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INDEX. 



Snowball, a celebrated greyhound, 32 

 Sore feet, causes of, 248 ; treatment, 249 

 Southern hound, description of the, 88 

 Spaniel, origin of the, 43 ; description of 

 the, 43 ; Blenheim, 45 ; King Charles's, 

 44 ; Norfolk, 45 ; water, 45 

 Spanish pointer, description of the, 93 

 Spasmodic cough, nature and treatment 



of, 190 



Spaying, mode of performing, 225 

 Spleen, functions of the, 213; diseases of 



the, 213 



Springer, description of the, 45 

 Staghound, description of the, 86 j anec- 

 dotes of the, 87 

 Staling, profuse, 217 

 Starch bandage, useful in fractures, 253 

 Stealing of dogs, 114 



Stomach, anatomy and diseases of the, 194 ; 

 case of the retention of a sharp instru- 

 ment in the, 195 

 Stiychnia, a valuable medicine in palsy, 



127 

 Sulphur,the basis of applications for mange, 



259 ; a good alterative, 259 

 Sumatra, description of the wild dog of, 19 

 Surfeit, an eruption resembling mange, 245 

 Swedish sacrifices of dogs, description of, 24 

 Sympathetic nerves, 106 



TJENIA, a species of worm, 218 



Tailing, 112 



Tape- worm, the, 218 



Tapping in cases of dropsy, 207 



Tartar emetic, a useful medicine, 257 



Teeth, distinctive arrangement of the, 11; 

 description of the, 177; cuts showing 

 various stages of growth and decay, 1 78, 

 179; supernumerary, 179; diseases of 

 the, 180; very early lost by the Turkish 

 dog, 50 



Teres, a species of worm, 218 



Terrier, description of the, 101 ; training 

 of the, 102 ; anecdotes of the, 102 ; 

 Scotch, description of the, 103 



Tetanus, causes of, 197; symptoms and 

 treatment of, 198 



Thibet dog, description of the, 17 ; cut of 

 the, 13 



Thigh, fracture of the, 251 



Third division of varieties, 98 



Thyroid cartilage, description of the, 181 



Toes, sore, 249 ; number of, 249 



Tongue, description of the, 175; mode of 

 drinking, 175; worming, 175; blain, 

 176 



Torsion, mode of performing, 222 ; for- 

 ceps, 222 



Training of the greyhound, 36 ; of the fox- 

 hound, 77 ; of the pointer or setter, 94 



Trimmer, Mr., description of the Spanish 

 sheep-dog, 61 



Trunk, bones of the, 116 



Tumour, phlegmonous, nature and treat- 

 ment of, 184 



Turkish dog, description of the, 50 ; grey- 

 hound, description of the, 4 1 



Turnside, nature and treatment of, 118 



Turnspit, description of the, 97 



Turpentine, uses of, 259 



UNGUENTS, use of, in mange, 245 

 Unguiculata, a tribe of animals, 1 1 

 Uterus, case of inversion of the, 230 ; ex- 

 tirpation and cure, 230 



VAGINA, polypus in the, 167 



Van Diemen Land, ravages of wild dogs 

 in, 21 



Varieties, three divisions of, 12 ; first 

 division of, 13 ; second division of, 43 ; 

 third division of, 98 



Vatel, his observations on the pulse of dif- 

 ferent animals, 186 



Vegetating excrescences in the ear, nature 

 and treatment of, 164 



Vermifuge, glass the most effectual, 219, 

 237 



Vertebrated animals, what, 1 1 



Vinegar, useful for fomentations, 255 



Voice, change of in rabies, 138 



Vyner, Mr., opinion on kennel lameness, 80 



WARTS, treatment of, 246 



Washing of hounds disapproved of, 8 1 



Watch-dog, frequent ill-usage of the, 113 



Water-spaniel, description of the, 45 ; anec- 

 dotes of the, 47 



Wild dog, description of the, 13; of Africa, 

 22; of Australia, 19; of Van Diemen 

 Land, 21 



Williamson, Captain, account of the wild 

 dogs of Nepal, 15 ; on the degeneration 

 of dogs in India, 15 ; description of the 

 dhole, 16 



Wolf, supposed to be the origin of the dog, 

 3 ; anecdotes of the, 3 



Wolf-dog, Irish, 40 ; Italian, 66 



Worming the tongue, a useless practice, 

 175 



Worms, varieties of, 218 ; symptoms of, 

 219 ; means of expelling, 219 ; cases of, 

 219; a cause of sudden death, 220; 

 causes of, 221 ; a cause of epilepsy, 119 ; 

 a cause of distemper, 237 



YELLOW distemper, nature of, 235 ; treat- 

 ment of, 239 

 Yellows, the, 211 



ZINC, sulphate of, a valuable excitant, 259 

 Zoological classification of the dog, 1 1 



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