CONTENTS. 



SECTION I.— The Causes of Disease. 



(Page 19-89.) 



Remarks on Veterinary Science, and the Relation it bears to Social Science—- 

 Veterinary Science; how to inaugurate it — What Benefits have we derived froa 

 its Study — Inflammation; its Nature and Treatment 



SECTION II.— Diseases op the Eye. 



(Page 40-67.) 



Amaurosis, or Glass Eye (Gutta Serena) — Foreign bodies within the Eyelids— 

 Specks, or film on the eye, known as Opacity of the Cornea — Cataract — Worm 

 in the Eye — Ophthalmia — Treatment of Inflammation — Purulent Ophthalmia — 

 Speoific Ophthalmia. 



SECTION III. — Diseases op the Brain and Nervous System. 



(Page 58-85.) 



Abscess within the Substance of the Brain — Hydrocephalus, or Dropsy of the 

 3/ain — Stomach Staggers — Apoplexy, or Cerebral Hemorrhage — Apoplexy of 

 Spine, or Spinal Hemorrhage, producing Paraphlegia — Epilepsy, or Fits — Te- 

 tanus — Vertigo — Acute or General Disease of the Brain, known as Encephalitis — 

 S'eepy Staggers — Cerebral Meningitis — Chorea, or Stringhalt. 



SECTION IV. — Diseases op the Respiratory Passages and 



Organs. 



(Page 86-186.) 



Importance of Ventilating Stables — Brief Exposition and Description of the 

 Function of tbe Lungs— Spasm of the muscles of the Glottis and Epiglottis — Lar- 

 yngytis, (suppurative and inflammatory) — Croup — Chronic Cough — Roaring — 

 Polypus —Bronchocele — Influenza, or epizootic catarrh — Pneumonia, or Inflam- 

 mation of the Lungs, including Typhoid Affections, Pleurisy, and Dropsy 5f tbe 

 Chest. 



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