INDEX. 



j^BSCESS of the eyes, 268 

 bidder, bite of, 261 

 j4ge of the dog, how ascertained, 66 

 Aloes, the best purgative for dogs, 87 

 Alteratives for dogs, their nature, 



properties, and doses, 82 

 Amaurosis, 70 

 Anasarca, 71 

 Anchylosis, 182 

 Anecdotes illustrative of the admirable 



qualities of the dog, 314 

 Animal poisons, 192, 261 

 Antispasmodics, 151 

 Aperients, 86 

 Ascites, 168 — often brought on by 



asthma, 120 

 Asthma, common in dogs, 127 — 



causes, symptoms, consequences, 



morbid anatomy, and treatment, 



129, 131 

 Astringents, useful in looseness, 159 — 



astringent clysters, 1 60 — astringent 



injections for fistulous sores, 166, 



263 



B 



Bag, or scrotum, swelled and inflam- 

 ed, 291 — internally tumefied from 

 scirrhous testicles, 176 



Balls, how to give them, 93 



Bathing, when useful, 311— washing 

 of dogs, restrictions on it, 77 — me- 

 dicinal bathing, 314 



Belladonna, its virtues as a prophy- 

 lactic against rabies, 248 



Belly swelled, how to distinguish be- 

 tween pregnancy and dropsy, 45, 

 168 



Bilious inflammation, 137 — bilious 

 colic, 137 



Bites venemous, 192 — of a rabid dog, 

 ib. — of wasps and bees, 261 



Bitches, heat of, 42 — ^pregnancy of, 45, 

 168— bringing forth, 45— fits, 147 

 — their teats liable to become in- 

 flamed, 42 — often aflTected by scir- 

 rhus, 173 — injuries to their parts of 

 generation, 44 — a cross in dog- 

 breeding, what, 49 



Blain, an ulcerous affection of the 

 mouth, 263 



Bladder, inflamed, 141 



Bleeding, mode of it described, 308 



Blindness, various causes of it, 267 



Blistering of dogs, mode of, and when 

 required, 309 



Blood, among sportsmen, what, 55, 59 



Bloody stools brought on by various 

 causes, as distemper, 113 — mineral 

 poisons, 185 — and sometimes from 

 mercurial applications licked off the 

 body in cure of mang'e, 280 



J5oa/- hound, natural history of, 18, 19 



Bones, diseases of, 180 — in the wry- 

 legged terrier, made useful, 180 — 

 fracture unconsolidated, cause of, 

 180 — treatment of fractured bones, 

 288— their digestible properties, 74 

 — are useful as food, 74 — excep- 

 tions to this, 73 



Bowels, various affections of them, 

 123 



Breeding and rearing of dogs, 42 — 

 heat or oestrum of the females, 42 

 — breeding shewn to be a healthy 

 process, 44 — cautions and direc- 

 tions relative to it, ib. — superfoeta- 

 tion not uncommon, 45 — sympa- 

 thies displayed, 46 — physiology of 

 gestation, 49 — breeding back, 50 — 

 selection of parents, 55 — breeding 

 as a system productive of very bene- 

 ficial changes on animals, 55, 62 — 

 in-and-in system of breeding, 57 



Bronchocele, 175 



Bull dog, natural history of, 28 



Calcular concretions, 182 — urinary 



calculi, 182— vesicle, 182 

 Calomel an alterative, 83 — a good 



emetic in particular cases, 85— a 



useful application for diseases of 



the eyes, 269 

 Cancer in general, 172— of the sheath 



of dogs, and parts of generation in 



bitches, 176-— scirrhus much more 



common than cancer, 175 

 Canine madness, 192, 260 



