750 



INDEX. 



doubled back, so as to lie close to 

 the side of the young animal, 654, 

 655, and see fig. 88 ; 



(3) Head alone, 655, 656, and see fig. 

 89; 



(4) One fore leg only presented, the 

 other being directed downwards in 

 the body of the uterus, the tip of 

 the forehead and the top of the neck 

 being pressed against the pelvic 

 bones, 656, 657, and see fig. 90 ; 



(5) Calf lying with back downwards 

 in the womb, the top portion of the 

 skull and nape of the neck being 

 presented, in which case it is neces- 

 sary to turn, 657, 658, and see 

 fig. 91 ; 



(6) Foetus lying on back, and hind 

 legs presenting, 658 ; 



(7) Foetus lying on back, and hind feet 

 inclined forwards, 658, 659 ; 



(8) Head of calf directed towards the 

 chest of the cow, the breech and 

 tail alone being presented, and the 

 hind legs doubled up under the 

 body, 659 ; 



Skilful help is necessary in cases of 

 difficult parturition, 660. 



Preventable losses among ewes and 

 lambs, 660, 672, 673. 



Pride of cows stalking forth in pro- 

 cession in the Swiss Canton of Ap- 

 pensell, 29. 



Princesses Amelia and Caroline, 

 303. 



Probang, passing the, 489-91. 



Processes undergone by animals may 

 be divided into those of work and 

 those of rest, 149-51. 



Progress in medicine, 549. 



Progress, the path of, has been cleared 

 of many obstacles, 729. 



Prolapsus ani, 539. 



Prong-buck, the, 16. 



Prurigo, 589. 



Psoriasis or rat-tails, 587 ; treatment 

 of, 718. 



Psoroptes ovis, 438. * 



Pterygoid bones, 45. 



Pubis, the, 36. 



Puerperal mania, 565, 664. 



Pulse, acceleration of, in the tropics, 

 152. 



Punch, joke from, 542. 



Punctured wounds, 621, 



Puncturing the rumen, 485-87. 



Pupil of eye, contractor of, 718 ; 

 dilator of, 718. 



Pupils, dilatation of the, in cases of 

 epilepsy, 160. 



Pui-pura hajmorrhagica, 360-62; 

 symptoms of, 361 ; after-death ap- 

 pearances of animals which have 



been suffering from, 361, 362 



treatment of, 362, 718. 

 Pyaemia, treatment of, 719. 

 Pyrexia, treatment of, see Antipy- 

 "^retics, 688. 



Q. 



Queen, Her Most Gracious Majesty, 

 the, jubilee of, 723. 



B. 



Rabelais, 312. 



Rabies, as a term, compared with 

 hydrophobia, 279 ; furious and 

 dumb, 294 ; history of, 284-90 ; in 

 ruminants, M. Pion on, 290 ; in 

 sheep, 291-94; in sheep, Mr. Harris 

 on, 291 ; in the ox, 290, 291 ; man 

 died in consequence of, at the Brad- 

 ford Infirmary, 281 ; recommenda- 

 tions of the Select Committee of the 

 House of Lords on, 282. 



Rabies or hydrophobia, 7, 9, 134, 279- 

 301. 



Rachitis, or rickets, treatment of, 719. 



Rammazini, 312. 



Randall, Mr., 204, 386. 



Ranz des vaches, 29. 



Rash of scarlet fever and other spe- 

 cific fevers, 333. 



Rashes of the specific fevers illustrate 

 the similar origin of the parts which 

 they aftect, 146. 



" Razor-back," 464. 



Rectum, mechanical distention of the, 

 538. 



Redwater in sheep, 529-33 ; post- 

 mortem appearances of, 530 ; treat- 

 ment of, 532. 



Regeneration, 141. 



Relation of human diseases to those of 

 animals, 132. 



Renal dropsy in cases of scarlet fever. 

 343. 



Renewal of prosperity and good seasons 

 coming, 10. 



Renshaw, Dr., 325. 



Reproduction, organs of, 642-6 ; of 

 the species, general aspects of, 

 634-40. 



Reproductive system, and the disorders 

 connected therewith, 634-68. 



Reproductory, tracing of the, process 

 from lower to higher living beings, 

 638-40. 



Respiration in scarlet fever, 336. 



Respiratory system, 69, 70 ; diseases 

 of the, including catarrh, epistaxis, 

 laryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, 

 and pleurisy, 407-26 ; diseases of 



