VERTEBHATA. 



Vertebrated Animals. 



No. 3. 

 BOS TAURUS. 



THE OX AND COW. 



The animal substance. Lac, Milk. A medicinal agent. 



Geog. Position. Domesticated everywhere. 

 Quality. Bland, sweetish, faint peculiar odor. 

 Power. Demulcent, emollient. 



Use. In cases of poison. Aliment. Preparation of cream, 

 butter, cheese, whey, and frangipane. 



SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS. 



Natural Classification. 

 5. DIVISION Vertebrata. CLASS Mammalia. 



Pereira, Mat. Med., II. 820. Carpenter's Hu. Phy., I. 686, et seq. EC. Disp. 

 U. S. 174. Jones's An. King. 647. Farmer's Encyc. Article Cattle, &c. U. S. 

 Disp. 1344 and 1365. 



GENUS BOS. 



Sovg (Gr.), Oxa (Sax.), Ochs, Ochse (G.), Os (D.), Oxe (Swed. and Dan.), 

 Uksha (Sans.), Ych (W.), Agh (Erse), Os (Arm.). 



THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS. 



Incisors none in the upper jaw, in the lower usually eight. 

 A vacant space between the incisors and molars, but in 

 which in some genera are found one or two canines. Mo- 

 lars twelve in each jaw, the crown marked with two 

 double crescents of enamel, of which the convexity is uni- 

 versally outwards in the lower jaw, and inwards in the 

 upper. 



Clavicles none. Extremities disposed for walking. Two 

 toes furnished with hoofs, metacarpal and metatarsal bones 

 united. 



Stomachs four. Intestines long. 



Mammce two or four inguinal. 



Horns in the male, and frequently in the female of most spe- 

 cies. 



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