CONTENTS. 



SECTION I.— The Causes of Disease. 

 (Page 19-39.) 



Remarks on Veterinary Science, and the Relation it bears to Social Science 

 —Veterinary Science ; how to inaugurate it— What Benefits have we derived 

 from its Study— Inflammation ; its Xature and Treatment. 



SECTION II.— Diseases of the Eye. 



(Page 40-57.) 



Amaurosis, or Glass Eye (Gutta Serena)— Foreign bodies within the Eye- 

 lids—Specks, or film on the eye, known as Opacity of the Cornea— Cataract— 

 [Worm in the Eye— Ophthahnia— Treatment of Inflammation— Purulent 

 Ophtlialmia— Specific Ophthalmia. 



SECTION" III. — Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System. 



(Page 58-85.) 



Abscess within the Substance of the Brain— Hydroceplialus, or Dropsy of 

 the Brain— !>tomach Staggers— Apoplexy, or Cerebral Hemorrhage— Apo- 

 plexy of Spine, or Spinal Hemorrhage, producing Paraphlegia— Epilepsy, or 

 Fits— Tetanus— Vertigo— Acute or General Disease of the Brain, known as 

 Encephalitis— Sleepy Staggers— Cerebral Meningitis— Chorea, or Stringhalt. 



SECTION lY. — Diseases of the Respiratory Passages an'I) 



Organs. 



(Page 86-186.) 



Importance of Ventilating Stables— Brief Exposition and Description of 

 the Function of the Lungs— Spasm of the muscles of the Glottis and Epi- 

 glottis—Laryngitis (suppurative and inflammatory)— Croup-Chronic Cough 

 —Roaring— Polypus— Bronchocele— Influenza, or epizootic catarrh— Pneu- 

 monia, or Inflammation of the Lungs, including Typhoid Affections, Pleur- 

 isy, and Dropsy of the Chest, 

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