Vlil. CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEK XVIII. 



DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 



General remarks. Rabies canina, or hydrophobia. Causes. Geographical distribution; 

 symptoms. Dumb and barking rabies. Post-mortem appearances. Rabies in the 

 borse, ox, sheep, pig, and cat. Epilepsy; its symptoms. Dr Brown-Se"quard's researches 

 on epilepsy. Description of convulsions induced artificially. Treatment of epilepsy. 

 Catalepsy in the dog; in a wolf; in the horse Chorea, or St Virus's Dance. Dr 

 Todd's views symptoms treatment. Tetanus traumatic and idiopathic symp- 

 toms. Nature treatment. Diseases of the brain. Vertigo. Congestion. Megrims. 

 Erroneous views commonly entertained on this subject. Symptoms. Prevention. 

 Encephalitis phrenitis, or inflammation of the brain. Meningitis, or inflammation of 

 the membranous coverings of the brain. Difficulty of distinguishing inflammation of 

 the brain from that of its meninges. Causes and symptoms of encephalitis in cattle. 

 Encephalitis in the horse. Treatment. Apoplexy, or extravasation of blood. Coma. 

 Immobility, or sleepy staggers. Softening, Induration. Atrophy. Hypertrophy. 

 Dropsy, or hydrocephalus. Tumours. Diseases of the spinal cord. Paralysis. Hemi- 

 plegia. Paraplegia Congestion. Inflammation. Softening. Dropsy. Louplng ill in 

 sheep. Trembling. Thorter ill. Cancer of the spinal cord. Diseases of the nerves. 

 Neuritis. Neuroma. 



CHAPTER XIX 



ON THE FOOT, AND THE ART OF SHOEING. 



Horn. Secreting structures. Papillae. Laminae. Horn cells. Horn fibres. Growth of 

 human nail and horse's hoof. On shoeing. History of the art. The wall, sole, and 

 frog of a horse's foot. Bones of the foot. Peculiarities of the coffin bone. Prevailing 

 errors on the subject. Preparation of the horse's foot for shoeing. The " rogne pied" 

 or toeing knife. French system of forging shoes. Art of shoeing in England. How to 

 make shoes. Application of machinery. Form of nails. The French method of forging 

 shoes. English shoeing. Stamping and fullering shoes. Comparison between English 

 and French nails. Oriental method of shoeing. Comparison x between English and 

 French shoeing Relative labour in making fullered and stamped shoes. Fullered 

 shoe sometimes specially advantageous. On the weight of shoes. Number of nails. 

 Position of nail-holes. Toe-pieces. On fitting the shoe. 



CHAPTER XX. 



ON THE DISEASES TO WHICH THE FEET OF HORSES ARE SUBJECT. 

 Contraction of the foot. Flat or convex soles. Thrush, its causes and treatment. 

 Canker. Corns, their connection with horny tumours. Sand-crack. False-quarter. 

 Fissure. Keraphylocele. Seedy toe. Over-reach. Treads. Pricks by nails or other 

 sharp-pointed bodies. Quittor. Founder, acute and chronic. Navicular disease, or 

 navicular joint lameness. 



