INDEX. 



Page 

 Abortion, the cause and remedy, 72 

 Absorbents, account of the, . . 31, 33 

 After-pains, the treatment of,. . 196 

 Age of cattle, how known by the 



horns, .... 21 



teeth, 20 



Aloes, seldom used for cattle and 



sheep, 44 



Alum whey, prescription for, . . 64 

 Angle-berries, account of, .... 122 



Apoplexy in swine, 242 



Arteries, account of the, 26 



Astringent drink, 61, 64, 200 



Belly, wounds in, treatment of, 117 



Bile, account of the, 32 



' obstruction of the, 55 



Black-foot, description of the, . . 141 



•i leg, the nature and treat- 



mentof, 82 



quarter, ditto, ib. 



water, the treatment of, . 66 



Bladder, inflammation of the, in 



cattle, 94 



• neck of, ib. 



• stone in the, 96 



Blain, nature and treatment of. 80 

 Blast, nature and treatment of, 



in cattle, 101 



— in sheep, 209 



Bleeding, when necessary, .... 42 



manner of performing, 43 



— — from the navel string, 1 33 



■ of sheep, 193 



from wounds, treat- 

 ment of, , . xi7 



Blindness in sheep, 235 



Blister ointment, a recipe for,. . 57 



Blood, account of the, 33, 82 



■ tlie nature and treatment 



of, in cattle, 82 



sheep, 203 



— swine, 241 



Page 

 Blown, nature and treatment of, 



in cattle, 101 



sheep 209 



Bones, the structure and use of, 19 

 Bowels, inflammation of the, in 



cattle, 59 



Brain, account of the, 24 



inflammation of the, .... 56 



in sheep, 206 



swine, 242 



Bruises, treatment of, 119 



Bull-burnt, treatment of, 127 



Bulling, how to produce, ib. 



Bullock, age of the, 21 



Calf, description of its natural 



growth in the womb, 36 



early treatment of the, . . 132 



bed, protrusion of the, .... 74 



Calves, the diseases of, 131 



cordial, an excellent one, 134 



Calving, treatment of the cow, 



before, during, and after, ... 71 



symptoms of its approach, 73 



difficult treatment of, . . ib. 



Cancer of the eye, 99 



Cancerous ulcers, treatment of, 121 

 Canker in the mouth, in calves, 137 

 Capillaries, account of the, .... 26 

 Cartilage, the structure and use 



of, 20 



Castration of lambs, directions 



for,.... 197 



Catarrh, in cattle, on 47 



sheep, 207 



Cattle, diitcrent names applied to, 21 



diseases of, 138 



zoological description of, 19 



Cautions, general, respecting 



sheep, 239 



Caul, account of the, 35 



Cellular membrane, account of 



the, 24 



(247) 



