INDEX, 



Abscess oi the eyes, 162...very 

 frequent in distemper, 152.. .not 

 unusual in madness also, 2ol 



Adder, bite of, 220 



Age of the dog, how ascertained, 

 74 



Aloesy the best purgative for dogs, 

 210 



Alteratives for dogs, their nature, 

 properties, and doses, 75 



Anasarca, 157 



Animal poisons, 220 



Aperients, 210 



Ascites, 153. ..often brought on by 

 asthma, 79 



Asthma, 78. ..causes, symptoms and 

 consequences, 79... morbid ana- 

 tomy, 80. ..treatment of it, 81 



Astringents in general described, 

 82. ..particularly useful in loose- 

 ness, 198... Astringent injections, 

 320.. .Astringent clysters, 123, 

 198 



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Bag, or scrotum, swelled and in- 

 flamed, 300... internally tumefied 

 from scirrhous testicles, 299,307 



Balls, how to give them, 69 



BatJdng of dogs described, 83... 

 mode of it, and cases when re- 

 quisite, 84.. .Washing not so sa- 

 lutary to healthy dogs as is sup- 

 posed, 117, 313 



Belh' swelled, how to distinguish 

 between pregnancy and dropsy, 

 154 



Bilious inflammation, 188... Bilious 

 colic, i6.... Bilious vomiting, 301 



Bites \enomo\is, 311. ..of a viper, 

 220. ..of a rabid dog, 199. ..of 

 wasps and bees, 221 



Bitches, heat of, 88, 182 ...preg- 

 nancy of, 90. ..how distinguished 

 from dropsy,154,..bringing forth, 



223. ..when suckling, subject to 

 a very fatal kind of fits, 176, 

 224. ..their teats liable to be- 

 come inflamed, 89. ..often affect- 

 ed by scirrhus, 297. ..injuries to 

 their parts of generation, 90 



Bladder, inflamed, 183 



Bleeding, mode of it described, 85 

 ...cautions relative to it, 193 



Blindness, various causes of it, 85 



Blistering of dogs, mode of, and 

 when required, 86 



Blood, among sportsmen, what, 101 



Bloody stools brought on by vari- 

 ous causes, as distemper, 144... 

 bilious colic, 188. ..mineral poi- 

 sons, 213. ..and sometimes from 

 mercurial applications licked off 

 the body in cure of mange, 207 



Bloody urine, 310 



Boar hound, natural history of, 29 



Bones, fractures of, 179, 132... addi- 

 tional hints how to detect them, 

 ib. 



Bones proper to be given to dogs, 

 173. ..exceptions to this, ib. 



Bon-els, various affections of them, 

 184 ... Inflammation from rheu- 

 matism, ib. 292. ..from obstruc- 

 tion, 185. ..from cold taken, 186 

 ...from bile, 188.. .from madness, 

 267 ... Spasmodic affections of 

 them, 124... a particular kind 

 common to puppies, 113. ..liable 

 to be greatly disturbed by mer- 

 cury, 207...and other poisons, 

 213 



Breeding among bitches, 87. ..is a 

 healthy process, the omission of 

 it is therefore hurtful, 88. ..cau- 

 tions and directions relative to 

 it, 89...superfcEtation not uncom- 

 mon, 91. ..sympathies displayed, 

 95.. .perfection of the English 

 system of breeding animals, 102- 



