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CHAPTER XI 



GENERAL DISEASES : ORGANIC, FUNCTIONAL AND CONTAGIOUS 



Temperature, Pulse and Respiration — The Membrana Nictitans — Tracheotomy — Diseases of the 

 Alimentary Canal — Liver, Spleen and Peritoneum — Heart — Blood Vessels — Blood — Eye — Skin — 

 Respiratory Tract — Genital Organs — Notes on Parturition 141 



CHAPTER XII 



ANATOMY AND USE OF THE HORSE'S TAIL 



Anatomy of the Coccygeal Region — The Panniculus Carnosus — Flies — Mosquitoes — Spread of Disease 

 by Flies— Other Uses of the Tail — Fly Nets — Fly Whisks — Fly Papers — Nicking Tails — Dividing 

 Depressor Muscles — Straightening " Kinked " Tails ........ 161 



CHAPTER XIII 



THE CRIME OF DOCKING HORSES' TAILS 



The Use of the Tail — Operation of Docking — After-Eilects of Docking — Cruelty of Docking — Excuses 

 for Docking — Cleanliness Excuse — Excuse that Docking Strengthens Hindquarters — Safety in 

 Driving Excuse — Four Important Points — Smartness Excuse — Neatness Excuse — The Hackney 

 — Prevention — Summary ............. 166 



CHAPTER XIV 



OPINIONS OF EMINENT MEN, BOOKS AND THE PRESS ON DOCKING 



Rarity of Docking in Russia — Cruelty of Docking — Docking Unnecessary — The Indecency of Docking 



Mares — Defencelessness of a Docked Horse against Flies . . . . . . .178 



CHAPTER XV 



HUMANE EDUCATION — THE LAW 



The Law — The Law in other Countries — Decrepit Horse Traffic — The Penal Code of California — Legisla- 

 tion in Great Britain ............. 183 



CHAPTER XVI 



ON ANESTHETICS AND ANESTHESIA — HUMANE DESTRUCTION 



The Nervous System — Description of Nervous Tissue — History of Ansesthetics — Use of Anaesthetics — 

 Choice of Ansesthetics — Use of Morphine — Anaesthetising Dogs — The Animal Ansesthetics Act — 

 Local Anaesthetics — Local Anaesthesia by Freezing — Use of Ether Spray — Anaesthesia by Local 

 Injections — Humane Destruction . . . . . . . . . . .188 



CHAPTER XVII 



BACTERIOLOGY, ANTISEPTICS AND THE THEORY OF DISEASE 



Theory and Prevention of Disease — Contagious Diseases — Bacteria — Methods of Admission into the 

 System — How Pathogenic Microbes produce Disease — How the System fights against Microbes — 

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