INDEX. 



Devon ox, his activity his most valuable 

 quality, 22. 



Devon OS, his qualities for grazing, 23. 



Devon ox. trial of his fattening properties 

 •with different breeds, 69, 70. 



Devon, South, the cattle of, 24, 25. 



Devon, South, comparison between them 

 and the Uevons, 25. 



Diaphragm, rupture of the, 365. 



Diarrhoea, acute, the nature and treat- 

 ment of, 338. 



Diarrhoea, distinction between it and dy- 

 sentery, 338. 



Diarrhoea, chronic, the nature and treat- 

 ment of, 3:59. 



Diarrhoea in calves, nature and treatment 

 of, 424. 



Digitalis, its medicinal properties, 452. 



Distension of the rumen by food, nature 

 and treatment of, 301. 



Distension of the rumen by gas, nature 

 and treatment of, 303. 



Dropsy, general rernaiks on the causes and 

 treatment of, 358. 



Drying a cow, the proper period for, 388. 



Duodenum, description of the, 330. 



Durham ox, an account of the, 98. 



Dysentery, causes and symptoms of, 3-ro. 



Dysentery, appearances of, after death, 

 342 



Dysentery is inflammation of the mucous 

 membrane of the large intestines, 343. 



Dysentery, treatment of it, 342 



Dysentery, the value of the chloride of 

 lime in the treatment of it, 345. 



Ear, description of the, 154. 



Ear, the form and shape of, connected 

 with the beauty of the animal, 154. 



Ear, the diseases of the, 154. 



Earth, the eating of it, prevents the fer- 

 mentation of the food, 187. 



East Indian «attle, an account of the, 149. 



Elder, the leaves of, make a good soothing 

 ointment, 453. 



Embryotomy, when justifiable, and a de- 

 scription of the operation, 395. 



Emetic, tartar, the use of, 449. 



Enteritis, symptoms of, 'SUA. 



Enteritis, appearances after death, 335. 



Enteritis, causes and treatment of, 336. 



Epidemic catarrh. — See Catarrh. 



Epidemics — See Murrain. 



Epidemic sore feet and mouth of 1840 and 

 1841, 2.56. 



Epilepsy, the treatment of, 171. 



Epsom salt, the best purgative, 453. 



Ergot of rye, its power in stimulating the 

 womb to action, 3S9. 



Exeter, description of the vale of, 25. 



Eye, general description of the, 156. 



Eye, inflammation of the, the nature and 

 treatment of, 159. 



Eye, worm in the, treatment of, 162. 



Eye, wound? of the, managemecv of, 156 



Eyelids, description of the, 1^ 



Eyelids, diseases of the, 157. 



Farcy in cattle, 183. 



Fardel-bouud, description of it, 313. 



Feet, the, description of, 143. 



Feet, diseases of the, 4S2, 433. 



Feet, epidemic sore, of l&4i), and '41, 256. 



Fever, intermittent, its symptoms and 

 treatment, 225. 



Fever, pure or idiopathic, often exist does 

 in cattle, 224. 



Fever, pure or idiopathic, its symptoms 

 and treatment, 224. 



Fever, symptomatic, frequent and danger- 

 ous, 225. 



Fever, inflammatory, its nature and treat- 

 ment, 225. 



Fever, typhus, its nature and treatment, 

 233. 



Firing, an advantageous mode of, for some 

 bony tumors, 15d'. 



Fits, the treatment of, 171. 



Flooding after calving, treatment of, 401. 



Fluke-worm, the, a cause of jaundice, 326. 



Foetus, retention of it for a long time 

 without injury, 398. 



Food, its changes in the stomachs, 294. 



Food, how conveyed into the reticulum, 

 295. 



Forehead of a bull, the, should be short 

 and broad, 145. 



Forehead of the Devon, description of, 18. 



Foul in the foot, description of, 433. 



Foul in the foot, most prevalent in low, 

 marshy countrie-, 434. 



Foul in the foot,*mode of treatment of, 434. 



Foul in the foot, probable advantages of 

 neurotomy in, 437, 



Fowler, Mr., an improver of the long- 

 horns, 86. 



Fowler, Mr., account of the sale of bia 

 stock, 87. 



Free-martins, usually barren, 392. 



Free-martins, dis.section of three, 393. 



Free-martins, a few cases in which they 

 have bred, 393 



Frontal sinuses, description of, 143, 144. 



Frontal sinuse-, use of the, 145, 146. 



Frontal sinuses, inflammation of the, na- 

 ture and treatment of, 146. 



Frontal sinuses, worms in the, 147. 



Gat.l-bladder, the struciure and use of, 



320. 

 Gall-stones, their composition, 324. 

 Gall-stones, frequent cause of jaundice, 



325. 

 Galloway, the greater part of the cattle 



were horned at the middle of the last 



century, 63. 

 Galloway, the present breed of, 63, 64. 

 Galloways, Mr. Culley's description of, 



6G. 

 Galloway cows not good milkers, 67. 

 Galloway bull, a perfect one seldom found. 



