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Guyana: Old time bird ‘flu remedies

Categories: Caribbean, Guyana, Arts & Culture, Environment, Health

“Almost everyday I open the newspaper…what I see? Reports about how many birds in which country sneeze, which ones had aches and pain and cough and fever and…,” writes [1] Guyana-gyal in an unusual meditation on old-time remedies used to treat sick chickens and the person she wishes she could give a good dose of the stuff to.