Contents. xi 



chapter x. 



DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



PAGE 

 Disease — Definitions— Pathology — Fever : simple, symptoma- 

 tic, and specific — Inflammation — Abscess — Serous Cyst — 

 Classification of disease — Prevention of disease — Sending 

 for the Veterinary Surgeon 139 



CHAPTER XI. 



MATERIA MEDICA. 



Medicines, their doses, and administration — Alteratives — 

 Anodynes — Antiseptics — Antispasmodics — Aperients — 

 Astringents — Blisters — Caustics — Clysters — Cordials — 

 Demulcents — Diaphoretics — Digestives — Diuretics — Elec- 

 tuaries — Embrocations or liniments — Expectorants — Feb- 

 rifuges — Fomentations — Inhalations — Lotions — Poultices 

 — Subcutaneous Injections — Tonics — The Bolus, Drench, 

 &c, and the Mode of Administiation .... 153 



CHAPTER XII. 



BLOOD DISEASES 



Arising from deranged or inordinate function — Plethora — 



Anaemia — Rheumatism — Uraemia — Apncea . . .176 



CHAPTER XIII. 



BLOOD DISEASES 



Having their origin in inordinate, impaired, or arrest of 

 function, and remarkable for the development of a Septic 

 state : Purpura haemorrhagica — Azoturia — Malignant sore 

 throat 178 



CHAPTER XIV. 



BLOOD DISEASES 



Arising fiom an inordinate or impaired function, non-conta- 

 gious and enzootic, viz. : Enzootic typhoid catarrh — 

 Enzootic pleurisy 182 



CHAPTER XV. 



BLOOD DISEASES 



Having their origin in an unknown animal poison, and attended 

 with an eruptive fever, or intumescence, sporadic, enzootic, 

 and occasionally of septic characters— Scarlatina — Stran- 

 gles — Suppurative catarrh . . . . . .185 



