INDEX. 597 



Knee — Continued. Page, 

 or hock, chaps, Hcratches, or orarcked heels, description, causes, and treat- 

 ment - '^^3 



Knees, sprung, cause, symptoms, and treatment 348 



Knuckling — 



of fetlock, description, causes, symptoms, and treatment :^47 



or cocked ankles, description, causes, and treatment 374 



Labor pains, premature, cause and treatment Ififi 



Lachrymal apparatus of eye — 



description -^"^ 



obstruction, or watering eye, description and remedy -*'l 



Lameness — 



definition ; physiology and description ^^79 



how to detect the seat 283 



how to discover 280 



its causes and treatment, chapter by A. A. Liautard L'74-368 



of hip, description, symptoms, prognosis, and treatment 344 



of shoulder, description, causes, symptoms, and treatment 340 



Lamfnse, sensitive, description 372 



Laminitis, or founder. {See Founder, or laminitis. ) 



Lampas, description and treatment 44 



Laryngismus paralyticus, or roaring, description and treatment 117, 210 



Laryngitis, or sore throat, description, symptoms and treatment 112 



Larynx, spasms, description and treatment 1 16 



Law, James — 



chapter on ' ' Diseases of the eye " 251-273 



chapter on "Diseases of the generative organs" 142-189 



chapter on "Diseases of the skin " 431-458 



chapter on ' ' Diseases of the urinary organs " 75-103 



Lead poisoning, or plumbism, causes, symptoms, and treatment 223 



Leptus americanus, or harvest bug, animal parasite of skin. 4o2 



Leucorrhea, description and treatment 1^8 



Liautard, A., chapter on "Lameness: Its causes and treatment" 274-368 



Lice, or pediculi, description and treatment for bite 454 



I^iganient — 



suspensory, description y ' " 



suspensory, rupture, description, symptoms, and treatment 377 



Ligaments — 



description and functions - ' ° 



suspensory, sprains, causes, symptoms, prognosis, and treatment 345 



Limbs — 



hind, cramp, (;ause and treatment 1'^^ 



I)erineum, and abdomen, dropsy, description and treatment loO 



Linseed, ground, value as laxative 



Liver— 



diseases, remarks _ ^ 



inflammation, or hepatitis, symptoms, causes, and treatment - '« 



rupture, causes, symptoms, and treatment 73 



Lockjaw, or tetanus, causes, symptoms, prevention, and treatment 21, r 



Locomotor ataxia, or incoordination of movement, description 200 



Loins, sprains, description, cause, symptoms, and treatment 367 



Lucllia cijemr, or bluebottle, and L. hominivorcu; or screwworm tiy, note 453 



