INDEX. 



467 



Rings, the, on the horn, as indicating the 



age, uncertainty of, 150. 

 Rottenness —See Dysentery. 

 Rumen, the, viewed externally, 235, 236. 

 Rumen, the, viewed internally, 2ii, 29!). 

 Rumen, gcnenil description of it, 238, 291. 

 Rumen, descriptioa. of its papilla}, and 



tbeir uses, 291. 

 Rumen, the fluid swallowed sometimes 



eaters it, 23S, 357. 

 Rumen, this accounts for the occasional 



ditHculty of purging cattle, 29(j, 3-57. 

 Rumen, an account of the diseases of it, 



299. 

 Rumen, the strange substances often found 



in it, 299. 

 Rumen, calculi in the, symptoms of, 299. 

 Rumen, calculi in, the pffect of, 300- 

 Rumen, distensions ol it by food, the 



symptoms and treatment of, 301. 

 Rumen, distension of it by gas, 303. 

 Rumen, inflammation of the, 310. 

 Rumination, description of it, 2.98. 

 Rupture of the parietes of the abdomen. 



— See Hernia. 

 Rupture of the bladder, symptoms of, 330, 

 Ruptnre of the oesophagus, treatment of, 



285. 

 Rupture of the womb, treatment of, 379. 

 Rye, ergot of, its use in parturition, 458. 



Salivary glanris, description of the. 201. 

 Salt, its use in food as a medicine, 458. 

 Sapped.— See Constipation 

 Saphena vein, the, when it should be 



opened, 218 I 



Septum, the nasal, why not perfect in the 



ox, 180. 

 Setons, their occasional use, 458. 

 Shetland Islands, general description of 



them, 51. 

 Shetland Islands, description of the cattle 



there, 51. 

 Shetland Islands, treatment of the cattle, 



52. 

 Shoot of blood, its nature and treatment, 



225. :_ 



Shooting. — See Dysentery. 

 Short-horns, the, history of, 95. 

 Short-horns, supposed to be originally im- 

 ported from the Continent, 96. 

 Short-horns, description of the old ones, 



95. 

 Short-horns, the commencement of their 



improvement, 96. 

 Short-horns, the mode in which their im- 

 provement was effected, 96. 

 Short-horns, their excellence consists in a 



combination of qualities before believed 



to be incompatible, 95. 

 Short-horns, the question of their capacity 



for work, 103. 

 Short-horns, their early maturity should 



preclude their being put to work, 108. 

 Short-horned bulls, the advantage of 



eroMing different bre»d8 with them, 108. 



Short-horns, the prevailins colors of, 109. 

 Short-horned cow, her milking qualities, 



133. 

 Short-sighted, many cattle appear to be, 



159. 

 Shoulders, a slanting direction of them, 



the importance of, 19. 

 Shropshire cattle, the old, 94. 

 Shro,ishire cattle, the cross between them 



and the Holderness, 94. 

 Silver, nitrate of, its use as a caustic, 459. 

 Skeleton of the ox, cut of the, 143. 

 Skin, the cause and importance of ils soft 



mellow feeling, 43S. 

 Skin, diseases of the, 438. 

 Skull, cavity of the, cut of, 144. 

 Skull, fracture of the, treatment of, 162. 

 Skull, fracture of, almost invariably fatal, 



162. 

 Slinking. — See Abortion. 

 Smelling, on the sense of, 180. 

 Soft palate, description of the, 337^^ 

 Sore teats, treatment of, 408. 

 Sore throat, the symptoms and treatment 



of, 258 

 Spinal cord, the comparative smallness of, 



accounted for, 154 

 Spine, 241. 

 Spleen, structure and function of the, 



319. 

 Spleen, haemorrhage from the, 319. 

 Sprain in the leg and foot, symptoms and 



treatment of, 432. 

 Stephenson, Mr., 114. 

 Sternum, description of the, 237. 

 Sternum, the width of ihe, sometimes 

 compensates for flatness of the sides, 

 241. 

 Stimulants, the propriety of admistering, 

 when it is difficult to purge cattle, 297. 

 Stomachs of cattle, cuts of them, 285, 286, 



2S8, 291. 

 Stomach pump, the use of it in hoove re- 

 commended, .3()6. 

 .Stone in the bladder, symptoms and treat- 

 ment of, 378. 

 Stone in the kidneys, ditto and ditto, 377. 

 Stone in the ureters, ditto and ditto, 377. 

 Stone in the urethra, ditto, 379. 

 Strangulation of the intestines, symptoms 



and treatment of, 3-50. 

 StranguUion, de-cription of it, 205. 

 Strictui e of the CESophagus, treatment of, 



2?4. 

 Subcutaneous abdominal vein, the ques- 

 tion when it should be bled from, 219. 

 Subcutaneous abdominal vein, the ana- 

 tomy of it, 219. 

 1 Sublingual glands, description of the, 207. 

 Submaxillary vein, de.scription of ihe, 204. 

 I Submaxillary artery, ditto, 205. 

 Suffolk cattle, were originally duns, 75. 

 Suffolk cattle, description of the, 75. 

 Suffolk cattle, milking properties of, 75. 

 Suffolk cattle, the bull cast off far to« 

 early. 75. 



