinking. Oppres- 
 sion of chest as if air could not be expired. 
 
 Dulcamara. Dull headache, continuous. Aching in eyes 
 when reading. Coryza worse after slightest exposure. Saliva- 
 tion. Menses suppressed by cold. Rheumatic pleuritis and 
 pleuro-pneumonia with tough, difficult, discolored sputa. Ery- 
 sipelas of feet. Pains in the joints after exposure to cold. 
 Rending pain in side, upward. Tetter oozing a watery fluid, 
 bleeds after scratching. 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 weather, especially in phlegmatic, scrofulous, torpid, 
 people; catarrhal troubles always worse in cold, wet weather, 
 with free secretion of mucus ; lameness in small of back after 
 getting wet. 
 
 Euphrasia. Eyes with swollen agglutinated lids- Thick 
 yellow discharge from the eyes. Stitching pressure in the eyes. 
 Sensation as of sand in the eyes. Opacity in the cornea. 
 Catarrhal ophthalmia with lachrymation and mucous discharge. 
 Profuse flow of acrid tears. Inflammation and ulceration of the 
 margin of the lids. Profuse, bland, fluent coryza, with scalding 
 tears and aversion to light. Cough, can scarcely get breath. 
 
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 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. 
 
 Gelsemium, Complete loss of muscular power from want 
 of nerve-tone. Paralysis. Cerebro-spinal-meningitis. Infantile 
 remittent fever, and other fevers having a remittent character. 
 Feverish conditions with great restlessness. Neuralgia with 
 nervous twitchings. Prostration from night watching. Weak- 
 ness of sight, double vision. Affections from prostration of hot 
 weather. Hiccough if chronic. Writer's cramp. Especially 
 useful for all " colds." or catarrhs, contracted in hot, moist 
 weather. Catarrh. 
 
 Graphites. Dirty crusts on the scalp. Every thing turns 
 black before the eyes when stooping. Styes on lower lid ; 
 wens on the lids. Eruptions behind the ears; fissures; scabs. 
 Dry scabs in the nose, with sore cracked, ulcerated nostrils ; 
 purulent, foetid secretion. Scabs on the face, skin dry, beard 
 falls out. Rotten odor from mouth and gums. Tape worm. 
 Fissuro ani. Emissions without erections. Nocturnal emissions, 
 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 crack in horses}. 
 Burning in old scars. Old scars from ulcers. Will remove or 
 lessen scars. For unhealthy, hard, dry, cracked, scabby skin 
 and slow foul ulcerated conditions. 
 
 Hepar Sulphur. Morning headache worse from every jar. 
 Boils on head and neck. Falling out of hair, with sore pimples 
 and bald blotches. Discharge of foetid pus from the ear. Pain- 
 
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 ful boils. Scurfy eruptions. Loose rattling cough. Croup. 
 Unhealthy skin, slight injuries suppurate. Ulcers discharge 
 bloody pus. Sweats day and night without relief, or first he 
 cannot sweat, then profusely. Promotes suppurative process as 
 in abscess, boils, sty, gumboils, "run-rounds" and whitlow; for 
 " ripe colds " and effects of abuse of mercury. 
 
 Ignatia Amara. Useful in hysteric affections ; also con- 
 vulsive and spasmodic disorders, especially when occasioned by 
 grief ; great excitability of the nervous system ; pain from the 
 least touch ; headache as if a nail were driven into the head, 
 better from eating ; chronic nightly cough ; concussive spasmodic 
 cough, especially on walking. Pain and pressure in the throat 
 between the acts of deglutition, as if a ball were lodged there. 
 Sciatica recurring during cold weather. Sciatica in general. 
 
 Ipecacuanha. Heat and throbbing in head, with red 
 cheeks. Loss of smell; catarrh with nausea. Nausea constant 
 with all complaints. Vomiting, bile, dark-colored substance 
 with or without blood, sour fluid, always with nausea. Inde- 
 scribable sick feeling in the stomach. Diarrhoea, fermented, 
 greenish, slimy, bloody followed by straining. Diarrhoaa from 
 unripe fruit. Urine scanty, dark red ; unsuccessful urging. 
 Profuse menstruation with constant nausea. Nausea with attend- 
 ing ills ; chiefly of mucous membranes and stomach. 
 
 Merc. Subl. Corr. Ophthalmia with profuse discharge. 
 Inflammation of the bowels. Dysentery, if accompanied by 
 retention of urine ; stools of blood and mucus. Bloody micturi- 
 tion ; inflammation of the urethra with yellowish discharge. 
 Fever, with burning heat, cold sweat. Nightly bone-pains. 
 Bloody flux. In general similar to mercurius but more violent. 
 
74 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 Mercurius Vivus, Head feels as if in a vice or bound with 
 a hoop, worse at night. Foetid, sour-smelling oily sweat on the 
 head. Purulent discharge, green from the ears. Coryza, nose 
 red shining swollen, worse at night. Teeth loose, toothache 
 from caries; gums painful, swollen, bleeding, receding from 
 the teeth. Ozaena, offensive, sore bones. Erysipelatous inflam- 
 mation of the throat, rawness, roughness, mouth full of saliva ; 
 tonsils dark red, ulcerous, 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 . Aching in the bones. Paralysis 
 agitans. Chronic inflammation of the liver with jaundice. 
 Syphilitic conditions generally. Venereal ulcers. 
 
 Natrum Mur. Intermittent fever, chill beginning in the 
 morning, backache. Profuse sweat having a sour smell. Ma- 
 larial poisoning. Headache, as if bursting ; 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 slcin. 
 
 Nitric Acid. Useful in inflammation and ulceration of the 
 bones ; syphilis and sycosis ; tedious suppuration and glandular 
 diseases ; sore throat, from syphilis on abuse of mercury ; prick- 
 ing pains as from splinters; carious ulcers ; pain in old sores on 
 change of the weather ; brown-red spots on the skin and boils. 
 Is often required in secondary syphilis and mercurial ailments, 
 small-pox. Pneumonia in old people. Bleeding warts. Bad 
 freckles|of the skin. (Resembles Mercurius in many respects. ) 
 
 Nux Vomica, Hypochondriac mood of persons of sed- 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 75 
 
 entary habits ; of those who dissipate. Headache from drink- 
 ing 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. Liver swollen, 
 sensitive caused by debauchery or high living. Jaundice with 
 constipation, from sedentary habits or abuse of alcohol. Alter- 
 nate constipation and diarrhoea. 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. Dream. Stupid sleeplessness ; consequence of fright; 
 trembling, jerking 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 the bowels ; stupor occasioned 
 by falls, blows, or other accidents. Valuable in apoplexy with 
 stupor and cold extremities ; also in threatened apoplexy of 
 drunkards. 
 
 Phosphorus. Impending paralysis of brain and collapse; 
 softening of the brain. Dandruff 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. Sexual excitement, lascivious 
 dreams, emissions and weakness. Asthma with fear of suffoca- 
 tion ; loss of voice, rattling breathing, hoarseness with cough 
 and rawness ; cough worse at night and changing from warm 
 
76 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 to cold. Broncho-pulmonary catarrh. Pneumonia, weight on 
 chest. Typhoid pneumonia. Pleuritis. Tuberculosis in the 
 tall, slender or rapidly growing. Great debility, frequent at- 
 tacks of bronchitis. Clammy sweat. Blood boils. Open cancers 
 bleeding easily. General tendency to fatty degeneration. Soften- 
 ing of the brain ; brain always feels tired. 
 
 Podophyllum. Excessive secretion of bile; great irritabilty 
 of the liver ; torpidity of the liver; jaundice; chronic hepatis ; 
 hypergemia of liver. " Bilious attacks." Prolapsus ani, with 
 stool, even from least exertion, followed by stool or thick, trans- 
 parent mucus, or mixed with blood. Piles with prolapsus ani 
 and long standing diarrhoea. Bilious temperaments. 
 
 Pulsatilla. Especially adapted to female derangements, 
 children and to persons of mild, gentle dispositions, but valu- 
 able in many complaints of all persons. Headache from over- 
 loaded stomach, pastry, fat food. v Rheumatic headache. Deaf- 
 ness, as if ears were stopped ; from cold ; earache ; bland, 
 nearly inoffensive discharge, Coryza, with loss of sense of 
 taste and smell, or diminished. Loss of taste with catarrh, 
 nothing tastes good. Thirstlessness. Eructations, tasting of 
 food. Pressure on the pit of the stomach after eating ; colic 
 from cold with diarrhoea ; from ices, fruits, pastry. Phthisis 
 florida, suppurative stage ; chlorotic girls. Pain in chest, as if 
 ulcerated. Catching pains in region of the heart, burning, 
 palpitation. Stitches in small of back. Pain in small of the 
 back, as from stooping long. Pains that shift from place to 
 place. Hysteria. Fainting fits, pale face, shivering. Epi- 
 leptic convulsions from suppressed menses. Tired, worn-out 
 feeling. Flitting chilliness, now here, now there. Emaciation. 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 77 
 
 Acts especially with light-haired or blue-eyed, fair people. 
 Old, painful chilblains. 
 
 Rhus Toxicodendron. Stiffness or lameness on first 
 moving after rest ; better after exercise. Complaints from get- 
 ting wet while over-heated. Erysipelas. Burning, drawing, 
 tearing in face. Fissure of 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. Lumbago, increased by cold. Sciatica. 
 Sprain from over-lifting. Rheumatism, joints stiff 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. Muscular rheumatism, without 
 much fever or inflammation. Acne rosacea. 
 
 Silicea. Violent periodic headache. Amblyopia of the 
 eyes from abuse of stimulants. Coryza long lasting. Caries of 
 the bones. Carious teeth. Ailments caused by vaccination. 
 Lack 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. While Hepar sulphur tends to 
 promote the suppurative (festering) process, bringing it out 
 "to a head," Silicea tends to heal that already established. 
 Abscess at roots of teeth. 
 
 Spongla Tosta. Headache in back part of the head. 
 Membranous croup, suffocating attacks, barking cough. Thick, 
 offensive, viscous mucus. Laryngismus stridulus. Inflamma- 
 tion of the larynx, trachea and bronchia. Chronic cough, 
 violent attacks, brought up small, hard tubercle. Asthma. 
 Wheezing, laboring breath. Herpes. 
 
78 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 Staphisagria. Hypochondriacal, apathetic, weak memory, 
 face sunken, weak legs, backache, prostration, resulting from 
 abuse of sexual organs. Herpes, dry, with scabs. Ulcers in 
 scurvy. Toothache from old decayed teeth. Certain deep 
 coughs, not chronic. Chronic gout with nodosities. 
 
 Sulphur. Affects the whole organism, rendering it sus- 
 ceptible to the action of other remedies, but more noticeably 
 acts on the skin; itching; freckles; yellow, brown, flat spots; 
 skin rough, scaly, scabby ; herpes scabby and scurfy ; eruptions ; 
 whitlow ; black pores on nose. Often precedes Calcarea 
 carb. 
 
 Tartar Emetic, This is an important remedy in the first 
 stage of influenza ; dry cough and affections of the chest ; also, 
 in bilious affections ; small-pox ; asphyxia of new-born infants. 
 Pustular eruptions of the whole body ; stupefying headache, 
 with pressure above the eyes ; nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, 
 violent oppression of the stomach ; suffocative spasmodic cough ; 
 rattling of mucus, coughing and sneezing ; difficulty of breath- 
 ing, especially at night ; palpitation of the heart and oppres- 
 sion of the chest. 
 
 Thuja. Headache worse from heating. Eyes : chronic con- 
 junctivitis. Watery, offensive discharge from the ear. Ulcers 
 in the mouth. Bad effects of vaccination. Cauliflower ex- 
 crescences. Warts. Bleeding, fungous growths. White, scaly, 
 dry, mealy herpes. Emaciation and deadness of affected parts, 
 Finger-tips numb, as if dead, Extremely foetid sweat of the 
 feet. Dysuria. Repressed gonorrhoea. 
 
 Veratrum Album. Cholera, cholera morbus, with cold 
 sweat on forehead, and cramps ; lips bluish ; coldness ; cramps 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 79 
 
 in the calves of the 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 diarrho3a. Typhoid forms of fever in cholera season. 
 Often indicated after Arsenicum. 
 
80 
 
 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 LIST OF REMEDIES PRESCRIBED. 
 
 Acidum sulph. , 
 
 Aconite, 
 
 Apis, 
 
 Apocynum cannabinum, 
 
 Arnica, 
 
 Arsenicum album, 
 
 Arsenicum jodatum, 
 
 Belladonna, 
 
 Calcarea carbonica, 
 
 Calendula, 
 
 Camphora, 
 
 Carbo vegetabilis, 
 
 Causticum, 
 
 Chamomilla, 
 
 China, 
 
 Cina, 
 
 Colchicum, 
 
 Coralium rubrum, 
 
 Drosera, 
 
 Dulcamara, 
 
 Euphrasia, 
 
 Gelsemium, 
 
 Graphites, 
 
 Hepar sulphur, 
 
 Ignatia amara, 
 
 Ipecac. , 
 
 Lachesis, 
 
 Mercurius corrosivus, 
 
 Mercurius vivus, 
 
 Natrum muriaticum, 
 
 Nitric acid, 
 
 Nux vomica, 
 
 Opium, 
 
 Podophyllum, 
 
 Pulsatilla, 
 
 Rhus toxicodendron, 
 
 Silicea, 
 
 Solan urn nig., 
 
 Spongia, 
 
 Staphisagria, 
 
 Sulphur, 
 
 Symphitum, 
 
 Tartar emetic, 
 
 Thuja, 
 
 Yeratrum album. 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 81 
 
 LIST OF DISEASES TREATED IN THIS BOOK, 
 WITH REMEDIES. 
 
 The remedies in italics are not mentioned in the book where 
 the ailment is treated, but are here suggested as being useful 
 in the disease should the others fail. 
 
 Apoplexy. Aconite, Belladonna, Nux vom., Pulsatilla. 
 
 Asthma. Coral, rub., Spongia, Ipecac., Bryonia. 
 
 Bone-wen. Hepar sulph., Silicea, Nitric acid, Calc. carb., 
 Sulphur. 
 
 Black Rot. Thuja, Nux vorn. , Podophyllum. 
 
 Broken Bones. Symphitum (externally), Hepar sulph. 
 
 Bumble Foot. Calendula (externally], Hepar sulph., 
 Silicea. 
 
 Chicken-pox. Arsenicum, Rhus, Belladonna, Silicea. 
 
 Chip. Veratrum, Arsenicum, Aconite, Dulcamara, Colchi- 
 cum. 
 
 Cholera. Veratrum, Arsenicum, Arsenicum iod., Cam- 
 phora, in first stages. Carlo veg., after exposure to great 
 heat of the sun. Cuprum, spasmodic variety. Podophyllum, 
 painless cholera morbus. 
 
 Constipation. Nux vom. , Bryonia, Opium. Phosphorus, 
 inveterate constipation with disappointing calls. 
 
 Contusions. Arnica (externally). 
 
 6 
 
82 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 Consumption (cf. Marasmus). Hepar sulph. , Spongia, 
 Calcarea carb. 
 
 Core. Mercurius viv. , Silicea, China. 
 
 Coryza Catarrh. Mercurius viv., Acidum sulph., Ar- 
 senicum, Euphrasia, Dulcamara, Hepar sulph. , Gelsemium. 
 
 Cough. Dulcamara, Drosera, Sulphur. 
 
 Diarrhoea Dysentery. Ipecac., Arsenicum, Chamo- 
 milla, Carbo veg., Aconite, Mercurius cor., Nitric acid. 
 
 Diseases of the Bye. Aconite, Euphrasia, Sulphur. 
 
 Distemper. Nux vomica. 
 
 Dizziness. Belladonna, Aconite. 
 
 Dropsy. Apocynum cannab. , Apis. 
 
 Epilepsy. Belladonna. 
 
 Feathering. Calcarea carb., Chamomilla, Hepar sulph., 
 Aconite. Kaliplws., in " nervous prostration. " 
 
 Gapes. Drosera, Dulcamara, Ignatia, Lachesis, China, 
 Cina, Santonine. 
 
 Gout. Bryonia, Rhus tox. 
 
 Hernia. Aconite, Nux vom., Pulsatilla. 
 
 Hoarseness. Aconite, Causticum, Hepar sulph., Pulsa- 
 tilla, 
 
 Humid or Black Disease. Sulphur. 
 
 Indigestion, Dyspepsia. Nux VOID., Pulsatilla, China, 
 Carbo veg. 
 
 Itch. Sulphur, Staphisagria. 
 
 Kriebel. Solanum niger. 
 
 Lice. Sulphur. 
 
 Liver Complaint. Podophyllum. Chionanthus, [hyper- 
 trophy of liver. Nux torn., in big eaters. 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 83 
 
 Marasmus (cf. consumption). Hepar sulph. 
 
 Moulting. Calcarea carb., Natrum mur. , Aconite. 
 
 Pip. Spongia, Mercurius viv. 
 
 Roup. Spongia, Hepar sulph., Aconite, Arsenicum, Tar- 
 tar emetic. 
 
 Swelled Crop. Nux vom., Arsenicum. 
 
 Swelled Head. Belladonna, Bryonia. 
 
 Thrush (Aphthae). Nitric acid, Mercurius viv., Staphis- 
 agria, Thuja. 
 
 Tumors, Excrescences. Arsenicum, Hepar sulph., 
 Thuja. 
 
 Vesicles. Nitric acid. 
 
 Warts. Thuja, Arsenicum, Calcarea carb. , 
 
 White Comb. Sulphur, Staphisagria, 
 
 Worms. Cina, Santonine- 
 
84 
 
 THE POULTKY DOCTOR. 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Administration of Kemedies, 10 
 
 Apoplexy, 26 
 
 Asthma, 26 
 
 Black Disease, 48 
 
 Black-rot, 27 
 
 Bone-wen, 27 
 
 Broken Bones, 28 
 
 Bumble-foot, 28 
 
 Catarrh, 35 
 
 Chicken Pox, 29 
 
 " Chicken Powders," ... 23 
 
 " Chip," 30 
 
 Cholera, 31 
 
 Clinical Case of Cholera, . 32 
 
 Cocks to Hens, 23 
 
 Constipation, 33 
 
 Contents, 4 
 
 Contusions, . 34 
 
 Consumption, 34 
 
 Core, 35 
 
 Coryza, 35 
 
 Cough, 37 
 
 Diarrhoea, 37 
 
 Diseases, List of, 80 
 
 Diseases of the Eye, ... 40 
 
 Distemper, 41 
 
 Dizziness, 41 
 
 Dropsy, 42 
 
 Ducks, 22 
 
 Dust-bath, 20 
 
 Dynamization, 12 
 
 PAGE 
 Dysentery ......... 37 
 
 Dyspepsia, ........ 49 
 
 Epilepsy, ........ 43 
 
 Excrescences, ...... 61 
 
 Feathering, ....... 43 
 
 Feeding, ........ 19 
 
 Flux ........... 39 
 
 Food, ......... 17, 20 
 
 Gapes, 
 Gout, 
 
 45 
 46 
 
 Hernia, 47 
 
 Hoarseness, 48 
 
 Homoeopathy and. Its Meth- 
 ods, 7 
 
 How to keep Homoeopathic 
 
 Remedies, 11 
 
 How to Procure Homoeo- 
 pathic Remedies, .... 11 
 Humid or Black Disease, . 48 
 
 Illustrations, 8 
 
 Inbreeding, 21 
 
 Indigestion, 49 
 
 Inflammation of Spleen, . . 49 
 
 Itch, 49 
 
 Kriebel, 50 
 
 Lice, 51 
 
 List of Diseases, 80 
 
 List of Remedies, .... 79 
 
 Liver Complaint, 55 
 
THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 
 
 85 
 
 Marasmus, . . . 
 Materia Medica, 
 Mites, .... 
 Moulting, . . . 
 
 PAGE 
 . 55 
 9, 64 
 . 53 
 . 56 
 
 Over-feeding, 21 
 
 Parti 7 
 
 " II., 16 
 
 " III., 24 
 
 Pip, . 56 
 
 Potentiation, 12 
 
 Practical Hints, 16 
 
 Preface, 2 
 
 Preliminary Eemarks, . . 24 
 
 Profits, 22 
 
 " Promoting Health," ... 23 
 
 Battles, 59 
 
 Remedies, List of, .... 80 
 
 Rheumatism, 46 
 
 Roup, 58 
 
 PAGE 
 . 19 
 . 54 
 
 Salt, 
 
 Scabby Legs, 
 
 Scaly Legs, 54 
 
 Similia Similibus Curantur, 7 
 
 Small Pox, 29 
 
 Staggers, 41 
 
 Swelled Crop, 61 
 
 Swelled Head, 61 
 
 Truth of Homoeopathy. . . 13 
 
 Tumors, 61 
 
 Tuikeys, 21,22 
 
 Vertigo, 
 Vesicles, 
 
 42 
 62 
 
 Warmth, 62 
 
 Warts, 62 
 
 Water, 17 
 
 White Comb, 64 
 
 White Dysentery, .... 38 
 
 Worms, 63 
 
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