46 LEHMAN'S POULTRY DOCTOR. 



ASTHENIA — GOING LIGHT. 



This is a condition in fowls for which there aro no 

 particular symptoms except gradual and extreme loss 

 in weight. 



It is supposed to be due to a bacterium, causing a 

 catarrhal condition of the duodenum (the first portiLn 

 of the intestine, next the gizzard.) The disease is 

 therefore infectious; it is chronic, usually ending in 

 death in several months. 



Treatment is first looking after the sanitary con- 

 ditions as in all infectious diseases, and removal to new 

 runs if possible. 



Give one-fourth grain of calomel every four hours 

 until the bowels move freely; follow by giving five or 

 ten drops of elixir iron, quinine and strychnine, 

 three times a day, with good nutritious food. 



PERITONITIS and ABDOMINAL DROPSY. 



Peritonitis is inflammation of the delicate membrane 

 which lines the abdominal cavity and covers the bow- 

 els and other organs in the abdomen. 



Causes: It may be caused by direct injury, such as 

 wounds through the walls into the abdomen, or some 

 injury to the bowels causing perforation and letting 

 the contents escape through, or it may be inflamma- 

 tion extending from other organs, as the liver, bov/els, 

 or even the egg organs or testicles; it often follows 

 caponizing. 



Symptoms; There is evidence of great pain and un- 



^Itainens; the bird will ftppe^r hot or feverish,, espec- 



