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Nux Vomica and Strychnia - 57 



Indian Pea — Dog-tooth Pea .... 58 



Cantharides or Spanish-Fly ... - 60 



Turpentine - ..... ... GO 



Poisoning by the Stings of Bees and Wasps ... 61 



Hay - - - 62 



Aconite Poisoning - .... 63 



26. Veterinary Hygiene - .... 64 



Ordinary Conditions of Health ... - 66 



Stables - - - 69 



Construction - - 69 



Lighting - - - 70 



Ventilation and Air-Space - 71 



Contamination of Air - - 76 



Organic Impurities - ....... 77 



Cubic Air-Space - .... 78 



Drainage - ...... 82 



Food - ... 87 



Nutrition — Constitution of the Body - - - 87 



The Functions of Foods - - 88 



Digestibility of Foods 90 



System of Feeding - 92 



Quantity and Quality 92 



Food and Work — Arrangement of the Diet ----- 93 



Green Food - - ...... 95 



Methods of Calculating the Nutritive Value of Different Articles of Diet 96 



Food as a Cause of Disease - - - - 101 



Excess of Food - - - - 101 



Insufficient Food — Quality of Food - - 102 



Selection and Preparation of Food - - - - - 106 



Grains — Maize - - - - - 108 



Wheat— Bran - 109 

 Hay - - - - -110 



Straw — Peas, Beans, and Lentils - - - - 112 



Linseed- - - - - - - -114 



Roots - ...... 115 



Ensilage - - - - 1 1 5 



Digestion - - - 118 



Water - - 119 



Natural Processes of Purification of Water - - - - - 1 26 



Examination of Water - ....... 129 



Examination of Air - - ... - 132 



Individual Hygiene - - ... - 133 



Grooming -----134 



Clipping -137 



