i CONTENTS 



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The Operation 367 



Vesical Calculus in the Mare - - 368 



General Considerations on the Structure and Formation of Calculi - 369 



Inversion of the Bladder 371 



4. The Nervous System^ 



The Cerebro-Spinal System - - 373 



The Sympathetic System --------- 374 



Structure of the Cerebro-Spinal Nervous System - - - 378 



The Nerve-Cells . . - 378 



The Neive-Fibres - - - - 379 



The Spinal Cord - - 380 



The Bulb, or Medulla Oblongata 382 



The Pons - 383 



The Brain - - - - 383 



Functions of the Nervous System 386 



Cerebro-Spinal Nerves - - - . - . . - - 391 



The Cranial or Encephalic Nerves - - 391 



Spinal Nerves ----...... 397 



Brachial Plexus ------ 398 



Lumbo-Sacral Plexus -- -402 



Diseases of the Nervous System ....=,.- 405 



Cerebritis and Meningitis --..-.... 405 



Vertigo 407 



the Brain --.--..... 409 



- - - - - 410 



Eclampsia ----- 4]1 



Chorea (St. Vitus' Dance) - - = - - - - . .411 



Stringhalt . - - 411 



Apoplexy ----- . 412 



Crib-biting - - ... 413 



Tumours in the Brain and Cranium - - - - - - .415 



QEdema of the Choroid Plexus ----...- 416 



Exostoses, or Bone Tumours - - - - - - . - 417 



Thickening of the Membranes 417 



Diseases of the Spinal Cord and its Membranes ----- 418 

 Acute Spinal Meningitis — Inflammation of the Membranes of 



the Spinal Cord 418 



Acute Myelitis — Inflammation of the Spinal Cord - - - . 418 



Paralysis 419 



Hemiplegia 420 



Paraplegia, Spinal Paralysis 421 



Peripheral or Local Paralysis 422 



Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 423 



