INDEX. 



Breast, the projecting and wide, advan- 

 tage of, 237, 238. 



Brisket, description of the, 239. 



Brisliet, remarkable deepness of, in some 

 cattle, 240. 



British cattle, early history of, 11. 



British cattle, the original were probabh 

 middle-horned, 13. 



Bronchitis, nature and treatment of, 262. 



Bronchitis, the air-passages filled with 

 worms in, 263. 



Butter, experiments to ascertain the vari- 

 ous quantities of, from different breeds, 

 133. 



C^cum, description of the, 330, 332. 



Casarian operation, description of, and 



when justifiable, 393. 

 Calamine, the basis of the best healing 

 ointment for, 450. 



Calculi in the rumen of cattle, 299, 360, 



Calculi in the kidney, composition, symp- 

 toms, and treatment of, 377. 



Calculi, urnary, ditto, 378. 



Colombo, a useful tonic, 450. 



Calomel, the cases in which it should be 

 used, 450. 



Calves, diseases and management of, 421. 



Calving, the treatment of the cow before 

 it, 387. 



Calving, natural, the treatment of, 388. 



Calving, the power of ergot of rye in ex- 

 citing the labor pains, 389. 



Calving, the management of unnatural 

 presentations, 391. 



Calvin?, when the calf should be cut away, 

 and description of the operation, 395. 



Calving, on retention of the foetus, 393. 



Calving, attention to the cow after it. 399. 



Camphor, its medicinal properties, 450 



Cancer of the eye, treatment of, 162. 



Cantharides, the basis of the best blister 

 application, 450. 



Capillary vessels, description of them, 223. 



Carotid artery, description of the, 205, 

 206. 



Carraway, a useful aromatic, 450. 



Castor oil, the use of it as a medicine, 450. 



Castration of calves, the various methods 

 _ of, 426. 



Castration will often remove rupture in 

 the calf, 364. 



Cataract, treatment of, 162. 



Catarrh, nature and treatment of, 246. 



Catarrh, the necessity of attention to it 

 on its first appearance, 247. 



Catarrh , epidemic, symptoms of, 247. 



Catechu, its useful astringent properties, 

 450. 



Cattle, the proper points of. generally, 16, 



Cattle, wild, account of, 11, 12. 



Caustics, those used in cattle practice, 

 4.50. 



Chalk, its utility in the treatment of dy- 

 sentery and diarrhoea, 346, 451. 



Chamomile, its tonic properties, 451 



Charge, Mr., an account of his fat seven* 



year-old ox, 104. 

 Charges, the use of, and the method of 



applying, 451. 

 Chest, the advantage of a capacious one 



in cattle, 16. 

 Chest, the proper form of, 236. 

 Chloride of lime, the value of, .308. 455. 

 Choking in cattle, treatment of, 279, 281. 

 Chyle, its nature and formation, 331. 

 Cleansing. — See Placenta. 

 Cleansing drink, the best, 400. 

 Clue-bound, treatment of, 313, 314 

 Clysters, the benefit of, 451. 

 Coate.s, iSIr. G., the author of the " Short- 

 Horned Herd Book," 102 

 Colic, flatulent, its symptoms, nature, and 



treatment, 348. 

 Colic, spasmodic, its symptoms, nature. 



and treatment, 350. 

 Colic, spasmodic, too ©ften leads on to 



strangulation of the intestines, 350.' 

 Colling, Mr. Charles, 97. 

 Colling, Mr. Charles, an account of the 



cross of his cattle with the Galloway, 



Colling, Mr. Charles, a detailed account 

 of his sale of the improved short-homa, 

 100. 



Colling, Robert, a successful improver of 

 the short-horns, 110. 



Colling, Robert, the sale of his stock, 109. 



Colon, description of the, 330, 332. 



Colors, the prevailing ones of short-homs. 

 109. 



Constipation, the treatment of, 355, 423. 



Consumption, nature and treatment, 272. 



Consumption, the peculiar cough of, 274. 



Consumption, delusive character and pro- 

 gress of, 274. 



Copper, the compounds of, used in cattle 

 practice, 451. 



Cordials, the use and abuse of, 452. 



Cords, the nature and treatment of, 351. 



Cork-screw probang, description of the, 

 282. _ 



Corrosive sublimate, its use in cattle prac- 

 tice, 4-52. 



Corrosive sublimate, the treatment of poi- 

 soning by, 311. 



Coryza, the nature and treatment of, 182. 



Cow-pox, distinction between the true and 



^ the false, 420. 



Cow-pox, history of its establishment as 

 a preventive against small-pox, 420. 



Craven, the native country of the long- 

 horns, 81. 



Cravens, two distinct breeds of, the small- 

 er and larger, 81. 



Croton, a powerful purgative, 4.52. 



Cud, loss of the, treatment of, 309. 



D. Mr. B.\kewell's bull, account of, 86 

 Derbyshire cattle, account of, 93. 

 Devon cattle, 15. 

 Devon cattle, for the dairy. 23. 



