INDEX. 



265 



Dog's-tail grass, the use of, 195 

 Dogs, Isle of, origin of the name, 29 

 Dropsy, 205 ; causes of, 205 ; cases of, 206 ; 



treatment of, 207 



Drover's dog, description of the, 65 

 Duodenum, the, 194 

 Dupuy, M., on diseases of the spinal 



marrow, 125 

 Dysentery, nature of, 204; treatment of, 



205 



EAR, diseases of the, 160; vegetating ex- 

 crescences in the, 164 ; eruptions in the, 

 164 ; cropping of the, 165 ; polypi in the, 

 nature and treatment of, 166 ; pain of, 

 an early symptom of rabies, 133 

 Egyptian worship of the dog, 4 ; dog, de- 

 scription of the, 104 



Elfric, King of Mercia, possessed grey- 

 hounds, 29 



Emetic tartar, uses of, 257 

 Emetics, useful in distemper, 237 

 Enteritis, causes, symptoms, and treatment 



of, 199 



Epiglottis, description of the, 181 

 Epilepsy, causes of, 1 1 9 ; treatment of, 1 1 9 ; 

 cases, 120 ; puerperal, 229 ; in distem- 

 per, 233, 239 



Epsom salts, a purgative, 259 

 Ergot of rye, use of, in parturition, 226, 228 

 Esquimaux dog, description of the, 55 

 Ethiopia, a dog elected king of, 4 

 Ethmoid bones, description of the, 169 

 Extremities, bones of the, 117 

 Eye, distinctive form of the, 3, 1 1 ; diseases 

 of the, 155; construction of the, 155; 

 cases of disease of the, 156 ; congenital 

 blindness, 157 ; ophthalmia, 158 ; cata- 

 ract, 158; amaurosis, 158; appearance 

 of in rabies, 138 ; appearance of in dis- 

 temper, 233 



FAMILIARIS, sub-genus, 11 



Feet, sore, 248 



Femur, fracture of the, 251 



Fighting-pits, 114 



First division of varieties, 13 



Fistula in the anus, causes and treatment 



of, 221 

 Fits, symptoms of, 117 ; treatment of, 118 ; 



distemper, 233, 239 ; puerperal, 229. 

 Fitzhardinge, Lord, his management of 



hounds, 81 



Flogging hounds, disapproved of, 76 

 Food, the dog used for, 2, 23, 24 ; of the 



greyhound, 36 ; of the foxhound, 83 ; 



insufficient, a cause of distemper, 231 

 Fore-arm, fracture of the, 251 

 Foxhound, description of the, 72 ; size and 



proper conformation of, 72 ; pupping, 



74; treatment of whelps, 75; breaking 



in, 76 ; management in the field, 78 ; 



general management and food of, 83 ; 



Lord Fitzhardinge's management, 81 



Fractures, most frequent in young dogs, 

 250 ; of the huinerus, 250 ; of the thigh, 

 251 ; of the femur, 251 ; of the radius, 

 251 ; of the fore-arm, 251 ; of the shoul- 

 der, 252 ; of the pelvis, 253 ; of the skull, 

 253 



French pointer, description of the, 93 

 Fungus hsematodes, a case of, 248 ; post- 

 mortem appearances, 248 



GASEHOUND, description of the^ 39 



Gelert, the dog of Llewellyn, poem on the 

 death of, 30 



Gentian, a stomachic and tonic, 259 



Ghookhan, or wild ass, hunted by Per- 

 sian greyhounds, 42 



Giddiness, nature and treatment of, 118 



Ginger, a cordial and tonic, 259 



Glass, powdered, the best vermifuge, 219, 

 237 



Goitre, nature of, 182; cause and treat- 

 ment of, 183 



Good qualities of the dog, 105 



Goodwood kennel, description of, 84 ; plan 

 of, 85 



Grecian dogs, description of, 6 ; sacrifices 

 of dogs, 23 ; greyhound, description of 

 the, 40. 



Greyhound, description of the, 27 ; pup- 

 pies, cut of, 6 ; origin of, 28 ; known in 

 England in the Anglo-Saxon period, 28 ; 

 old verses describing the, 31 ; cross 

 with the bull-dog, 31 ; proper conform- 

 ation of, 33 ; colour of, 34 ; breeding, 

 35; rules for age, 35; food, 36; 

 training, 36 ; laws for coursing with, 

 260 ; English, 27 ; Grecian, 40 ; High- 

 land, 38; Irish, 39; Italian, 42; Per- 

 sian, 41 ; Russian, 40 ; Scotch, 38 ; 

 Turkish, 41 



Grognier, Professor, description of the 

 French sheep-dog, 59 



Gullet, description of the, 194 



HARE Indian dog, description of the, 25 



Harrier, description of the, 70 



Head, bones of the, 116; form of in the 



foxhound, 72 

 Heart, description of the, 186 ; action of 



the, 186; rupture of the, 187 

 Hecate, dogs sacrificed to, 23 

 Hepatitis, causes, symptoms and treatment 



of, 210 



Hertwich, Professor, on rabies, 151 

 Highland greyhound, description of the,38 

 Hindoos regard the dog unclean, 5 

 Hogg, James, anecdotes of his dog, 62 

 Hog's lard, the basis of all ointments, 256 

 Hound, the various kinds of, 68 ; blood, 89 ; 



fox, 72 ; otter, 97 ; southern, 88; stag, 86 

 Humerus, fracture of the, 250 

 Hunting with dogs first mentioned by 



Oppian, 6 

 Hunting-kennels, 79 



