Poultry Doctor

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Preface

In actual money value, the products of poultry raisin, includin es, surpasses

that of many am!itious industries and is surpassed !y fe", if any, in the "orld, !e

they aricultural or manufacturin# $ot"ithstandin the reat areate value of

poultry, !ut little attention has !een paid to the medical treatment of the ills of

fo"ls, "hich are many, and "hat little they have received has too often !een of

such a nature that they "ould have !een !etter "ithout it# This, ho"ever, is not

surprisin, for as lon as men are inorant of, or deny the truth of, homoeopathy,

the reat and only la" of cure, so lon "ill they !e incapa!le of formulatin any

system of medicine applica!le to all diseases, "hether of man, !east or fo"l#

%omoeopathy o&ers to poultry raisers a system of medicine for their fo"ls "hich is

e'ceedinly ecacious, involves little la!or and triin e'pense# That system "ill !e

found detailed in this !oo*# +hat imperfections may !e found, must not !e chared

to homoeopathy, !ut to imperfect *no"lede of the diseases of fo"ls# If symptoms

can !e clearly descri!ed, homoeopathy "ill surely supply the remedy#

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To# -r# P#%# .aco!s, of %ammonton, $#.# , the "ell/*no"n editor of the Poultry

0eeper, and an e'tensive !reeder of 1ne poultry, than*s are due for assistance

rendered in classifyin and accurately descri!in many of the diseases treated in

this !oo*#

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%omoeopathy and its methods

imilia simili!us curantur

It has !een said "ith truth that all su!4ects "hich arouse men, and cause them to

divide into reat contendin parties, sooner or later crystallie into a "ord, or a

terse apothem, "hich contains a reat truth# 6or a century homoeopathy has

e'cited *een interest and !een 1ercely fouht# Its scope is as "ide as disease and

the cure thereof, yet is all crystallied in imilia imili!us 7urantur# 8i*e 7ures 8i*e#

As "ith all reat truths a child may comprehend, and a "ise man study it a lifetime,

and then realie that the une'plored 1elds are vast and the possi!ilities in them, for

the "elfare of man and !east, almost limitless# %omoeopathy9s "or* "ill cease only

"hen disease no loner haunts the earth#

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The easiest "ay of administerin the medicine is to dissolve t"o or three doen

pellets in a clean dish of pure "ater, and let the fo"ls drin* it at "ill# If the disease is

of an epidemic nature, li*e oup or 7holera, it is "ell to let them all at it, for, iven

the correct remedy, it "ill cure the sic* and prevent those still apparently "ell from

developin the disease#

Another method and a ood one, in vie" of the fact that chic*ens are nearly ready

to eat, is to dissolve the medicine in pure "ater and mi' the "ater "ith corn/meal or

moist food, and feed it to the oc*, or the individual fo"l, as the case may !e#

Another method is to moisten a !it of "hite !read in the medicated "ater, !y "hich

means a fe" fo"ls may !e treated "ithout the trou!le of separatin them from the

oc*# They can !e driven aside and fed#

As a rule, "here the ailment is con1ned to one, or a fe", of the fo"ls, it is !etter to

*eep them part from the others, "here they can !e treated "ith more care# The

pellets can !e iven dry also, "hich is an e'cellent method, if practica!le#

%omoeopathic medicines may also !e had in liBuid form, in "hich case from 1ve toten drops in "ater constitute a dose# -any people prefer them in liBuid form#

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After t"o days, if there is no mar*ed improvement, select some other remedy< the

chances are that the indicated one has not !een chosen, for the true homoeopathic

remedy acts very Buic*ly on fo"ls and animals/Buic*er, indeed, than on man*ind/as

fo"ls and animals do not in4ure their constitutions !y unnatural livin# +hen there is

a mar*ed improvement, discontinue the medicine, and do not resume it unless

there are sins of a relapse# Too much medicine has !een the !ane of man and

!east#

%o" to *eep homoeopathic medicines

0eep them "ell cor*ed# Do not let the vials stand around open# 0eep the vials in a

!o', in some place the house "here they are not e'posed to undue inuences of

any sort# After the pellets are ta*en from the vial, do not put any of them !ac*

aain# 0eep them protected from the sun/liht#

%o" to procure homoeopathic medicines

The !est "ay, of course, is to o to a homoeopathic pharmacy and !uy them< if this

is not convenient, send t"enty/1ve cents for each remedy "anted, to the address of some "ell/*no"n homoeopathic pharmacy, "ith the name of the remedy plainly

"ritten/printed, if you dou!t the lei!ility of your penmanship/and a ood sied vial

"ill !e mailed, post/paid, and securely pac*ed# If there is a homoeopathic physician

in the neih!orhood, he "ill no dou!t !e lad to sell you the reBuired remedy#

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%omoeopathic medicines may also !e o!tained from some druists< !ut in such

cases it must !e insisted on that the vials !ear the la!els of a homoeopathic

pharmacy/they are all sealed "ith a metallic capsule "hen put up for druists9

trade, and have the 1rm9s name preparin them !lo"n on the vial# There is ood

reason for this caution# The t"o schools "or* under di&erent pharmacopoeias, and

the averae druist *no"s little or nothin of the preparation and dynamiation ofhomoeopathic medicines# Another, and a very urent, reason for this caution is that

homoeopathy deals "ith very active poisons "hich, !y the process of preparation,

are rendered harmless for in4ury, unless ta*en in oft/repeated and lon/continued

doses, "hile still retainin all their curative po"ers# This leads us to the su!4ect of#

Dynamiation or potentiation

It is, unfortunately, a common error to suppose that homoeopathy means small

doses and nothin more# %omoeopathy/8i*e 7ures 8i*e/says nothin a!out the sie

of the dose# In the early days, lare doses "ere iven until it "as noticed that there

"ere ;aravations;/dru symptoms/!efore cure, thouh the cure follo"ed# This ledto a reduction of the sie of the dose# In doin this the drus "ere minutely

su!divided, and then the "onderful discovery "as made that small doses reduced

to atoms "hile minled "ith mil* suar or alcohol "ere far more potent for cure

than "hen administered in a cruder state# They had !een potentied, i#e# , made

more po"erful in disease, and, at the same time, rendered comparatively harmless

for evil if ta*en !y mista*en, !y means of the small dose# That this theory of

potentiation is correct can easily !e demonstrated !y the fact that men have

s"allo"ed leaden !ullets or shot and e'perienced no !ad results, "hile every one

*no"s that if the same Buantity of lead, reduced to the 1nest po"der, "ere to !e

s"allo"ed, the most terri!le conseBuences "ould ensue#

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The truth of homoeopathy

The crucial test of every scheme of medicine is its result "ith the sic*# In this

respect homoeopathy leads all competitors< indeed, truly vie"ed, it has no

competitors, for it is the reat $atural 8a" of 7ure, "hile others are !ut man9s

e'periments, ever shiftin and chanin< ta*en up as "onders and then dropped as

useless# Pleuro/pneumonia in cattle is pronounced incura!le !y the dominant

school, and the overnment orders all the aicted animals to !e slauhtered, yet

homoeopathy could save nearly case, as has !een repeatedly demonstrated#%omoeopaths have secured many a 1ne !arain in horses, !uyin an animal,

pronounced incura!le !y some old school veterinarian, and curin him# the lare

horse/car companies in almost every city have adopted homoeopathic treatment#

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+e "ill close this !ranch of our su!4ect !y ivin the statistics of an epidemic of

comparatively recent date, to illustrate the di&erences !et"een the t"o schools#

Durin the epidemic of yello" fever in the southern tates in ?:2:, the allopaths

treated >,?:2 cases, of "hich ?C,C> died< a death rate of C3#5# At the same time

the homoeopathic practitioners treated 3>? cases of the same disease, of "hich

C? died< a death rate of ## In many of the southern tates, !y means of un4ustmedical leislation, the allopaths have o!tained sole control, and they refuse to

permit homoeopaths to practice# This accounts for the reat disparity in the

num!ers treated#

-edical leislation is a su!4ect of vital importance to the people, and they should

see to it that no medical monopoly is ranted#

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These la"s, on their face, loo* very plausi!le, and claim to ;protect the pu!lic;, !ut

even ;Buac*s; could not have made a "orse sho"in than that of the ;reular;

profession in the epidemic of ?:2:#

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ome practical hints

There are a ood many !oo*s on the eneral manaement of poultry# All of them

contain some ood matter and, also, much that is impractical and even useless, or

"orse# The most of them seem to ta*e it for ranted that every poultry raiser can

devote a reat deal of his time to the care of his fo"ls# They seem to !e constantly

addressin men "ho ma*e poultry raisin their sole !usiness, "hereas the num!er

"ho do so compared "ith those to "hom it is merely an incidental part of arm life,

are as one to many thousands# It is to the larer class that this !oo* is addressed,

and our aim is to ive here only such hints as may!e easily acted upon# Those "ho

follo" poultry raisin as a !usiness, perhaps *no" more on the su!4ect of the care

of fo"ls than the !oo* "riters do, !ut many of them have much to learn in the

treatment of the diseases of poultry#

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+here poultry is allo"ed the run of the farm durin the "arm months the Buestion

of feedin is settled !y the fo"ls themselves, !ut "hen "inter comes they must !e

fed# +hen this time arrives those fo"ls "ill thrive !est that are iven some varietyin their food# Do not ive them the same stu& day after day, !ut vary it if possi!le#

%ens, li*e horses and men, are the !etter for a chane of diet# Especially ive them

at times somethin reen, thro" in a lead of ca!!ae and let them revel on it#

Another point that involves little trou!le and no e'pense is to see that they are

provided "ith clean "ater often rene"ed# +ater that is un1t for a human !ein is

not ood for hens# A little common sense comes into ood play here< the horse,



co", do and hen eat and drin* "hat they can et< if their food and drin* does not

suit them, no complaint is heard< they do not rum!le or raise a distur!ance as man

does, !ut follo" t# Paul9s advice, and eat "hat is set !efore them# Their only

protest aainst un1t food and drin* is to sic*en and die "ithout a complaint# Did you

never notice ho" eaerly a caed !ird hops over and drin*s "hen his "ater cup is

1lledF %e evidently appreciates it as much as a man "ould "ho "as iven a lass of fresh "ater in place of some that had stood in his !edroom over niht# The same

rule applies to all animals# In this matter, ;directions; are not needed, !ut only a

little common sense avored "ith humanity#

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Another parallel !et"een man an hen= In the human family the mortality is reatest

in infancy, and so it its in the hen family# ome mortality in !oth families is

unavoida!le, !ut much in !oth may !e avoided !y a little e'tra care# To !e trite,

prevention is !etter than cure# At the very dra"n of its e'istence the youn chic*

mostly needs "armth# If this "armth !e com!ined "ith moisture the death/ratemust rise< therefore Dame Partlett and her !rood should !e caed in some place

protected from the "et round and the rain, and the dame "ill provide the "armth#

6urthermore, *eep the cae clean# It is not much trou!le, and it pays# +ho has not

seen a cae "ith its oor an inch thic* "ith dirt and the "hole sodden !y havin the

pan of "ater spilled over it !etter let them run than !e caed "ith such a mess#

Another point/!ut it involves a little care< "ho has not seen a hen "ith her chic*s

trailed out !ehind her ma*in their "ay throuh the "et rass of early mornin

Each little fuy !ear is draled up to his nec* and loo*s, and is, no dou!t,

thorouhly misera!le# The hen ouht to have !etter sense, !ut she hasn9t# If she

and her !rood could !e *ept con1ned until the rass "ere dry it "ould !e !etter for

the little ones#

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-r# .udd, in his !oo* on poultry, ma*es some ood points on the feedin of very

youn chic*ens# %e very strenuously o!4ects to the common Indian, or corn, meal

douh that constitutes the dole food of so many youn chic*s# It is tum!led out to

them, and if not all eaten allo"ed to stand until it is eaten< it usually sours, the

chic*s, perforce, must eat it, as nothin else is provided, and then they sic*en and

die# -r# .udd says= ;6or the 1rst mornin meal I ive all my youn stoc* !oiled

potatoes mashed up 1ne and mi'ed "ith an eBual Buantity of Indian meal and

shorts# I 1nd nothin so ood and accepta!le as this food, and I use only small and

unmar*eta!le potatoes< they prove more pro1ta!le than anythin else I can

employ;# This food is follo"ed "ith 1ne crac*ed corn# Hut "hatever is fed to the

youn chic*s the ist of the matter is, do not feed them anythin that has turned

stale or sour# There is death in such a mess, and it is economy to thro" it a"ay#



+e *no" that "ild and domestic animals reBuire salt, and from this it "ould seem

riht to assume that fo"ls reBuire it too, thouh the "ant appears not so pressin in

their case# It is said that fo"ls "ho eat their o"n feathers cease to do so "hen iven

salt# %o" salt should !e iven them is an open Buestion# In saltin food the daner

is in e'cess# Too much salt for man or !east "ill result in sic*ness, and very !ad

sic*ness at that# alt in lare Buantities seems to !e fatal to poultry, !ut may safely!e used to season the food#

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+hat the "ash/!o"l or !ath/tu! is to man, a dust pile, dust/!o' or dust in some

shape is to the hen# It doesn9t loo* li*e a very cleanly "ay of performin the toilet,

!ut it is her "ay, and chic*en raisers "ill do "ell to see that the dust/!ath is

provided in some shape# It is supposed that this !ath is a means of riddin the

feathers of lice< mi'in a little insect po"der "ith the dust "ill aid in this# ome

authorities prefer 1ne sand to dust# If the hens "ill use it, sand seems !etter than

dust# 6ine ashes are also recommended#

8et the chic*ens et at corn/stal*s in "inter, occasionally< it helps in the

assimilation of food# calded clover hay, ho"ever, is !etter and furnishes an

e'cellent su!stitute for reen food, !ut it must !e 1nely chopped#

nions chopped up are eaerly eaten !y fo"ls, and are e'cellent for their health,

especially if their eyes are not in ood condition#

Dried to!acco leaves in the nest of a settin hen *eeps it clear of vermin, and adds

reatly to her comfort and that of her youn "hen hatched#

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7hic*ens fatten !est "hen iven a full feed 4ust !efore oin to roost, and the 1rst

thin in the mornin#

A dry oor may !e o!tained !y diin out the earth and replacin it a foot deep

"ith sand#

A hen9s layin capacity reaches its hihest point in her second year, and then

!eins to decline#

In reservin coc*s for !reedin purposes, *eep those that are the most active and

viorous#

There should !e at least one coc* to eiht hens< one dra*e to four or 1ve duc*s<

one o!!ler to the tur*ey hens, and one ander to t"o eese#

Do not let fo"ls in!reed too lon or the result "ill !e loss of es and deterioration

of the oc*#



+here poultry is allo"ed the run of a farm there is no daner of over/feedin, !ut

there is "ith yarded poultry "hich ets no e'ercise< these especially reBuire variety#

ne reat secret of successful tur*ey raisin is reular feedin durin the fall and

"inter in one place# This ma*es them tame and prevents that tendency to "ander

o& in summer and !reed, "hich is innate I the tur*ey#

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Durin ;y/time; a oc* of tur*eys "ill easily live on insects, such as rasshoppers,

etc#, and are, therefore, valua!le in t"o senses, !ut it is not "ell to raise them

unless they can have a "ide rane# +hen con1ned the easily ;eat their heads o&;#

Duc*s do not eat more, if fed reularly, than other fo"ls of their sie, and "ill !e

mar*eta!le at four months ae, and the lare !reeds may !e made to attain 1ve

pounds "hen ten or t"elve "ee*s old< neither do they reBuire a pond or stream, !ut

may !e raised "here chic*ens can !e raised< they reBuire plenty of ood drin*in

"ater and some pasturae# A stream or pond of "ater, of course, is an advantae#

Poultry does "ell under "oman9s care, and is very pro1ta!le# A lady "rites that in

one year, after havin furnished her o"n ta!le "ith nearly a hundred fo"ls, and "ith

all the es needed, she "as ena!led to sell considera!ly over one hundred dollars

"orth of es and fo"ls# The cash outlay !rinin in this return "as a!out t"enty/

1ve dollars#

7hic*ens ouht to have a house for "inter, even if it consists merely of a fe"

!oards nailed toether, a mere shanty, lined "ith paper# The cost of such a shed "ill

!e sliht, !ut it "ill pay#

Harren, sandy patches a!out the farm can !e pro1ta!ly employed as poultry

ranes# 6o"ls are freer from disease on a sandy soil and "ill fertilie it to a

considera!le e'tent#

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If possi!le, don9t have any reen, slimy pools of "ater a!out# They are !ad for man

and hen#

Give fo"ls and animals all the liht possi!le# 8iht and pure air are health ivers#

Dar*ness and disease are allies

Plouh or spade the poultry yard at times< it *eeps the earth clean and tends to

promote the health of the fo"ls#

;7hic*en po"ders; and advertised compounds promise all sorts of "onder "or*in#

8ittle or nothin is *no"n of them# If ;stimulatin;, remem!er that stimulants act on

animals as on men/feel ood for a "hile and then not# ood food is all a fo"l needs

in health and the indicated homoeopathic remedy in disease#



+hether charcoal, asafoetida, 7ayenne pepper, etc#, are ood to ;promote health;,

is a very "ide, open Buestion# ome !elieve in them/"e don9t#

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The treatment of diseases

Preliminary remar*s

There are no collees esta!lished for the study of the diseases of poultry, and there

are no raduated poultry physicians, and, outside of homoeopathy, there is little, if

any, !elief in the ecacy of medicine in treatin the ills of feathered creation#

Indeed, an eminent authority on poultry rather drearily remar*s= ;It is almost

useless, and rarely ever "orth "hile, to treat sic* poultry;# This is true if no

treatment, !ut "hat, for the sa*e of distinction, may !e termed allopathic, is *no"n,

nut is not true if homoeopathy !e employed# In the latter case, the la!or involved is

ne't to nothin, the e'pense very sliht, "hile the treatment is hihly e&ective, as

has !een demonstrated in thousands of cases, and this most mar*edly so in

epidemic diseases "hich carry o& entire oc*s#

ne of the reatest diculties to overcome in "ritin a "or* on the ills of poultry is

in namin the diseases# A careful comparison of the fe" treatises pu!lished

heretofore on the su!4ect, reveals the fact that a disease that in one place !ears

one name, ta*es on another in another part of the country# 6ortunately, ho"ever,

this fact, "hich "ould prove so disastrous under other systems of medicine, is !ut of

sliht moment in homoeopathy, for its treats diseases, not accordin to their

names, !ut accordin to their symptoms, and a little *no"lede of the action of the

various remedies "ill ena!le any one to treat a sic* fo"l intelliently and Buite

independently of the name of the disease#

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%omoeopathic remedies may !e classi1ed into roups or families< the individuals of

"hich di&er yet have many traits in common# In the follo"in paes the remedy

chiey indicated !y the disease is 1rst iven, !ut it may not !e the correct one in all

cases, and the others named after"ards may then !e administered in their order#

Those havin homoeopathic ;family medicine cases; (and every family livin in the

country should have one) may use the medicines in them# The same medicine

applies eBually to fo"ls or human !eins< there is no di&erence in the preparation of medicines for ;veterinary; purposes from those used in treatin human ailments#

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The num!er found follo"in the name of the remedy on the vial, as ;Arsenicum ;,

refers to the potency# -inerals, li*e arsenic, are usually sold in the si'th potency and

others in the third#



Patholoy

Apople'y

This disease, as "ith men, is caused !y over/feedin, and occurs "ith all classes of

poultry "hen in a very fat condition# The !ird aicted staers and falls< its !reath

comes heavy and short, and some"hat resem!les snorin< eyes protrudin, starin

and enerally hihly !loodshot# It is freBuent to 1nd apoplectic !irds dead under the

roost, "hen they "ere apparently in e'cellent health# pen the !ird9s mouth and

ive it half a doen pellets of Helladonna# ther remedies are Aconite, $u' vomica

and Pulsatilla# $u' vomica may even !e !etter than Aconite#

Asthma

7anary and other sinin !irds are often trou!led "ith asthma# The !reathin is

easily heard, and especially after the e'ertion of yin# 7orallium ru!rum, a half

doen pellets dissolved in the "ater/cup e&ects a speedy cure# ponia is also

indicated< also Ipecac#, in case of too much esh, and Hryonia in asthmatic pantin

of old ae# A little plantain seed is said to aid recovery in o!stinate cases# This

disease is often mista*en for roup#

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Hone/"en

This disease has al"ays !een deemed incura!le, !ut "here homoeopathy is

employed a cure is possi!le, if not pro!a!le# Isolate the aicted fo"l and dissolve

si' pellets of %epar sulphuris in its "ater dish every day for a "ee*, unless mar*ed

improvement sets in sooner# If at the end of the "ee* no chane is noticea!lechane the medicine to ilicea, same dose each day# ther remedies are $itric acid,

7alcarea car!# and ulphur# +hen chanin remedy it may !e "ell to ive the last

named for one day !efore follo"in "ith the ne" remedy#

Hlac*/rot

In this disease the com! turns a !lac*ish color, les may s"ell and emaciation

accompanies# Had food and unhealthy surroundins seem to !e the cause< remedy

these and ive Thu4a# The true remedy for this disease is pro!lematical, dependin

on the cause of the disease# $u' vomica may !e called for and Podophyllum, if the

seat of the deranement !e the stomach or liver respectively#

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Hro*en !ones

+hen !ones are !ro*en in fo"ls one can readily see at a lance "hat is the trou!le

if it !e a le !one# +ith other !ones a !rea* can !e detected !y e'amination only,

"hen a s"ellin "ill appear over the !ro*en !one "hich is evidently painful to the



touch# These usually heal themselves if the fo"l is *ept Buiet# A compound fracture

is !eyond the s*ill of most people, nut a simple !rea* is not# Hrin the !ro*en parts

ently !ut 1rmly toether, !ind "ith linen !andaes and hold in place !y a couple of

appropriate sied splints# -oisten the linen freBuently "ith a lotion of one part

tincture of ymphytum mi'ed "ith 1ve parts "ater# %o" lon the treatment is to

continue must depend on the condition of the fracture, and that, the one havinchare of the case alone, can decide# After the operation ive the patient one dose

of Aconite, say three pellets in the mouth and at the e'piration of a "ee* put si'

pellets of %epar ulph# in the "ater for one day only#

Hum!le foot

This is caused !y the foot ettin hurt in some "ay, !ruised, or possi!ly a sliver run

in it# It is often the result of hih roosts, the feet !ein in4ured "hen 4umpin

therefrom, especially if the !ird is heavy# The hurt parts s"ells, !ecomes inamed,

pus forms, "hich in time ro"s hard and cheesy/li*e# The treatment is to "ash the

hurt clean, see that no forein su!stance remains in it, then !athe in a lotion of onepart 7alendula tincture to 1ve parts "ater, and !ind up the foot as neatly as

possi!le and *eep !andae "et "ith the lotion< or, in place of !indin the foot

anoint it "ith 7alendula cerate, or lotion, and *eep the fo"l on clean stra"# After

operation ive %epar sulph# if hurt has not ;athered;< if it has, ive ilicea# Durin

the fe" days necessary for healin, the fo"l should !e *ept caed in a clean place#

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7hic*en/po'

ome "riters desinate this disease ;small/po';# It is *no"n !y !lotches on the

com! and nec* and pustules under the "ins and feathers enerally, "hile the

fo"ls seem "ea* and melancholy# %omoeopathically treated it is not danerous# The

disease is contaious, and the sic* should !e separated from the "ell, thouh if the

oc* is pretty enerally attac*ed let the treatment e'tend to all# The treatment

consists in dissolvin from one to three doen pellets of Arsenicum, accordin as a

fe" or many are aicted, in the drin*in "ater# 7ontinue for three days# If no

improvement is noticed chane the remedy to hus to'# ene" the medicine each

day, usin fresh pure "ater# Also indicated, Helladonna "ith hot fever# ilicea if

pustules ;!rea*;#

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7hip

;7hip; or ;chippin; derives its name from the peculiar cry or sound made !y the

!ird, and it is principally attri!uted to lac* of "armth, or e'posure to cold drauhts

(sometimes from the top ventilator)# It is con1ned chiey, if not entirely, to youn

chic*ens, and is caused !y "et "eather, the liht do"n on the little fello"s ettin



"et and havin no chance to dry# It is very fatal if not ta*en in time# 7hic*ens

aicted "ith ;chip; see* refue in solitary places "here they are detected !y the

reular and plaintive cry, and enerally remain there until they die< they e'hi!it

tenderness on !ein touched, and percepti!le fever, althouh they trem!le violently

as thouh cold# If possi!le they should !e iven dry shelter and "armth# A num!er

of remedies are indicated in this disease, so many, indeed, that it is dicult todecide "hich to ive the preference# It is !est, perhaps, to !ein "ith Jeratrum, as

that remedy ;has e'ternal chill "ith internal heat;, a most distressin feelin# A

doen or more pellets dissolved in the drin*in "ater, or, if they "ill not drin*, dip a

little "hite !read in the "ater and let them eat it if they "ill# Amon the other

remedies are Arsenicum, Aconite, Dulcamara and 7olchicum, the last named !ein

preferred !y some authorities# Give the selected remedy t"enty hours trial, and if

there is no improvement, chane to one of the others named#

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7holera

It "as freBuently o!served at the times and places "hen cholera "as epidemic

amon human !eins that chic*ens, tur*eys, eese and farmyard fo"ls enerally,

!ecame in many instances similarly a&ected# At the present day the "ord ;cholera;

is applied to an epidemic "hich "hile varyin some"hat in di&erent parts of the

country is al"ays accompanied !y a violent diarrhoea, and is very fatal# ome of the

characteristics of this disease are= ad loo*s, lost appetite, "ea*ness, staerin,

thirst, hanin heads< in more advanced staes a touh mucus tric*led from the

!ills, "hich han so lo" as to touch the round, the com! !ecomes shrun*en and of

a !luish color, "hile the diarrhoea is violent and almost liBuid, yello"ish or reenish,

frothy< as the end approaches the eyes close# Hein an epidemic it is "ell to treatthe entire oc*, thouh if the sic* can !e isolated so much the !etter# European

"riters hihly commend Jeratrum al!#, !oth as curative and as preventin the

spread of the disease# Dissolve any"here from t"o doen pellets to half the vial

(accordin to sie of oc*) in "ater iven the fo"ls to drin*, or ta*e part of the

"ater and moisten their food "ith it# Arsenicum is also Buite as valua!le in cholera<

the symptoms of !oth remedies !ear reat resem!lance, Arsenicum !ein indicated

in the second stae "here there is reat prostration#

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Arsenicum iod# (iodide of arsenic) has !y clinical e'perience proved e&ective, asthe follo"in e'perience reported !y Dr# o!ert Hoococ* in the $orth American

.ournal of %omoeopathy sho"s= ;7hic*en 7holera#/ I can fully endorse the curative

po"er of Iodide of Arsenic in certain forms of humid asthma, havin !een successful

in a fe" cases# I "ant to spea* of this medicine as a means of curin the summer

complaints "e often meet durin the hot "eather# T"o years ao I lost almost all my

chic*ens !y chic*en cholera# 8ast summer a ne" lot of hens and chic*ens !ean to



die o& !y the same disease, and I thouht it a ood chance to try Arsenicum 3# I

mi'ed a!out t"o pounds of meal "ith t"o drachms of the remedy, and left the

mi'ture in the chic*en house for them to ta*e at "ill# It cured every case# I had a

ood lot of it left to thro" a"ay# In severe cases of cholera infantum it promptly

cured "hen all our usual remedies failed;#

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Parched corn, or parched crac*ed corn, almost to co&ee/color, is an e'cellent food

for oc*s durin cholera season/not e'clusively !ut as a part of the food#

7onstipation

This complaint may aict any of the feathered creatures and is easily reconied#

The fo"l is restless and cannot evacuate, althouh ma*in freBuent e&ort< if any

stool does pass, it is small in Buantity and very hard and dry# The cause of the

trou!le lies in lon/continued feedin on dry and heatin food, such as !arley, oats,

rye, hemp seed, etc#, toether "ith impure "ater and lac* of any reen food# It

occurs chiey amon o"ls con1ned in coops or narro" yards# It may !e also the

result of cold# $u' vomica, half a doen pellets to the fo"l, dissolved in its drin*in

"ater, or mi'ed "ith food, "ill usually remove the complaint if caused !y the food#

Hryonia, if resultin from cold or other causes# A chane of food, or, rather, ivin

the fo"l somethin reen in addition, is also reBuired# Hut the medicine is necessary

to ive thorouh relief, for the mere ivin of reen stu& may only result in alterin

the character of the disease "ithout eradicatin it# pium is another remedy for

constipation, indicated "hen there is no urin#

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7ontusions

If a fo"l ets a severe !lo" or hurt in "hich no !ones are !ro*en, !athe the hurt

"ith a lotion of one part Arnica tincture to t"enty parts "ater, and put a fe" drops

of the "ater in the fo"l9s mouth# Arnica should never !e applied to man or !east

undiluted# It acts !etter "hen diluted#

7onsumption

This disease in fo"ls seems to !e pretty much the same as in human !eins/!ad

heredity or resultin from a cold "hich is allo"ed to run on "ithout care# There is acouh, the fo"l seems to eat "ell, yet ro"s emaciated# ;Incura!le; is the eneral

verdict, a verdict "hich no !eliever in homoeopathy should admit to !e true, even

thouh he cannot, "ith his present *no"lede, name the proper remedy# this

consumption of the luns must !e distinuished from the ;consumption; spo*en of

under ;-arasmus;# In !oth there is a "astin a"ay, !ut the seat of the trou!le is

di&erent# This is a disease that is sometimes classed in the oup family of ailments#



emedies can !ut the suested= %epar sulph# and ponia on alternate days may

cure, or 7alcarea car!#, iven alone#

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7ore

7ore consists of the formation of an e'crescence in the ullet or alvine passae# It

is enerally !ro"nish/yello" in color, !ut varies in this respect# Arsenicum,

-ercurius and ilicea are the three remedies mostly indicated# The disease is

dicult to detect o"in to its situation#

7orya or catarrh

This is not at all an uncommon complaint, and it causes considera!le losses, !ein

also on the diculties sometimes classed as oup# +ith pieons it often occurs

durin moultin, and is contaious, and sometimes plays havoc in the pieon roost#

Pieons su&erin from corya *eep their !ills open, and a yello"/loo*in mucus may!e seen in the nostrils< the mouth also loo*s yello"# If the disease is noticed in time,

remove the infected !ird, !ut if a num!er are a&ected, it is !etter to treat the "hole

lot# -ercurius viv# "ill enerally cure< a doen pellets dissolved in clean drin*in

"ater, or the "ater used in mi'in soft food# 7ontinue until cured, or if no

improvement is noticea!le in a fe" days, chane the remedy to Acidum sulph#, in

same "ay#

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In hens, corya is enerally caused !y catchin cold in continuous "et "eather, or

!y very sudden chanes in the "eather# It is characteried !y an increaseddischare from the nostrils and sneein# At times it is epidemic# Arsenicum "ill

usually ive prompt relief# A doen or more pellets dissolved in the drin*in "ater,

or in half a tum!ler of "ater, and then this mi'ed "ith meal or used to moisten

!read# Arsenicum failin, ive -ercurius viv# hould the dischare thic*en and the

eyes seem a&ected, ive, in same manner, Euphrasia# hould the corya occur from

dry, cold "inds, Aconite is the remedy#

7orya is particularly danerous "ith tur*eys# The tur*ey seems uneasy, trem!les,

an acrid, slimy dischare comes from the nostrils and the eyes ro" dim# If possi!le,

separate the sic* tur*ey from the "ell ones, and administer to it Acidum sulph# or

-ercurius viv# As "ith pieons, the disease seems to attac* the tur*eys durinmoultin time#

%# 6isher, J## of Herlin, reports the complete and satisfactory cure of a valua!le

parrot "ho "as su&erin from a !ad corya or catarrh# The !ird ate little and

!reathed "ith a raspin sound, and "as evidently su&erin from a !ad cold#

Dulcamara and %epar sulph#, in alternation t"ice a day soon removed the trou!le#



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%epar sulphur is the !est remedy "hen there has !een partial relief from other

remedies !ut not complete cure#

Gelsemium is an e'cellent remedy for catarrh incurred durin "arm, moist, rela'in

"eather#

7atarrh or corya in fo"ls must !e distinuished from roup, as a common !ad

;cold; is distinuished from croup or diphtheria in human !eins# The dischare

from the nostrils of fo"ls in catarrh is thinner and not o&ensive, and is accompanied

"ith sneein and couhin, "hile in roup the dischare is thic* and very o&ensive#

7old, catarrh, corya, roup and pip are all more or less related to each other#

7ouh

Tur*eys are often aicted "ith a couh resultin from small red "orms in the

"indpipe# The disease seems to !e the same as ;apes; in chic*ens, and calls forthe same medication, i#e# , Dulcamara and Drosera, in alternation "ith ulphur, to

complete the cure# 6or e'ternal treatment, see ;apes;#

Diarrhoea and dysentery

+hile resem!lin, in some respects, cholera, these ailments are essentially Buite

di&erent# The dischares are copious, sometimes !loody, the feathers a!out the

anus !efouled and the fo"l out of condition, thouh not so reatly prostrated as in

cholera# ;courin; is another name for the trou!le# All fo"l are su!4ect to it# The

cause is damp, cold "eather< cold on the stomach< !roodin in damp, cold sta!les<

feedin on no'ious !erries or plants< eatin too many "orms< over/feedin, also"ant to lime or ravel necessary to the diestion of hens# Ipecac# is the chief

remedy, a doen or more pellets, o"in to num!er to !e treated, in "ater, or mi'ed,

after !ein dissolved, "ith the food# If directly tracea!le to !ad food, remove the

cause and ive Arsenicum# 7hamomilla, also, has cured# %ens sometimes have a

"hitish dischare "hich ooes out, foulin their feathers< for this, ive 7ar!o ve#

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Amon eese there is a disease *no"n sometimes as ;"hite dysentery;# The eese

lose appetite, !ecome "ea* and !reathe hurriedly< the evacuations are very soft

and of a chal*y color, and 1nally liBuid# The !ody or esh assumes a !luish colorand the !ird then dies# The disease runs its course in three or four days# Had food,

1fth, !ro"sin in !os and s"amps, are the eneral causes# +ith eese so aicted

it is !est to cae them up in a dry place on clean stra" (*eep it clean) and feed

ood food# The 1rst day ive them Aconite, t"o or three doen pellets in the

drin*in "ater# The ne't day ive Arsenicum ("ash the drin*in vessel thorouhly

on chanin medicines, or et a ne" one)# -ercurius viv# and 7hamomilla are also

useful#



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There is also a species of !loody u' or inammation of the !o"els, "hich attac*s

tur*eys and hens "hen closely con1ned, fed on !ad food and iven foul drin*in

"ater# The a!dominal "alls et thin and transparent, and there is a sin*in in the

reion of the anus< a !loody, mucus/li*e diarrhoea accompanied "ith rapidemaciation# -ercurius cor#, in clean, pure "ater, is the !est remedy# Ipecac#, also, is

useful#

There is a disease amon eese and duc*s oriinatin from the same causes as the

precedin, "hich, in some respects, resem!les it, yet "hich post/mortem

e'amination sho"s to !e inammation of the spleen# Geese, "hen attac*ed, !ein

to shrie*, put their heads to the round, fall over on their !ac*s, o into convulsions

and die# +here the disease has proressed so far, there is no help for the sic*# Hut

the remainder of the oc* may !e cooped up or con1ned, iven ood fool and pure

"ater, in "hich Arsenicum, as a preventative, had !een dissolved< ive this remedy

for three days, chanin "ater every day# ne German authority, Traeer, prefers$itric acidum dissolved in "ater, and the "ater used to moisten the meal or other

food iven# The amount of each remedy should !e in proportion to the num!er

treated/from one doen to three doen or more pellets#

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Dysentery carries o& a reat many parrots, especially the youn ones# A fe" doses

of -ercurius cor# "ill speedily cure# It may !e stated, that, in eneral, -ercurius cor#

is the remedy for the "orst cases of dysentery, especially ;painful !loody

dischares;#

Diseases of the eye

The cause of sore eyes in hens is uncertain# ome !reeders attri!ute it to the

"eather and others to overheatin, dust and sundry other causes# Perhaps all have

somethin to do "ith it# The eyes are "atery, ulcerated, "ith dischare of o&ensive/

loo*in liBuid, and, in time, pus sores are formed# The sic* fo"ls are also very apt to

fall rapidly a"ay# If there is reason to suppose the complaint is caused !y the

"eather, "hich is more freBuently the case, ive Aconite in the !einnin< !ut for

!ad cases or those "ell advanced, Euphrasia or ulphur are !etter, the latter, if

there is pus formation# Apis is indicated "hen the eyes are inamed, sore and

s"ollen, !ut not complicated "ith colds or other ailment#

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Distemper

;%en distemper; is a plaue occurrin in hot, dry "eather, and is commonly

attri!uted to atmospheric conditions# The hens lose their !riht, cheery loo*, have a

pu&ed face of deep scarlet color< crouch a!out in corners and die one after the



other# The disease is contaious, and if not too much spread throuh the oc*, the

sic* ones should !e isolated# E'amination reveals the fact that the s*in spots

occurrin# The !est remedy is $u' vomica, "hich has proved successful#

tudents of poultry !oo*s "ill, no dou!t, e'perience some confusion on readin the

foreoin, for some of their !oo*s connect hen distemper and cholera, "hile othersassociate it "ith roup# +hich are "e to !elieveF they may as*# The reply is, inore

the name and attend to the symptoms# If the foreoin symptoms are met,

administer $u' vomica#

Diiness

Diiness seems to !e the !est term, or, at least, the most descriptive# In eese it is

sometimes *no"n as ;staers; and sometimes denominated !y the synonym,

;Jertio;# Geese and duc*s are mostly aicted "ith it, !ut hens and tur*eys are not

e'empt# The sins are, droopin "ins, stretched/out nec*, or t"isted a!out in all

sort of "ays, the !ody is often sha*en, and turned around and around until the !ird

falls over and dies# 6at, or over/fed fo"ls are mostly su!4ect to it# The cause is

variously attri!uted to a rush of !lood to the head, to "orms in the nostrils or ears,

and to the results of !lo"s on the head# It "ill !e seen from this that the ailment is

dicult to treat, or rather to determine "hich of the three causes should !e treated#

The rush of !lood calls for Helladonna and plenty of cool, fresh "ater for drin*in# If

caused !y a !lo", Aconite, follo"ed !y Helladonna# If from "orms, ive 7ina, or a

little turpentine or *erosene in the nostrils may remove the trou!le< should they !e

in the ears, the case is dicult< to 1ll the ears "ith s"eet oil or mil* is a!out the

only safe course# As a rule, ho"ever, diiness is !ut a symptom of some malady#

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Dropsy

This disease only, as a rule, attac*s old and fat hens "ho have ceased layin# The

malady is manifested !y a s"elled a!domen and rued plumae# The fat seems

turnin to "ater# If any one "ishes to treat dropsy, Apocynum canna!# r Apis are

the !est remedies< the former, if there is heaviness and eneral sluishness< the

latter, if there are evidences of the disease on the s*in# It is !etter, ho"ever, to

destroy a !ird so aicted#

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Epilepsy

Pieons are sometimes attac*ed !y a disease called, perhaps improperly, epilepsy#

It manifests itself !y the contortions or unnatural "or*ins of the muscles of the

throat, and if touched the !irds seem to !e in pain# The disease oftener attac*s the

female than the male# Its cause is un*no"n# Helladonna covers the symptoms !est#



6eatherin

Every one *no"s that !a!ies durin dentition, or teethin, often et very sic*#

omethin analoous occurs "ith youn fo"ls "hen their do"n !eins to !e

replaced "ith feathers< that is their ;teethin; period# To the !est of our *no"lede

this complaint has never !een classi1ed and named# +e have called it ;featherin;,!ecause the "ord, if homely, is certainly descriptive# -ost poultry raisers have at

some time carried a lot of youn chic*s or tur*eys safely throuh infancy only to

have them, "hen feathers !ein to sprout, perversely die# This "ill happen even

"here the care, food and housin is of the !est# +hat is the matterF The o"ner as*s

the Buestion of his editor, and that entlemen/doesn9t ans"er satisfactorily#

PAGE

+hen youn fo"ls of this ae !ein to droop and die they should !e carefully

e'amined to ma*e sure that lice are not the cause# If no lice !e found there is a

plain call for medicine# There are no incura!le diseases iven if treated in time and

the proper homoeopathic remedy selected# The condition descri!ed is so vaue that

no remedy can !e "ith certainty prescri!ed, !ut the pro!a!ilities are that a helpful

one "ill !e found amon the three follo"in= 7alcarea car!#, 7hamomilla or %epar

sulph# The conditions distinuishin these remedies must necessarily !e vaue# In

eneral, 7alcarea car!# "hen there seems to !e arrested ro"th, 7hamomilla, "hen

there is foul evacuation, and %epar "hen the chic* loo*s scrofulous or, so to say,

many# Even a fourth remedy my !e added, and a ood one/Aconite, "hen there is

restlessness, ;cryin; and a eneral feverish condition# Administer the remedy, a

doen or more pellets, in the "ater cup of food of the fo"ls< in the latter case

dissolve in "ater and mi' thorouhly#

As already stated, this is merely suestive# It is an analoy !et"een the teethin

of !a!es and the ro"in of feathers# Hut the losses are so heavy at this period of

fo"l9s lives that a remedy is needed, and "e !elieve can !e found in the foreoin#

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Gapes

Every poultry raiser *no"s "hat the malady *no"n as ;apes; is# It chiey attac*s

youn fo"ls !efore their feathers have ro"n, and is manifested !y a more or less

constant ;apin; of the mouth, or, more properly, a aspin for !reath# It is due to

the presence of a small red "orm in the "indpipe# +hether this "orm is !red

"ithout the chic*, or is a spontaneous eneration resultin from physical causes, is

an open Buestion# In all pro!a!ility the disease is due to constitutional defects "hich

may !e removed !y the proper remedy# In a disease of this sort the remedy must !e

prescri!ed some "hat empirically, as there are no parallels !et"een this disease

and the provins# German homoeopathic "riters assert that Drosera and Dulcamara



iven on alternate days "ill cure the disease# Amon suested remedies may !e

named Inatia, 8achesis and 7hina#

If it should ever !e discovered that the "orms are !red in the stomach and ascend

thence, as is most pro!a!ly the case, then the remedy unBuestiona!ly "ould !e

7ina, or the active principle of that remedy antonine, and "e "ould advise puttinthe youn chic*s on 7ina for a fe" days, "hen, if there is no improvement, resort

may !e had to one of the other remedies#

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Amon the more popular e'ternal treatments may !e mentioned the t"istin of a

hors/hair into a 1ne loop, runnin it do"n the !ird9s "indpipe and pullin the "orms

out, also ta*in a small feather, strippin it, e'cept at the point, dippin it in

turpentine or *erosene and runnin it do"n the throat, after havin !ent the

feathered part over so that it "ill o do"n "ith the rain of the feathers# There are

many other treatments recommended !y various authorities, such as our of

sulphur, crude camphor, turpentine, etc#, !ut the trou!le "ith them all is that there

is al"ays daner of *illin the chic* alon "ith the "orm#

Gout

This disease commonly *no"n as ;out; "ould seem to !e more a*in to

;rheumatism;# %ens and tur*eys are mostly lia!le to it, and it also attac*s duc*s

and eese "hen they sleep on damp oors# The cause is ta*in cold, or e'posure to

cold and "et, "hich settles in the the les and feet< damp pavements and 1fth also

com!ine to produce it# The les and feet s"ell and !ecome sti&, and the fo"ls "al*

"ith diculty, their ait suestin that of a rheumatic person# The 1rst reBuisite in

the treatment is a dry place for the fo"ls, and if their les cold !e ru!!ed do"n "ith

mutton tallo", so much the !etter# Hryonia or hus to'# "ill cure, ho"ever, "ithout

the tallo"# Dulcamara is also a ood remedy# Tur*eys seem more su!4ect to this

disease than other fo"ls#

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%ernia

%ens layin unusually lare es are at times trou!led "ith hernia# The larer

species of fo"ls are more apt to !e trou!led !y it than the the smaller# The intestine

throuh "hich the e passes protrudes a!normally, and does not recede "hen thehen leaves the nest#

To attempt to treat this ailment e'ternally involves rather a disareea!le

proceedin, as it must !e repeated a num!er of times# The treatment consists in

"ashin the the protrudin part in lu*e"arm "ater or mil*, anointin it "ith linseed

or s"eet oil and ently forcin it !ac* into the !ody# This repeated several times "ill

cure the trou!le# This treatment should !e accompanied each time "ith a dose of



Aconite to allay any fever# The internal remedy is Pulsatilla or $u' vomica, i#e# ,

"hen the e'ternal treatment 4ust mentioned is not resorted to#

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%oarseness

7aed sinin !irds are su!4ect to attac*s of hoarseness< in other "ords they

;catch cold; from !ein e'posed to drauhts, the same as men do# There are a

num!er of remedies for this ill, and they are easily administered !y dissolvin half a

doen pellets of the chosen one in the !ird9s "ater cup# If the !ird sneees and is

evidently 4ust ta*in cold, Aconite is the remedy, !ut if it is plainly hoarse, tries to

sin !ut has little voice, and that rouh in sound, ive 7austicum or %epar sulph# If

there is reat hoarseness, "atery eyes, yet occasionally the voice !rea*s out clear,

ive Pulsatilla#

%umid or !lac* disease

%umid, ;!lac*; or ;s"eatin; disease sometimes attac*s hens "ho are settin and

remain too lon on the nest at a stretch, especially if the nest !e too damp and

cold# Knder the "ins the featherless parts "ill !e found !lac*ish loo*in and

clammy# -edicine can hardly do any ood in such cases# The !est cure is to ma*e

the hen air herself more# Also, loo* carefully for lice, !oth for the little red mites and

the lare ray lice# ome "riters recommend "ashin the under part of the "in

"ith tepid "ater# Hut this process may e'cite the hen so much that it may ;!rea*

up; her settin# 7ar!o ve# "ill air, or ulphur#

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Indiestion/dyspepsia

This complaint is evidenced !y unhealthy evacuations of partly or "holly

undiested food, diminished or total loss of appetite, and sometimes retchin,

vomitin and a ;tuc*ed up; crop# It is supposed to !e caused !y over eatin#

7on1ne the !ird !y itself, let it fast a little and ive it half a doen pellets of $u'

vomica dissolved in its "ater cup# If this does not correct the trou!le, chane the

remedy to Pulsatilla, especially if there has !een retchin or vomitin# 7hina and

7ar!o ve# are also ood remedies#

Itch

Itch is a contaious disease# ome care must !e used not to confound it "ith lice or

chic*en/po'# E'aminin the fo"l "ill ena!le one to distinuish the one from the

other# A hen "ith the itch is constantly scratchin and !itin herself, her feathers

!ecome droopy and fall out# E'amination the fact that her !ody is covered "ith

small pimples, larer on the !ac* than else"here# Give ulphur in the "ater for



three days, and then follo" "ish taphisaria until the cure is complete# 0eep the

fo"l, or fo"ls, caed durin the treatment#

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0rie!el

+e have iven this malady the German name for "ant of an Enlish one# It is, "e

!elieve, un*no"n to American poultry raisers, thouh, pro!a!ly, their fo"ls have

su&ered from it and they did not *no" its cause or confounded it "ith some other

ailment# The cause of it is smut and erot, a peculiar e'crescence found ro"in on

rain# That found on ears of corn is called smut, and on rye and "heat is called

erot, in some seasons "hen the "eather has !een hot and moist, thouh it is

found to a certain e'tent in all seasons on the corn# chic*ens fed on corn containin

much smut develop the follo"in symptoms= Diiness, staerin ait, lac*/lustre

feathers, leanness, lay fe" es and refuse to hatch< sometimes they fall on their

sides and dra" their cla"s convulsively toether "hen they attempt to arise< the

1nal symptom is a decay of the com! and feet, and then death follo"s# It "ill !e

seen from this that no matter ho" carefully fo"ls are attended they cannot escape

;*rie!el; if fed on corn or rain containin much smut or erot< many a "ell/*ept

hennery may have !een decimated from this cause, much to the pulement of its

proprietor# The cure, of course, is plain/remove the cause# The health of the oc*

"ill !e reained more rapidly !y ivin it three or four doen pellets of olanum ni#

every day in the drin*in "ater#

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8ice

The danerous louse to poultry is the lare ;ray/!lac*;, "ho "or*s on the head,

nec* and vents, is hard to 1nd as it lur*s close do"n on the s*in at the roots of the

feathers, and is so !lood/thirsty that one or t"o are enouh to *ill a youn chic*#

These lice are "ith chic*ens all the time, !ut especially durin .uly and Auust#

earch for them on the head, nec* and throat#

Ho"el disease in summer is a sin of lice< the sleepy disease, in "hich the chic*s

are sleepy or dro"sy, is a sin< refusal to eat< puny loo*in !ody, and slo" ro"th<

sudden deaths< radual "astin a"ay< constant cryin< loss of feathers on the head<

and other symptoms that appear surprisin or remar*a!le# Even in the cleanest of

house, "hen not a sin of lice can !e seen, loo* on the chic*s for the lare lice# $ot

only on chic*s !ut the lare !ody lice are nearly al"ays on adults# A chic* "ill never

et lousy unless the old fo"ls are near, and that is the reason "hy !rooder chic*s

ro" faster than those under hens# The lare lice "ill *ill duc*s suddenly# They *ill

nearly all the youn tur*eys that die# +henever you notice a sic* fo"l dustin itself

loo* for lice#



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There are as many remedies for these pests as there are ;cures for "arts; amon

school !oys, and yet the lice ourish# %ere are some of them=

+ash the fo"l "ith a decoction of a!sinthium ("orm/"ood)#

il of fennel dropped on the head or nec* "ill drive a"ay lice#

7lean the coop or hen/house thorouhly and "hite"ash it eBually as thorouhly#

u! the roosts "ith a mi'ture of *erosene oil and lard< if this is *ept up for a time

the vermin "ill disappear#

6umiate the hen/house "ith a pan of live coals and a handful of sulphur# (Also !e

very careful you do not set in 1re !y so doin)#

Apply *erosene freely to perches and "herever the lice may 1nd refue#

Put a little, a very little, *erosene on the fo"ls9 nec*/feathers, and this "ill drive

a"ay the lice from the fo"ls# He careful not to put on too much, as it is irritatin# A

ood ointment for lice is made !y mi'in a cup of lard "ith a teaspoonful of

*erosene#

To clear a house of eas, mites, tic*s, lice and such parasites, clean it, "ash it "ith

hot lime "ash, sprin*le the oor "ith a solution of car!olic acid, and rease the

roosts "ith a mi'ture of one pound of lard, one pint of ra" linseed oil, Buarter of a

pint of *erosene and a Buarter of a pound of sulphur#

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6or lice amon pieons, clean the house, or cote, thorouhly, and sprin*le it "ith

camphorated "ater, and supply the !irds "ith plenty of !athin "ater#

Green t"is of alder put into the coop, or house, and removed ne't day, "ill !e

found covered "ith the vermin#

If handfuls of "ild thyme !e thro"n in the coop and a!out the hen/house, lice "ill

rarely trou!le the fo"ls#

To clear sinin !irds of lice, *eep the cae clean, immerse it in scaldin "ater, and

let the !ird !athe freBuently# If lice are on the !ird, ta*e a piece of annel and putsome turpentine on it# 7atch the !ird and "rap him up in the annel as closely as

you can, "ithout hurtin him, leavin only his head e'posed# %old him for a fe"

minutes and then release him, and the annel "ill !e found covered "ith lice, or

some lice, at any rate# 6ire or scaldin "ater is then the !est treatment for the lice

after !ein cauht#



Amon the numerous parasitic pests of fo"ls, is one "hich "e may call ;red mites;#

They are noticed as !ein in countless myriads on the "alls and roosts# Another

class of mites, parasitical, are found under scales, on the com!s, and on the les

!elo" the feathers# If unmolested, the com! ro"s thic*er at the !ase, dar*er, and

furro"ed# The feathers of the head and nec* fall o&# The disease is infectious, and

"hen a fo"l is attac*ed, it should !e caed apart from the oc*# The treatmentmust !e e'ternal# The parts may !e painted "ith *erosene or "ashed "ith car!olic

soap# Another ood treatment is to "ash the a&ected parts and then anoint them

"ith sulphur cerate, "hich may !e o!tained at any homoeopathic house# Another

ood ointment, and one that can !e home/made, is t"o parts of s"eet oil or lard to

one part *erosene# ;ca!!y or scaly les; in poultry are due, perhaps entirely, to

these parasitical pests, and they may !e entirely removed !y a little care/"ashin

the le and ru!!in it "ith the *erosene ointment, or a very little pure *erosene# A

doen pellets of ulphur, in the "ater/cup of the fo"l under treatment, rene"ed

every day, "ill aid in the cure ena!lin the fo"l to reain a healthy s*in and com!

much sooner than "ithout it#

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ne ounce oil of cedar mi'ed "ith a pint of other oil and put on the nec*, !ac*,

etc#, of chic*ens is said to clear the lice a"ay# nly a fe" drops should !e used, as

rease is repunant to fo"ls#

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6or youn chic*s= t"o parts lycerine, one part car!olic acid, the t"o mi'ed "ith

1ve times their !ul* in "ater# Apply freely to sproutin feathers#

In conclusion, and in the "ords of an e'perienced poultry/man, ;lice means "or*;#

8iver complaint

It is rather dicult to detect this complaint until the fo"l is *illed, "hen the liver

"ill !e o!served to have an unnatural color and a certain rotten or cheesy loo*#

+hen alive, the fo"l has, if it may !e so e'pressed, a 4aundiced and !ilious loo*,

"ith alternate attac*s of diarrhoea and costiveness# Podophyllum "ill cure the

trou!le# -any cases of this diculty are caused !y the use of copperas solutions in

the drin*in "ater, !y ine'perienced poultry/men, *no"n as Doulas mi'tures#

-arasmus

-arasmus, or ;consumption;, as it is sometimes called, thouh neither desination

seems to !e Buite correct, is that disease in "hich the lands, secretin an oily uid

amon the tail feathers, !ecomes stopped# +hen this occurs the fo"ls cease

scratchin, sit a!out morose, !itin often at the root of the tail feathers, !ecome

constipated, ro" lean and die# The e'ternal treatment is the reopen the lands, if

possi!le, or to anoint the part "ith oil/s"eet oil !ein !est#



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uch treatment, "hile palliative, is not really curative, for it is fair to assume that

the disease is not due to e'ternal accidents# The homoeopathic remedy for the

complaint is %epar sulph# Isolate the fo"l, if possi!le, and put a doen pellets of the

remedy in her "ater/cup#

-oultin

Properly spea*in, this is not a disease !ut a normal process throuh "hich the

fo"ls pass "ithout diculty# hould it happen that the process is slo" and the fo"l

seems in a enerally, dry, arrested condition, ive it 7alcarea car!# If there is a ra"

corrodin uid amon the feathers, ive $atrum muriaticum# If fever, Aconite# ily

foods, such as suno"er/seeds, linseed/meal, etc#, are !ene1cial durin moultin#

Pip

A disease that a&ects the tonue and mouth of the fo"l, and is evidenced !y atouh, scaly ro"th on the tonue, and is often the result of dryness of the tonue

due to the cloin of the nostrils, "hich cause the fo"ls to !reathe throuh the

mouth# The term ;pip; is no" seldom used# The ;reular; treatment is to remove

the scale or s*in from the tonue "ith a *nife, and at the same time put a little

chlorate of potash into the mouth# Hut this heroic treatment is no" enerally

a!andoned, and is !oth trou!lesome and, far too often, totally ine&ective# The

homoeopathic treatment, on the other hand, involves no more trou!le than mi'in

the pellets in the "ater of the fo"ls and arranin that they drin* it#

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The disease seems really to !e a species of sore throat or diphtheria, !rouht on !y

sudden chane in the "eather, or catchin cold in some "ay# The hens are listless,

sit "ith open mouth, nostrils are cloed, com! loo*s unhealthy, and the crop is

mostly empty, pro!a!ly on account of the diculty in s"allo"in# As "ith roup, to

"hich it is a*in, ponia meets most cases, thouh -ercurius viv# is also indicated#

In many instances one dose of the former remedy completely cures# If, after several

days, no/improvement sets in, chane to -ercurius viv# If the complaint is very

prevalent, ive the remedy to the entire oc* in their "ater or food< if con1ned to a

fe", isolate them# Dose= from a doen up to four or 1ve doen pellets, o"in to sie

of oc*# In this, as in all other diseases, there is not the slihtest daner in ivin

too many pellets, for the curative virtue lies in the similia of the dose and not in its

;strenth;#

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oup



Knder this headin is rouped, too often, the "hole series of catarrhal a&ections# If

+e!ster9s Kna!rided is opened and ;oup; loo*ed up, the inBuirer is referred to

;oop;< turnin to that "ord he is aain referred to ;7roup;, and that really is

;oup;# Dunlison9s -edical Dictionary also ives the same derivation# The

di&erence !et"een croup and diphtheria, in !rief, and, "hat closer study "ould

pro!a!ly reveal to !e analoous, roup and pip, is, that in roup the mucus remainsslimy and striny, "hile in pip it hardens and forms the ;scale;# He that as it may,

roup is the !ane of chic*en/raisers and of chic*ens#

The disease is characteried !y a foul !reath, o&ensive dischares from the

nostrils, inamed and s"ollen head, sore eyes, and a can*erous/loo*in throat and

mouth#

The homoeopathic remedy for roup is ponia, and if homoeopathy had done

nothin else for poultry !reeders than to ive them this remedy< it "ould merit their

lastin ratitude# f its ecacy there can !e no dou!t# ponia is the soverein

remedy for croup in children, as countless thousands could testify, and it is thesame in croup, or roup, of fo"ls# That this theory is correct is con1rmed !y

e'perience "herever the remedy has !een administered to fo"ls# Hreeders, "ho

heretofore had lost 1fties and hundreds from roup, 1nd that their loss under ponia

diminished to ne't to nothin#

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In administerin the remedy, all that is reBuired is to dissolve from a doen to four

doen pellets in clean "ater, and put the "ater, the usual Buantity apportioned to

the fo"ls, in a clean vessel, "here they "ill drin* it# 7ontinue until the disease has

disappeared, "hich "ill !e in a very short time#

The disease sometimes called ;attle; in eese seems to !e nothin !ut a species

of oup, and ponia is the remedy for it#

Amon other homoeopathic remedies for oup may !e mentioned %epar sulph#,

Aconite, Arsenicum and Tartar emetic# Hut these "ill hardly !e called for often#

Hefore closin this su!4ect is may not !e amiss to Buote the follo"in testimony

from a correspondent of The Poultry 0eeper, a "ell/*no"n 4ournal=

;I don9t *no" !ut it "ill !e in place to say somethin more of the ponia# +hen I

last "rote I "as tryin it on a rooster that had the oup for si' months# 6or a "onderit cured him up# f course it "ould !e impossi!le to do this in every case# Lou *no" I

"rote you several times a!out losin my youn chic*s "ith the oup# +ell, I lost

three lots/?5@ in all# I *ept on tryin, and, after usin the ponia, I have only lost a

fe", and "ill have "inter frys instead of sprins frys;#

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Another correspondent "rites as follo"s=

;I am no" prepared to state unconditionally that ponia did it< circumstances as

more favora!le "eather, and my o"n rather costly e'perience of last year may

have had somethin to do "ith it< !ut the facts are that, from .uly, ?::>, "hen the

roup invaded my oc*s, until 6e!ruary, ?:>@, "hen !y dint of the 9survival of the1ttest9, health "as aain in a measure restored in my poultry house, my chic*ens

have yielded me very little income, and less pleasure, handlin and dosin, isolatin

and fumiatin, until I "as almost su&ocated and entirely disusted# ne/third of

my entire oc* succum!ed# 6act is also that althouh not a !eliever in

homoeopathic remedies, I used ponia this year on the strenth of the Poultry

0eeper9s recommendation, as soon as the dreadful disease sho"ed itself, a!out the

middle of Auust, and the last and most satisfactory fact is that my hens and

chic*ens never "ere in !etter health than they are no", and have !een since the

!einnin of eptem!er< only a sinle chic*en out of ?5@ havin died of the disease#

7ertainly, sinle e'amples do not prove a case, !ut the e'perience of many others,

"hich "ill not !e slo" to come in, should sho" that in ponia "e have a simple

and e&ective remedy aainst as terri!le a scoure as roup, the poultry fraternity

may "ell conratulate itself and than* the Poultry 0eeper;#

The foreoin "ritten !y a entleman in +isconsin# %ere is a !it of e'perience from

one, a citien of $e" Lor*=

;I had a!out t"enty cases of roup in my oc* this fall# I tried turpentine, lycerine

and car!olic acid, in proper proportions, "ithout e&ectin a sinle cure, and also

used chloralum and several other remedies "ithout any ood e&ect# I commenced

ponia a!out a "ee* ao, and part of them are no" "ell, and there is a very

mar*ed improvement in the rest of the case;#

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Another poultry/man "rites=

;ince you sent me ponia for a roup recipe I have iven it a thorouh trial, and

1nd it stri*es the very vital parts and does the "or*# I have tried a num!er of

recipes, and they all proved a failure, and "ith the same symptoms, and every

condition, the ponia has cured in every instance, and for your advice in the

matter I am under many o!liations# I have Buite a ood place here and e'pect to

raise a lare num!er of chic*ens the comin season;#

And still another=

;At the time I commenced usin the onia I had 1fteen or t"enty cases of roup,

and ne" ones comin do"n every day# They soon commenced to sho" sins of

improvement, and are all no" entirely "ell# ponia did the !usiness;#



8ater issues of this 4ournal contained a!undant con1rmatory evidence of the

inestima!le value of ponia in oup< one num!er contained letters from t"enty

di&erent correspondents from all parts of the country testifyin to the curative

po"ers of ponia#

It may not !e out of place to emphasie aain the necessity of ettin%omoeopathic ponia to o!tain these results# +e once read an Allopathic

professor9s account of ho" ponia is prepared and can arm that if any one

administered the remedy prepared as he directed no results "ould !e o!tained#

"elled crop

7aused !y eatin too much or from somethin that prevents the food from passin

out of the crop, as the passae from the crop to the iard may !e cloed "ith

lon dry rass, old ras, or other su!stances# The hen rues her feathers, thro"s

her head !ac* and her crop feels pac*ed ready to !urst# 6astin and entle

manipulation enerally cures# $u' vomica or Arsenicum "ill aid in ivin relief#

ome !reeders as a last resort cut the crop a little "ith a very sharp *nife, "ithdra"

the food and se" up the "ound "ith a sil* thread# In the latter case anoint the cut

"ith 7alendula cerate, or, if that is not at hand, "ith Arnica and "ater#

"elled head

6rom some cause not clear, the heads of hens "ill often s"ell reatly and !e very

hot# E'posure to drauhts of air, ho"ever, is a fruitful cause of !oth s"elled heads

and s"ollen eyes# ponia has iven relief in many cases !ut Helladonna is the

indicated remedy for this trou!le< Hryonia also "ill relive#

Thrush (aphthae)

7onsists of small vesicles or "hite spec*s on the mem!rane of mouth, tonue, etc#

There are several remedies for this condition of sore mouth or tomatitis< amon

them may !e name in their order= $itric acid if there is a eneral yello"ish

appearance< -ercurius viv# if red, spony, !leedin< taphisaria if pale, "hite and

readily !leedin< and Thu4a if there appears to !e a funus/li*e ro"th#

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Tumors, e'crescences

Domestic fo"ls are sometimes attac*ed "ith Tumors, "hich anyone "ill reconie

at a lance# Isolated the fo"l and dissolve a doen pellets of Arsenicum each day in

its "ater cup if it is supposed the Tumor is a natural ro"th, or, if caused !y in4ury,

%epar sulph# 7aulio"er/li*e e'crescences or seedy "arty ro"ths reBuire Thu4a#

Jesicles



mall Jesicles, or pimples a!out the sie of a pinhead, and pear/li*e, "ill sometimes

!e found on the nec*, com! and "attles of fo"ls# They hunt sunny places, droop

their "ins and ro"n lean# n the seven day the Jesicles ripen and improvement

sets in or the fo"l dies# Isolate the a&ected ones# $itric acid is the !est remedy<

dissolve in the "ater cup a doen or more pellets each day until cured#

+arts

+arts do not trou!le fo"ls often# The !est eneral prescription for them is Thu4a#

ccasionally there is met "ith in pieons and other fo"ls, "arty, cancerous or

ulcerous ro"ths in the mouth and throat# It is dicult to cure, !ut Arsenicum "ill in

many cases relieve# 6or "hat is *no"n as ;+art *in; (not 7hic*en/po') ive

7alcarea car!#

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+hite com!

This disease is said !y German authorities to !e a veeta!le parasite or funus,

"hich attac*s fo"ls sometimes# The com!s !ecome covered "ith "hat loo*s li*e a

"hitish dust, the feathers ro" scra"ny and the fo"l dies# The complaint seems to

!e contaious, and the fo"ls a&ected should !e isolated# The treatment

recommended !y the German poultry men is ulphur for a day or t"o in the

drin*in "ater, follo"ed !y taphisaria, "hich is the main remedy#

omethin "hich some"hat resem!les this complain "ill !e found under the

headin ;8ice;#

+orms

+hen any fo"l is *no"n !y o!servation to !e a&ected "ith "orms, 7ina, or the

active principle of that remedy, antonine, is the remedy# 7ontinue until ood health

is restored# a" esh is enerally the cause of "orms, !ut not al"ays#

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A !rief materia medica of the chief remedies prescri!ed in this !oo*

This -ateria -edica, condense from the standard homoeopathic te't/!oo*s, ives

some of the more prominent indications callin for the remedy named in human

!eins, the same indication demands the same remedy, "hether it occurs in man,

!east or fo"l< thus readers "ill not only !e ena!led to o!tain a clearer *no"lede of

the remedy their fo"ls reBuire, !ut at times to select a remedy for their o"n ills# It

must !e present in order to call for it# A fe" of them, or even one, "ill !e relieved !y

the remedy if truly indicated#

Aconitum napellus



estlessness# An'iety# %eadache as if the !rain "ere moved or raised# Eyes starin,

red, inamed# 6or inammation resultin from forein su!stances in the eyes#

Jiolent sneein, feverish, thirsty "ith corya# 6or !einnin ;of cold;# Toothache in

sound teeth, or neuralia, from e'posure to cold, dry "inds# Dry !urnin throat# 6or

!einnin of pleurisy or pneumonia# pittin of !riht, frothy !lood# Pressure as of a

"eiht in the pit of the stomach# Krine hot, painful, red# -il* fever# Teethin, "ithhot inamed ums# 8arynitis, "ith inammatory fever# Dry, hac*in couh# %ot

!reath# ppression of the chest "hen movin fast# Pulse full and hard in fevers#

Great irritation of the nervous system# *in red, dry and !urnin< s"eatin "hen

covered and attac*s of chilliness# leeplessness of old ae# General indications are

dry fever, heat, and especially restlessness# Aconite is very useful in the 1rst staes

of a lare num!er of ailments#

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Apis melli1ca

Inammatory a&ections "ith reat s"ellin, almost li*e dropsy# The pain is of a

!itin, stinin, !urnin character, li*e that arisin from the stin of a !ee# A reat

indication for the selection of this remedy is the "ant of thirst in spite of fever and

inammation# The same holds ood in dropsical a&ections# ore throat "ith stinin

pain "hen s"allo"in# Incipient diphtheria# Erysipelas# And e'tremely valua!le

remedy in a reat variety of diseases of the eye, inammatory#

Apocynum canna!inum

%eaviness of the head evenins# %ydrocephalus# Great thirst, !ut "ater disarees#

Dropsy# Acute inammatory dropsy# E'cretions of urine and s"eat reatly

diminished# Dropsy and dropsical conditions#

Arnica montana

E'ternally# A lotion of one part tincture to ten of "ater, to !e applied to all in4uries

from falls, !lo"s, concussions and sprains# Internally (in pellets), for all heavy !lo"s

or concussions# Hladder a&ections from mechanical in4uries# Pleurisy from

mechanical in4uries# heumatism of la!orers# Palpitation and ;strain; of the heart

after violent e'ertion# ;7lerymen9s sore throat;# Hruised feelin# Great physical

fatiue# Ill e&ects from !lo"s or heavy e'ertion enerally# $euralia follo"in

in4uries# $ose !leed "ith ;!lac*ish; !lood#

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Arsenicum al!um

%eadache, motion aravates# 7hronic eruptions, "ith pustules on the head#

Jiolent !urnin in the eyes# Dischares of cadaverous odor from the ears# +atery

dischare causin !urnin and smartin in the nostrils# 7ancerous ulcers on the



face# Eruptions, sores and ulcers on mouth or lips# Thirst, drin*s often !ut little at a

time# 6reBuent vomitin# Jomitin immediately after eatin# %eat and !urnin in the

pit of the stomach# Diarrhoea after chillin the stomach !y food or drin*# Ill e&ects

of cold "ater or ice cream# %aemorrhaes from !o"els, dar* and o&ensive# Asiatic

cholera "ith "atery dischares# udden catarrh threatenin su&ocation at niht#

Dicult !reathin# Tihtness of chest# Aoniin heart pains# Trem!lin lim!s<violent startin "hile fallin asleep# Jery rapid sin*in of strenth# Dreams full of

care, sorro" and fear# Eruptions, pimples, car!uncles, cancers, lupus# Had e&ects

from to!acco che"in, Buinine or alcohol# Hites of animals# udden and e'treme

de!ility, !urnin pans and !ad eruptions# %aemorrhoids, "ith !urnin, li*e 1re#

Arsenicum iodatum

Enlared scrofulous lands# Hlood poisonin "ith de!ilitatin s"eats# Eruptions in

syphilitic patients# 8ast staes of diphtheria and croup, putrefaction# Diarrhoeas,

dar*, mushy stools#

Helladonna

Delirium# Hlood mounts to the head# .umpin, violent, thro!!in headache, eyes

feel as if startin from their soc*ets# %eadache from heat of the sun# 6ace s"ollen

and hot# Jiolent thirst and desires sour drin*s# carlet fever# Attac*s of couhin, as

if from dust# Erysipelas# Had e&ects from smo*in to!acco# Peritonitis# uits full/

!looded people# 7onestion of !lood# ed, inamed s"ellins, red, feverish states#

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Hryonia al!a

%eadache !einnin in the mornin and increasin, as thouh the head "ould

!urst, till evenin= "orse on motion# %ot, soft puness of face# 7orya, "ith

reenish dischare from the nose# Hitter taste# Anry, disareea!le temper#

oreness in pit of stomach "hen couhin# Hiliousness# Desire to !reathe deeply,

!ut cannot on account of pain in the chest# Pleurisy# Pains in the 4oints# heumatism#

Great aravation of su&erin from heat# 7onstipation= stools hard, dar* !ro"n or

!lac*, dry, as if !urnt# 8um!ao# Profuse, o&ensive s"eat# Lello" s*in# In eneral,

!ilious complaints and all complaints "orse on motion# 7atarrh "ith dryness# Dry

mouth and throat# 8um!ao#

7alcarea car!onica

crofulous ophthalmias# %air dry, fallin out, dandru&, and enerally sca!!y and

unhealthy# ore, ulcerated nostrils# ena# 6ace pale, !loated, old and "rin*led

loo*in# Dicult teethin# 7ouh dry= e'pectoration salty# 7hronic dyspepsia# 6elons#

6eet cold, damp, !unions# Ta*es cold easily# Epilepsy< marasmus# 7rac*in of 4oints,

as if dry# %eadache in school children# crofulous inammation of the ear# *in dry,

shrivelled# in"orms# 6or ric*ety and scrofulous people or unhealthily lare



children< !i headed# Enlarement of the liver, "ith 4aundice< liver sore# 7hronic

dyspepsia, "ith aversion to "arm food or drin*# +hite s"ellin of *nee/4oint#

Inammation of hip/4oint# 7hronic form of intermittent fever# -any cases of oitre#

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7amphora ocinalis

udden and e'treme prostration# 6ace pale, livid, cold# 7old s"eat# 7holera# 7holera

mor!us# ic*ness from to!acco# Tonue cold# -outh cold# ummer complaint# Hody

cold# tranury# Inuena "hen patient feels cold and chilly# %ands cold, !luish#

Great prostrations# Impotence# 7hill, "ith shiverin and sha*in< chatterin teeth#

Knhealthy coldness# 7holera, cramps, cold prostrations# ($#H# /The remedy used

should !e homoeopathic camphora, and not the crude dru from the ;camphor

!ottle;#)

7ar!o veeta!ilis

Ailments from eatin fat meats, por*, etc#, or in "ater/!rash, sour risin, reat

atulency "ith constant eructations# pasms in the stomach "ith !urnin and

achin pains# Ailments after a!use of mercury, as o&ensive !reath, !leedin of the

ums, can*er in the mouth# Kseful in all *inds of foul/smellin dischares, even from

ulcers# Had e&ects from drin*in ice "ater, such as colic# enile anrene, humid

le# 7orrosive leucorrhoea#

7austicum

Ailments resultin from suppressed eruptions li*e measles, scarlatina, etc# 8oss of

voice# Paralytic conditions, sciatica# +ea*ness of nec* of the !ladder, children"ettin the !ed# Acid dyspepsia# %orny "arts#

7hamomilla

7hild cries, Buiet only "hen carried< "hinin, restless< "ants thins, and "hen

o&ered pushes them a"ay< peevish, nothin pleases, one chee* red "hile the other

is pale# Eructation sour, inclination to vomit# 7onvulsions of children# tool reen,

"atery or li*e chopped es, "ith colic# 6or children durin teethin and for infantile

colic, earache# A valua!le remedy for uterine haemorrhaes#

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7ina maritima

7hild does not "ant to !e touched< cannot !ear you to come near it< uneasy and

distressed# 7hild pic*s at its nose# Grinds its teeth "hen asleep# Knnatural huner#

The chief remedy for "orms in children# (antonine cures "orms if 7ina fails)#

7hina ocinalis



%eaviness in the head, faintin, temporary loss of siht, rinin in the ears< cold

surface# After haemorrhae# Jertio, after loss of animal uids# %eadache "orse in

the open air, !etter from hard pressure# %a!itual nose!leed# 6latulency# %eart!urn#

%ectic fever, freBuent niht s"eats, diarrhoea, pallor, sleepless, nervous# After

e'haustin disease or loss of animal uid# 7hills and fever, especially in s"arthy

persons# 6or all losses of animal uids# apid emaciation, "ith indiestion, voraciousappetite, undiested stools and copious niht s"eats# inin in the ears#

7olchicum autumnale

Great thirst !ut no appetite, smell of food disustin# Intense neuralic headache,

"ith ine&ectual e&orts to sneee# tomach icy cold, colic distension# Hreathin

asthmatic# heumatic pains in el!o", "rist, 1ner/4oints# edematous s"ellin and

coldness in les and feet# Tinlin in toes li*e after !ein frosted# mell of coo*in

nauseates# +ants thins, !ut "hen !rouht they nauseate# Kseful "ith asthmatic,

outy, rheumatic people#

7orallium ru!rum

Is very servicea!le in nervous couhs and "hoopin/couh, mostly durin the

spasmodic stae< also, in -illar9s asthma of children# ensation as if cold air passed

throuh the respiratory orans, "hen ta*in a lon !reath#

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Drosera rotundifolia

+hoopin/couh in periodically returnin paro'ysms, "ith vomitin, the child

feelin !etter durin motion than durin rest# +hoopin/couh "ith haemorrhaefrom the nose and mouth< nose/!leed, especially mornin and evenin, or "hen

stoopin# 7ouh "orse at niht, and made "orse !y sinin, lauhin, cryin,

smo*in and drin*in# ppression of chest as if air could not !e e'pired#

Dulcamara

Dull headache, continuous# Achin in eyes "hen readin# 7orya "orse after

slihtest e'posure# alivation# -enses suppressed !y cold# heumatic pleuritis and

pleuro/pneumonia "ith touh, dicult, discolored sputa# Erysipelas of feet# Pains in

the 4oints after e'posure to cold# endin pain in side, up"ard# Tetter ooin a

"atery uid, !leeds after scratchin# $ettle/rash "ith much itchin< after scratchinit !urns< increases in "armth, !etter in cold# 6leshy "arts# Kseful, in eneral, in

ailments arisin from cold, "et "eather, especially in phlematic, scrofulous, torpid,

people< catarrhal trou!les al"ays "orse in cold, "et "eather, "ith free secretion of

mucus< lameness in small of !ac* after ettin "et#

Euphrasia ocinalis



Eyes "ith s"ollen alutinated lids# Thic* yello" dischare from the eyes# titchin

pressure in the eyes# ensation as of sand in the eyes# pacity in the cornea#

7atarrhal ophthalmia "ith lachrymation and mucous dischare# Profuse o" of acrid

tears# Inammation and ulceration of the marin of the lids# Profuse, !land, uent

corya, "ith scaldin tears and aversion to liht# 7ouh, can scarcely et !reath#

Attac*s of heat durin the day, "ith redness of face and cold hands# %as stronaction on ailments of the eyes in connection "ith colds#

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Gelsemium sempervirens

7omplete loss of muscular po"er from "ant of nerve/tone# Paralysis# 7ere!ro/

spinal/meninitis# Infantile remittent fever, and other fevers havin a remittent

character# 6everish conditions "ith reat restlessness# $euralia "ith nervous

t"itchins# Prostration from niht "atchin# +ea*ness of siht, dou!le vision#

A&ections from prostration of hot "eather# %iccouh if chronic# +riter9s cramp#

Especially useful for all ;colds;, or catarrhs, contracted in hot, moist "eather#

7atarrh#

Graphites

Dirty crusts on the scalp# Every thin turns !lac* !efore the eyes "hen stoopin#

tyes on lo"er lid< "ens on the lids# Eruptions !ehind the ears< 1ssures sca!s# Dry

sca!s in the nose, "ith sore crac*ed, ulcerated nostrils< purulent, foetid secretion#

ca!s on the face, s*in dry, !eard falls out# otten odor from mouth and ums# Tape

"orm# 6issuro ani# Emissions "ithout erections# $octurnal emissions, accid (lon/

standin complaint)# %ydrocele, left side# 8eucorrhoea dischares in ushes# %ard

scars# A!scess# %ard, dry respiration# %orny hands, crac*ed ra" places, nails !lac*

and rouh# 7allous ulcers on the feet (Buarter crac* in horses)# Hurnin in old scars#

ld scars from ulcers# +ill remove or lessen scars# 6or unhealthy, hard, dry, crac*ed,

sca!!y s*in and slo" foul ulcerated conditions#

%epar sulphur

-ornin headache "orse from every 4ar# Hoils on head and nec*# 6allin out of hair,

"ith sore pimples and !ald !lotches# Dischare of foetid pus from the ear# Painful

!oils# curfy eruptions# 8oose rattlin couh# 7roup# Knhealthy s*in, sliht in4uries

suppurate# Klcers dischare !loody pus# "eats day and niht "ithout relief, or 1rst

he cannot s"eat, then profusely# Promotes suppurative process as in a!scess, !oils,

sty, um!oils, ;run/rounds; and "hitlo"< for ;ripe colds; and e&ects of a!use of

mercury#

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Inatia amara



Kseful in hysteric a&ections< also convulsive and spasmodic disorders, especially

"hen occasioned !y rief< reat e'cita!ility of the nervous system< pain from the

least touch< headache as if a nail "ere driven into the head, !etter from eatin<

chronic nihtly couh< concussive spasmodic couh, especially on "al*in# Pain and

pressure in the throat !et"een the acts of delutition, as if a !all "ere loded there

ciatica recurrin durin cold "eather# ciatica in eneral#

Ipecacuanha

%eat and thro!!in in head, "ith red chee*s# 8oss of smell< catarrh "ith nausea#

$ausea constant "ith all complaints# Jomitin, !ile, dar*/colored su!stance "ith or

"ithout !lood, sour uid, al"ays "ith nausea# Indescri!a!le sic* feelin in the

stomach# Diarrhoea, fermented, reenish, slimy, !loody follo"ed !y strainin#

Diarrhoea from unripe fruit# Krine scanty, dar* red< unsuccessful urin# Profuse

menstruation "ith constant nausea# $ausea "ith attendin ills< chiey of mucous

mem!ranes and stomach#

-ercurius corrosivus

phthalmia "ith profuse dischare# Inammation of the !o"els# Dysentery, it

accompanied !y retention of urine< stools of !lood and mucus# Hloody micturition<

inammation of the urethra "ith yello"ish dischare# 6ever, "ith !urnin heat, cold

s"eat# $ihtly !one/pains# Hloody u'# In eneral similar to -ercurius !ut more

violent#

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-ercurius solu!ilis

%ead feels as if in a vice or !ound "ith a hoop, "orse at niht# 6oetid, sour/smellin

oily s"eat on the head# Purulent dischare, reen from the ears# 7orya, nose red

shinin s"ollen, "orse at niht# Teeth loose, toothache from caries< ums painful,

s"ollen, !leedin, recedin from the teeth# aena, o&ensive, sore !ones#

Erysipelatous inammation of the throat, ra"ness, rouhness, mouth full of saliva<

tonsils dar* red, ulcerous, !ut rarely diphtheritic# 7onstipation, stools tenacious or

crum!lin, violent strainin, sometimes "ith !lood# 7ouh, violent rac*in, "orse at

niht as if head and chest "ould !urst, short !reath and sometimes !loody sputum#

crofulous catarrh# Achin in the !ones# Paralysis aitans# 7hronic inammation of

the liver "ith 4aundice# yphilitic conditions enerally# Jenereal ulcers#

$atrium muriaticum

Intermittent fever, chill !einnin in the mornin, !ac*ache# Profuse s"eat havin a

sour smell# -alarial poisonin# %eadache, as if !urstin< !eatin or stitches throuh

nec* and chest# E'cessively sore, red eyelids# %eart/!urn al"ays after eatin#

7onstipation< dicult stool "ith 1ssures at the anus# 7hronic catarrh of the ear#

Greasy s*in#



$itricum acidum

Kseful in inammation and ulceration of the !ones< syphilis ad sycosis< tedious

suppuration and landular diseases< sore throat, from syphilis on a!use of mercury<

pric*in pains as from splinters< carious ulcers< pain in old sores on chane of the

"eather< !ro"n/red spots on the s*in and !oils# Is often reBuired in secondarysyphilis and mercurial ailments, small/po'# Pneumonia in old people# Hleedin "arts#

Had frec*les of the s*in# (esem!les -ercurius in many respects#)

$u' vomica

%ypochondriac mood of persons of sedentary ha!its< of those "ho dissipate#

%eadache from drin*in spirituous liBuors< red !lotched face or yello" ad orid#

Eyes !urnin and smartin# Toothache "ith s"ollen face# Taste< !itter, sour, tonue

heavily coated "hite, or yello"# Had e&ects of co&ee, alcoholic drin*s and

de!auchery# Indiestion after a!use of drus (too much allopathic or ;patent;

medicines)# edentary ha!its, hih livin# 8iver s"ollen, sensitive caused !y

de!auchery or hih livin# .aundice "ith constipation, from sedentary ha!its or

a!use of alcohol# Alternate constipation and diarrhoea# ouhness and ra"ness in

the chest# $ervous prostration from mental over"or*#

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pium

This remedy is freBuently suita!le to drun*ards and old people, and to persons on

"hom other medicines are slo" to act# Dream# tupid sleeplessness< conseBuence

of friht< trem!lin, 4er*in convulsions !einnin "ith riidity of the "hole !ody,

loud cries< epilepsy< tetanus< painters9 paralysis< delirium tremens< e'pectoration of

frothy !lood "hen couhin< constipation from torpor of the !o"els< stupor

occasioned !y falls, !lo"s or other accidents# Jalua!le in apople'y "ith stupor and

cold e'tremities< also in threatened apople'y of drun*ards#

Phosphorus

Impendin paralysis of !rain and collapse< softenin of the !rain# Dandru& copious<

hair comes out in !unches# Had e&ects from e'cessive use of salt# After drin*in as

soon as "ater !ecomes "arm it is thro"n up# .aundice "ith pneumonia or !rain

disease# e'ual e'citement, lascivious dreams, emissions and "ea*ness# Asthma

"ith fear of su&ocation< loss of voice, rattlin !reathin, hoarseness "ith couh andra"ness< couh "orse at niht and chanin from "arm to cold# Hroncho/pulmonary

catarrh# Pneumonia, "eiht on chest# Typhoid pneumonia# Pleuritis# Tu!erculosis in

the tall, slender or rapidly ro"in# Great de!ility, freBuent attac*s of !ronchitis#

7lammy s"eat# Hlood !oils# pen cancers !leedin easily# General tendency to fatty

deeneration# oftenin of the !rain< !rain al"ays feels tired#

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Podophyllum peltatum

E'cessive secretion of !ile< reat irrita!ility of the liver< torpidity of the liver<

4aundice< chronic hepatis< hyperaemia of liver# ;Hilious attac*s;# Prolapsus ani, "ith

stool, even from least e'ertion, follo"ed !y stool or thic*, transparent mucus, or

mi'ed "ith !lood# Piles "ith prolapsus ani and lon standin diarrhoea# Hilioustemperaments#

Pulsatilla pratensis

Especially adapted to female deranements, children and to persons of mild, entle

dispositions, !ut valua!le in many complaints of all persons# %eadache from

overloaded stomach, pastry, fat food# heumatic headache# Deafness, as if ears

"ere stopped< from cold< earache< !land, nearly ino&ensive dischare# 7orya, "ith

loss of sense of taste and smell, or diminished# 8oss of taste "ith catarrh, nothin

tastes ood# Thirstlessness# Eructations, tastin of food# Pressure on the pit of the

stomach after eatin< colic from cold "ith diarrhoea< from ices, fruits, pastry#

Phthisis orida, suppurative stae< chlorotic irls# Pain in chest, as if ulcerated#

7atchin pains in reion of the heart, !urnin, palpitation# titches in small of !ac*#

Pain in small of the !ac*, as from stoopin lon# Pains that shift from place to place#

%ysteria# 6aintin 1ts, pale face, shiverin# Epileptic convulsions from suppressed

menses# Tired, "orn/out feelin# 6littin chilliness, no" here, no" there# emaciation#

Acts especially "ith liht/haired or !lue/eyed, fair people# ld, painful chil!lains#

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hus to'icodendron

ti&ness or lameness on 1rst movin after rest< !etter after e'ercise# 7omplaints

from ettin "et "hile over/heated# Erysipelas# Hurnin, dra"in, tearin in face#

6issure of anus, "ith periodical, profuse, !leedin piles# ti& nec*, pain in shoulders

and !ac*, "ith sti&ness as from a sprain# E&ects from ettin "et or sleepin in

damp, cold places# 8um!ao, increased !y cold# ciatica# prain from over/liftin#

heumatism, 4oints sti& or red, and shinin# Eruptions, red, measly, itchin, !urnin#

Ecema, surface ra"# 7hil!lains# Jalua!le for e&ects of strains on the muscles from

liftin# -uscular rheumatism, "ithout much fever or inammation# Acne rosacea#

ilicea terra

Jiolent periodic headache# Am!lyopia of the eyes from a!use of stimulants# 7oryalon lastin# 7aries of the !ones# 7arious teeth# Ailments caused !y vaccination#

8ac* of vital "armth< scrofulous constitutions< foot s"eat< "ater/!rash "ith

chilliness< couh hollo", spasmodic< niht s"eats# $ails yello", !rittle# 7ancer,

1stulous openins< yello" dirty, or "a'/li*e s*in# +hile %epar sulphur tends to

promote the suppurative (festerin) process, !rinin it out ;to a head;, ilicea

tends to heal that already esta!lished# A!scess at roots of teeth#



ponia tosta

%eadache in !ac* part of the head# -em!ranous croup, su&ocatin attac*s,

!ar*in couh# Thic*, o&ensive, viscous mucus# 8arynismus stridulus# Inammation

of the laryn', trachea and !ronchia# 7hronic couh, violent attac*s, !rouht up

small, hard tu!ercle# Asthma# +heein, la!orin !reath# %erpes#

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taphisaria

%ypochondriacal, apathetic, "ea* memory, face sun*en, "ea* les, !ac*ache,

prostration, resultin from a!use of se'ual orans# %erpes, dry, "ith sca!s# Klcers in

scurvy# Toothache from old decayed teeth# 7ertain deep couhs, not chronic#

7hronic out "ith nodosities#

ulphur

A&ects the "hole oranism, renderin it suscepti!le to the action of other

remedies, !ut more noticea!ly acts on the s*in< itchin< frec*les< yello", !ro"n, at

spots< s*in rouh, scaly, sca!!y< herpes sca!!y and scurfy< eruptions< "hitlo"<

!lac* pores on nose# ften precedes 7alcarea car!#

Antimonium tartaricum

This is an important remedy in the 1rst stae of inuena< dry couh and a&ections

of the chest< also, in !ilious a&ections< small/po'< asphy'ia of ne"/!orn infants#

Pustular eruptions of the "hole !ody< stupefyin headache, "ith pressure a!ove the

eyes< nausea, vomitin and diarrhoea, violent oppression of the stomach<su&ocative spasmodic couh< rattlin of mucus, couhin and sneein< diculty of

!reathin, especially at niht< palpitation of the heart and oppression of the chest#

Thu4a occidentalis

%eadache "orse from heatin# Eyes= chronic con4unctivitis# +atery, o&ensive

dischare from the ear# Klcers in the mouth# Had e&ects of vaccination# 7aulio"er

e'crescences# +arts# Hleedin, funous ro"ths# +hite, scaly, dry, mealy herpes#

Emaciation and deafness of a&ected parts,# 6iner/tips num!, as if dead, E'tremely

foetid s"eat of the feet# Dysuria# epressed onorrhoea#

Jeratrum al!um

7holera, cholera mor!us, "ith cold s"eat on forehead, and cramps< lips !luish<

coldness< cramps in the calves of the les#

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Gastric catarrh, reat "ea*ness, cold, sudden sin*in# E'ternal chill and coldness

"ith internal heat# heumatic fever, "ith profuse s"eat, reat "ea*ness and

diarrhoea# Typhoid forms of fever in cholera season# ften indicated after

Arsenicum#

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