SCURVY IN GOLDFISH 



DR. WILLIAM L. PYLE 



RED OPAQUE-SCALED TELESCOPE GOLDFISH 



The body is long, but the ey^es and fins are splendidly developed 

 Owned by Fred Schaefer 



Physicians have long noted that when 

 babies are fed on condensed milk, or any 

 form of dead or sterilized food, man) of 

 them develop scurvy. Some of their 

 symptoms are restlessness, stomach trou- 

 ble, loose bowels, even dysentery and 

 skin hemorrhages (Petechia). Finally, 

 if not given some live food, such as 

 orange juice or raw milk, it grows stead- 

 ily worse, until some intercurrent affec- 

 tion like pneumonia or measles carries it 

 off, because of its previously weakened 

 condition from the scurvy. When a 

 proud mother shows me her exclusively 

 condensed milk- fed baby I can only con- 

 gratulate her on her good luck, and at the 

 same time remember that the graveyards 

 are full of just that kind — but this arti- 



cle is on scurvy of goldfish. 



When daphne is plentiful no fancier 

 thinks of losing a fish, because it is a 

 live food and a typical one. You may foul 

 the tank by feeding too much of it, but 

 the fish will not only survive, but thrive. 

 During the months of winter, however, 

 daphne is scarce or unobtainable, and the 

 dried form of it is only on a par with 

 the many prepared foods on the market. 

 They may all be good, but should not be 

 fed to the exclusion of some form of live 

 food. 



The common American goldfish is very 

 tenacious of life, and may survive a 

 whole winter in a foul tank and fed on 

 the common rice wafer, but place a gen- 

 tle moor or a dainty blue telescope in 



