XVIU CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. PAGB 



General Account of the Sheep . ' . . . . 119 



CHAPTER V. 



The Origin of Disease and the Germ Theory. By 



Dr. Albert Gresswell 129 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Diseases of the Ox and Sheep 168 



§ I. General Diseases : — Pleuro-Pneumonia, 168. — Foot-and-Mouth 

 Disease, or Aphtha Epizofitica, 188. — Pseudo Foot-and-Mouth Disease, 

 197.— Foot-rot in Sheep, 199.— Tuberculosis, 206.— Anthrax, or 

 Charbon in Cattle; Braxy in Sheep, 234. — Black-leg, or Black- 

 quarter, 263. —Symptoms of Localised Anthrax in Sheep, 258. — 

 Cattle Plague, 259. — Cattle Plague as it affects the Sheep and the 

 Goat, 266. — Measles in Sheep, 267. — Actinomycosis : a Newly- 

 discovered Infectious Disease of Animals and Man, 268. — Rabies or 

 Hydrophobia, 279. — Variola, Vaccinia, and Vaccination, 301. — 

 Diphtheria, 322. — Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina, 328. — General Re- 

 marks, and Malignant Catarrhal Fever, 357. — Purpura Haemor- 

 rhagica, 360. — Tetanus, or Locked-jaw, 362. — Rheumatism, or 

 Felon: Joint Felon, Chine Felon, Cold Felon, 366. — Anaemia: its 

 Causes, Consequences, Nature, and Treatment ; and Food-supply of 

 the Cow, 372. — General Disorders due to Dietetic Errors, 378. — 

 Ancient Medicines, Superstitions, Charlatanry, Poisons, 387. 



§ II. Diseases of the Circulatory System, 400. 



§ III. Diseases of the Respiratory System : — General Remarks, and 

 Catarrh, 407. — Epistaxis, 410. — Laryngitis, 411. — Bronchitis, 412. — 

 Pneumonia and Pleurisy, 414. — Diseases of the Respiratory System 

 in Sheep, 420. — General Remarks, Catarrh, Laryngitis, and Tra- 

 cheitis, 420. — Bronchitis, including Verminous Bronchitis, 422. — 

 Tuberculosis, 424. 



§ IV. Parasitism: — General Remarks; the Warble-fly, and its 

 Larva; the Gad-fly of the Ox, 426. — Scabies in Sheep, 437. — Certain 

 External Parasites of the Sheep, Verminous Bronchitis, and General 

 ' Remarks on Parasitism, 447. — The Fluke Disease in Sheep, other 

 Trematodes found in Sheep, the Cestoda or Tapeworms, Sturdy or 

 Gid, the Nematoda, and the Oilstrus ovis, 455. 



§ V. Disease's of the Alimentary System: — Diseases of the Mouth 

 and Tongue ; Acute Tympanites, or Hoven, 480. — Chronic Tym- 

 panites, or Hoven ; Obstruction of the Gullet and Choking, 487. — 

 Plenalvia, or Engorgement and Inflammation of the Rumen, 492. — 

 Rupture of the Rumen, 497. — Foreign Bodies in the Rumen, the 

 Reticulum, and the Abomasum, 498. — Engorgement of the Omasum, 



