INDEX. 



751 



the, in sheep, 420-26 ; auscultation 

 as a method of diagnosis of the 

 diseases of animals, 408. 



Rest and work ought to be alternated 

 with each other, 153. 



Retention of foetal membranes, 652-3 ; 

 of the placenta or after-birth, 669-70; 

 treatment of, 719; of urine, 576, 

 577. 



Reticulum, 61, 62, 63. 



Retinitis, or specific ophthalmia, 612. 



Reynal, 244. 



Rhagio columbaschensis, 478. 



Rheumatic diathesis, 367. 



Rheumatism, chronic, 370 ; duration 

 of acute, 370 ; picture of ox suffer- 

 ing from, 369 ; swelling of some 

 joint or joints in cases of, 368; tem- 

 perature of oxen suffering from, 368 ; 

 treatment of, 370-2, 719 ; in cases of 

 scarlet fever, 339 ; in sheep, 599. 



Rheumatism or felon, 366-72. 



Ribs, the, 35. 



Rickets, 383-6, 626 ; symptoms of, 

 384. 



Right-handed character of man, 148. 



Ringworm, 596, 614; ordinary (tinea 

 tonsurans), treatment of, 719 ; favus 

 honeycomb (Achorion Schonleinii), 

 treatment of, 720. 



Robertson, the late Professor, 234, 532. 



Rolleston, the late Dr., held that the 

 free play of the movements of the 

 fore extremities resulting from the 

 erect posture had removed the ne- 

 cessity of the continued develop- 

 ment of the panniculus camosus, 

 148. 



Roman States, 117. 



Rose-coloured tumours, 631. 



Rossalia, 331. 



Roulin, M., says that aspergillus niger 

 develops a substance which checks 

 its own growth, 300. 



Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society 

 of London, 145. 



Rumen, 58-61. 



Rumenotomy or paunching, 496, 497 ; 

 illustration representing, 496. 



Ruminants, characters of, 16 ; dental 



formula of, 14. 

 Rumination, 51, 53. 



Rupture, 539-41 ; of the rumen, 497. 



Russell, Dr., 351. 



S. 



Sacrum, the, 34, 35. 

 Salmon-disease, 274. 

 Saprolegnia, 273, 274. 

 Saul, 24. 



Scabies in sheep, 437-47. 



Scaphoid, 37. 



Scapula, 37. 



Scarlatina, treatment of, 720. 



Scarlet fever, 328-57 ; or scarlatina, 

 treatment of, 720 ; in man, 330-44 ; 

 temperature in, 337 ; variability of, 

 338 ; morbid anatomy of, 339 ; 

 poultices applied externally in cases 

 of, 342 ; tonics given in cases of, 

 342 ; treatment of patients sufif ering 

 from, 340-4 ; treatment of persons 

 suffering from malignant, 342. 



Schizomycetes, 139, 269. 



Schlundbeulen, 268. 



Scotch cattle, 96-100. 



Scour, or skit, see Diarrhoea, 701, 702. 



Scouring in young calves, 521, 522 ; 

 treatment of, 521, 522, 702. 



Scrofula, treatment of, 720. 



Scrofulous arthritis, treatment of, 

 691. 



Sea, 129. 



Sea-air, value of, in cases of convales- 

 cence from scarlet fever, 344. 



Sea-voyages, benefits accruing from, 

 226. 



Season of increase in the flocks, 671- 

 82, 



Seasons, good, are doubtless coming, 

 and may we know how to use the 

 great revival in the best way, 736 ; 

 rhythm of, affects vital processes, 

 155. 



Seaton, 304, 



Selachian fin, 145. 



Selachii, 144, 146. 



Sennacherib's army exterminated in 

 one single night, possibly as a result 

 of anthrax, 237. 



Sennertus, 331. 



Septicaemia, or blood-poisoning, 674, 

 675. 



Setons, 628. 



Sextus Placitus, 287. 



Sheep and Lamb, The, by John Walker, 

 680. 



Sheep are moved about the country in 

 accordance with the exigencies of 

 the food supply, 439 ; cared for by 

 shepherds as human beings are by 

 the Almighty, 119. 



Sheep-diseases, importance of accurate 

 information about, 119. 



Sheep, gadfly of the, 121 ; general 

 account of the, 119-28; scriptural 

 account of the, 122, 127 ; so well 

 cared for by the patriarchs of the 

 Old Testament history and their 

 descendants, who watched their 

 flocks by night in Palestine, 119. 

 Sheep-rot, three stages in, 461. 



Sheep-scab, prevention and treatment 

 of, 442-46 ; symptoms of, 440-42. 



