A GUIDE TO DIAGNOSIS; 



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COMPLETE INDEX OF SYMPTOMS 



The following Index of Symptoms is arranged under four heads, 

 viz. : Diseases of Horses ; Diseases of Cattle ; Diseases 

 of Sheep; Diseases of Swine. Each part is arranged alpha- 

 betically, so that ready reference can be made to any symptom. 



HOW TO USE THIS INDEX. 



Animals when taken sick, not having the power of speech, can 

 not make known the seat of their disease, except by certain signs 

 r>r invariable symptoms. It therefore becomes of the highest im- 

 portance to be able to understand the mute language of the poor 

 dumb brute, and thus to find out what ails him, in order that the 

 proper means of cure may be speedily made use of. 



An instance of the use to be made of this Index may be found 

 in the following case : "A horse is noticed to breathe faster thaa 

 usual, with evident pain; back, arched; legs, straddling; head 

 often turned toward the loins ; urine, reddened and scanty." Now, 

 a reference to these symptoms, as arranged alphabetically, enables 

 us to turn directly to page 223, where "Inflammation of the Kid- 

 neys" is seen to be the disease we are looking for. 



The same thing can be done in case a cow, sheep, or hog be the 

 victims of disease. 



In observing symptoms, attention should be directed to the 



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