INDEX. 



629 



Poultry, gizzard in, . . . 185 



horny substance on the 



mandibles of, acts as teeth, . 182 



intestines in, . . 187 



jaws of, . . . 181 



liver in, ... 190 



lousiness in the horse, 



Glossary, Parasite, . . 606 



mouth of, ... 180 



organs of mitrition in, 180 



pancreas or sweetbread 



in, 191 



pharynx in, . . 184 



salivary glands in, . 182 



spleen of, . . . 194 



stomach in, . . 185 



tongue in, . . . 183 



weights of, . . 578 



Prehension of food by animals, . 194 



of liquids by animals, 196 



Prim se viae, Glossary, . . 606 



Primrose order of plants, . . 408 

 Products of disintegrated solids, 



do they nourish ? . 76 



Proteine, 308 



Glossary, ... 606 



compounds, . . 72 



and urea, chemical rela- 

 tions of, .... 525 



more of hydrogen in, 



than in urea, .... 493 

 Proximate principles of bo- 

 dies, . . . 290, 305, 310 



cry stall isable 



azotised in connection with food, 310 



acid, of adie- 



tetic character, . . . 336 



of barley, . 467 



of barley straw, 468 



of the bean, 368 



of the white 



Belgian carrot, ... 388 



of cereals, 453 



common to all 



food perfectly nourishing, . 539 



of Jerusalem 



artichoke, .... 401 



of mangold- 



wurzel, 409 



and salts in 



cow's milk, .... 284 

 adapted to ani- 

 mal nutriment are three, . 48 



of the oat, 463 



of oat straw, 464 



of organic 



nature, 305 



of the parsnip, 392 



of the pea, 369 



of the potato, 407 



ofrye, . 472 



of rye straw, 473 



saccharine or 



amylaceous group, . . 311 



Proximate principles of tops of man- 



gold-wurzel, .... 410 



of wheat, dried, 454 



of wheat straw, 



dried, 455 



Psalterium, third stomach in the ox, 98 



Ptyaline, 493 



Pulex, Glossary, Parasite, . 604 



Purslane order of plants, . . 386 



Pyroligueous acid, . . . 339 



Quince, 384 



Radish, common, . . . 355 



Ramus, the, .... 23 



Rape, 349 



cake, analysis of, . . 349 



Raspberry, .... 384 

 Recapitulation of Flourens's ex- 

 periments on the rumination in 



the sheep, .... 155 



of nutrition in the 



horse, 81 



of Playfair's con- 

 clusions, .... 528 

 Rectified spirit, Glossary, Alcohol, 584 



Rectum, 34 



Red, fourth stomach in the ox, 98 



Glossary, .... 606 



fourth stomach in the sheep, 149 



clover, .... 376 



analysis of, . . 382 



perennial, . . 377 



snow, .... 11 



Reed-grass, .... 446 



canary meadow-grass, . 441 



Reflex acts, Glossary, . . 606 

 Regions in the body of the horse, 



fig. 5, 34 



in the body of the ox, . 94 



the intestines contained in 



the respective, ... 34 



Rennet, 307 



fourth stomach in the ox, 98 



fourth stomach in the sheep, 149 



Repi-oduction, .... 276 

 in birds and mam- 

 mals not unlike, . . . 278 

 organs of, their peri- 

 odical excitement, . . . 279 

 Respiration, mechanism of, . 252 



effect of, on solid and 



liquid excretions, . . . 275 



Respiratory food, Glossary, . 606 



Reseda order of plants, . . 356 

 Reticulum, second stomach in the ox, 98 



Rib-grass order of plants, . . 408 



Rib-grass plantain, analysis of, 409 



Rice, its quality, ... 474 



order of plants, . . 366 



Carolina and Piedmont, ana- 

 lysis of, .... 474 

 Richardson's analysis of the ash of 

 the parsnip, .... 392 



