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clroi)S of L'li!i.T or lour or five drojjs of tiucUirc of cam- 

 phor may be injected under the skin as a stimulant. 

 In case the disease is due to ru])ture of the ox-iduct 

 or ])erforation of the intestine, treatment is useless; if 

 it has followed inflammation of the intestine, the 

 treatment for enteritis should be combined with that 

 for ])eritonitis. Peritonitis from cajjonizing sliould l^e 

 guarded against l)y sterilizing the instruments and 

 ajjplying a germicide (corrosive su])limate 1 grain, 

 water 4 ounces), to the skin before beginning th.e 

 operation. 



CHRONIC PERITONITIS, ASCITES, ABDOMINAL DROPSY. 



IJfjuid in the abdominal cavity may result from a 

 mild or chronic case of ])eritonitis, and it is said by 

 some writers to be due to anaemia in young birds, and 

 to the obstruction of the venous circidation in older 

 ones. The condition is shown by the enlargement of 

 the abdomen which is distended until it nearly or 

 quite reaches the ground when the bird is standing. 

 If examined b}- slight pressure of the hand the swell- 

 ing is found U) l)e soft and fluctuating; it will jn'eld in 

 one place and cause a greater distension at another. 

 That is, it gives the sensation of a sac filled with 

 liciuid. 



Fowls affected in this way are dull, disinclined to 

 move, generally feeble, with ])ale coinl) and diminish- 

 ed appetite. 



The treatment of this condition is not profitable, 

 but, in s])ecial cases, stimulating diet with consider- 

 able animal food, tonics and diuretics, may be tried. 

 Iodide of ])otassium or iodide of iron in doses of 1 

 grain is ])articularly indicated. 



DISEASES OE Tin'. l.IX'I-.k. 



The liver is one of the largest and most important 



