INDEX 



A. 



Page. 



Air passages, condition of, in cast s of lung plague 22 



America, history of tlio lung plague in 12 



Appearance after death in cases of lung plague 20 



Arkansas, splenic fever in 185, 197 



B. 



Badger, Dr. Alfred, report of, on symptoms Mid. ravages 



of splenic fever 187 



Barnes, J. K., Surgeon General, report of 64 



Billings, Dr. J. S., report of, onVxainination of fluids of 

 diseased eattle.with reference to the presence of 

 cryptogamic growth 156 



Bleeding or congestive stage in splenic fever 89 



general appearance in 89 



temperature in 90 



Brooklyn, lung plague in 12 



C. 



Capron, Horace, Commissioner of Agriculture, report of, 



to the Senate ...... 1 



Cattle Commissioners convention 200 



Cattle disease in 1796 176 



Causes and nature of splenic fever 106 



of the lung plague 22 



Collection of plants made in Texas by H. W. Kavenei 174 

 Commissioner of Agriculture, Horace Capron, report of, 



to the Senate 1 



Communication of splenic fever in stock yards 116 



Conclusions drawn from experiments in inoculation 48,53 



Contagion and infection of lung plague 29 



Convention in Illinois 199, 200 



Cryptogamic growths, report on examination of fluids of 



diseased cattle with reference to the presence of. 156 



Curative treatment of splenic fever , 123 



Curtis, Dr. Edward, report of, on examination of fluids 



of diseased (Kittle with reference to the presence 



of cryptogamic growths 156 



D. 



Definition of lung fever 84 



Diseases of cattle, general remarks on the reports on 127 



farm animals, laws relative to 197 



Digestive organs, post mortc.m appearances of 94 



District of Columbia, lung fever in 15 



losses in, by lung plague 59 



Dodge, J. E., report of statistical and historical investi 

 gations of the progress and results of the Texas 



cattle disease 175 



Duration of the lung plague 20 



Dutch experiments in inoculation, statistics of fiO, 62 



E. 



England, laws relating to diseases of cattle in .......... 197 



Examinations of blood and secretions from cattle affected 



with contagious pleuro-pneumonia or lung fever. 160 

 Examinations of blood and secretions from cattle affected 



with the splenic fever ....................... J.C2 



Examinations of blood and secretions from cattle affected 



by lung fever or with splenic fever, remarks on. 166 



Experiments in inoculation .......................... 41 



conclusions from ....................... 48,53 



with lung plague in France, 1st series ..... 29 



2d series ........... 31 



f. 



Farm animals, diseases of, laws relative to ............. 197 



ill effects of smut in feed of. .................... 73 



Fungi of Texas, report of H. W. Eavenel on .......... 171 



G. 



Gamgee, Prof. John, report of, on the ill effects of smut 



in feed of farm animals ...................... 73 



Gamgee, Prof. John, report of, on the lung plague ...... 3 



on the splenic or periodic fever of cattle ......... 82 



General remarks on the reports on the diseases of cattle. 127 

 Georgia, splenic fever in ............................. 195 



H. 



Historical and statistical report on Texas cattle disease 



or splenic fever ............................. 175 



History of the lung plague .......................... 5 



in America ............................... 12 



I. 



Ill effects of smut in feed of farm animals .............. 73 



Illinois, convention in ........................... 199, 200 



laws relative to diseases of farm animals in ....... 199 



splenic fever in ............................ 182, 191 



Incubative stag of the splenic fever .................. 87 



Indiana, splenic fever in ............................. 191 



Infection and contagion of lung plague ................ 29 



Inoculation, conclusions drawn from experiments in 48,53 

 experiments in ...... . ....... . ................ 41 



objections to .................................. 54 



of the lung plague ............................ 40 



precautions in ................................ 55 



statistics of Dutch experiments in ............. 60, 62 



Invasion, the period of, in splenic fever ............... 89 



Investigations of 1867 .............................. 178 



Investigations of 1868 ............................... 184 



Iowa, laws relative to diseases of farm animals in ...... 199 



Ixodea boi-is ........................................ 118 



identatus ..................................... 118 



