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Nux Vomica and Strychnia - 57 



Indian Pea Dog-tooth Pea 58 



Cantharides or Spanish-Fly 60 



Turpentine 60 



Poisoning by the Stings of Bees and Wasps 61 



Hay - 62 



Aconite Poisoning - 63 



26. VETERINARY HYGIENE 64 



ORDINARY CONDITIONS OF HEALTH 66 



STABLES - 69 



Construction - 69 



Lighting - 70 



Ventilation and Air-Space - - 71 



Contamination of Air 76 



Organic Impurities - 77 



Cubic Air-Space 78 



Drainage - 82 



FOOD 87 



Nutrition Constitution of the Body - 87 



The Functions of Foods 88 



Digestibility of Foods - 90 



System of Feeding - 92 



Quantity and Quality - 92 



Food and Work Arrangement of the Diet - 93 



Green Food - - 95 



Methods of Calculating the Nutritive Value of Different Articles of Diet 96 



Food as a Cause of Disease - 101 



Excess of Food - 101 



Insufficient Food Quality of Food - 102 



Selection and Preparation of Food - - 106 



Grains Maize - 108 



Wheat Bran - 109 



Hay 110 



Straw Peas, Beans, and Lentils - 112 



Linseed - - - 114 



Eoots - 115 



Ensilage - - 115 



Digestion - - - - 118 



Water . 119 



Natural Processes of Purification of Water - 126 



Examination of Water - 129 



EXAMINATION OF AIR - ... - 132 

 INDIVIDUAL HYGIENE - - .... 133 



Grooming - - - 134 



Clipping 137 



