INDEX. 



267 



Oppian, the first who mentions hunting 

 with dogs, 6 ; description of British dogs 

 by, 7 



Orbit of the eye, form of the, 155 

 Orford, Lord, first crossed greyhounds 



with the bull-dog, 31 ; death of, 32 

 Otter-hound, description of the, 97 

 Ovaries, removal of the, 225 

 Ovid, description of coursing by, 27 

 Ozsena, nature and treatment of, 172 



PALATE, veil of the, 1 70 ; inflammation of 

 the, 170 



Palsy, causes of, 125; treatment of, 125; 

 a consequence of chorea, 121 ; a conse- 

 quence of distemper, 242 



Palm oil, an emollient, 259 



Pancreas, functions of the, 213 



Pannonian dog, description of the, 7 



Pariah, description of the, 18 



Parry, Captain, description of the Esqui- 

 maux dogs, 56 



Parturition, time of, 225 ; management 

 during, 226 ; use of the ergot of rye, 

 226, 228 ; inversion of the uterus after, 

 230 



Pelvis, fracture of the, 253 



Percivall, Mr., on fractures, 252 



Pericardium, description of the, 185; case 

 of a wound in the, 187 



Peritonitis, symptoms and treatment of, 

 202 



Persian greyhound, description of the, 41 



Peruvian bark, a valuable tonic, 257 



Phlegmonous tumour, nature and treat- 

 ment of, 184 



Pleurisy, nature of, 188 ; diagnostic symp- 

 toms of, 192 



Pneumonia, nature and treatment of, 189 ; 

 diagnostic symptoms of, 192 ; in distem- 

 per, 238; a consequence of small-pox, 244 



Pointer, compared with the setter, 91 ; 

 early training of, 94 ; breaking-in, 96 ; 

 English, 92 ; French, 93 ; Portuguese, 

 93; Russian, 94; Spanish, 93. 



Pollux, the introduction of hunting with 

 dogs attributed to, 6 



Polugar dog, description of the, 16 



Polypus in the ear, 166 ; in the nasal and 

 anal cavities, 167; in the vagina, 167 



Pomeranian wolf-dog, description of, 66 



Poodle, description of the, 48 



Portuguese pointer, description of the, 93 



Potash, the nitrate of, a useful diuretic, 259 



Prussic acid, useful in cases of irritation of 

 the skin, 256 



Puerperal fits, causes, nature, and treat- 

 ment of, 229 



Pulse of various animals, 186 



Pupping, see Parturition 



Purging in distemper, 234 ; should be 

 avoided, 239 



Pythagoras, his high opinion of ttys virtues 

 of the dog, 4 



RABIES, 128 ; cases, 129 ; early symptoms, 

 131 ; progress, 135 ; post-mortem appear- 

 ances, 141 ; causes, 143; period of incu- 

 bation, 143 ; duration, 144 ; nature of the 

 virus, 144 ; nature of the disease, 145 ; 

 treatment of persons bitten, 146; in the 

 horse, 148; in the rabbit, 148; in the 

 guinea-pig, 149 ; in the cat, 149 ; in the 

 fowl, 150; in the badger, 150; in the 

 wolf, 150 ; trials concerning the death of 

 persons by, 152 



Radius, fracture of the, 251 



Ratcliffe, D., on scent, 175 



Rectum, the, 197 



Retriever, Newfoundland dog used as, 55 



Rheumatism, nature, causes, and treatment 

 of, 124 



Richard II., anecdote of the dog of, 29 



Richmond, the third Duke of, built Good- 

 wood kennel, 84 



Roman sacrifices of dogs, description of, 23 



Rounding the ear in canker, disapproved, 

 161 



Rottenness of the lungs, 189 



Rupture of the heart, case of, 187 ; post- 

 mortem appearances, 188 ; of the colon, 

 200; of the bladder, 217 



Russian greyhound, description of the, 40 ; 

 pointer, description of the, 94 



SALIVA, state of in rabies, 135 



Salts, a purgative, 259 



Scabby mange, nature and treatment of, 

 245 



Scent, the term, 173; description of, 173; 

 influence of the atmosphere upon, 1 73 



Scotch greyhound, description of the, 38 ; 

 terrier, description of the, 103 



Scott, Sir Walter, anecdote of the dog of, 

 99 ; verses on the dogs of, 105 



Second division of varieties, 43 



Seton, useful in epilepsy, 119 



Setter, description of the, 90 ; early train- 

 ing of, 94 ; compared with the pointer, 

 91 



Sheep-dog, description of the, 59 ; anec- 

 dotes of the, 59, 63 ; supposed by Buffon 

 to be the original type, 104; French, 

 description of the, 59 



Shock dog, description of the, 104 



Shoulder, fracture of the, 252 ; proper form 

 of the, in the greyhound, 33 



Siberian dog, description of the. 57 



Simonds, Professor, on fractures, 253 



Simpson, Mr., on the use of the ergot of rye, 

 229 



Skeleton, description of the, 116 



Skin, uses of the, 2 



Skull, form of, adopted as the arrangement 

 of the varieties of the dog, 1 1 ; fracture 

 of the, 253 



Small-pox, symptoms of, 243 ; causes of, 

 244 ; treatment, 244 



Smell, the sense of, 107, 172 



