Vlll CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



THE THORAX. 



Contents of the Thorax — The Blood — General Plan of the Circulation -- 

 The Veins — Physiology of Respiration 272 



CHAPTER XVII. 



THE ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC VISCERA. 



The Abdomen and its Contents — Physiology of Digestion — Structure of 

 Giands and Physiology of Secretion — Depuration, and its OfiBce in the 

 Animal Economy — The Stomach — The Intestines — Liver — Spleen — Pan- 

 creas — Kidneys — Pelvis — Bladder — Organs of Generation, Male and 

 Female 278 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE NERVES AND SPECIAL ORGANS. 



The Nerves— The Organ of Smell— The Eye— The Ear— The Organ of 

 Touch— The Foot 286 



CHAPTER XIX. 



THE DISEASES AND INJURIES OF BONE. 



General Remarks — Splints — Ringbone and Sidebone — Ossification of the 

 Lateral Cartilages — Bone Spavin — Exostosis of the Humerus and Scapula, 

 or Shoulder-Joint Lameness — Fistula of the Withers, or Thiselo — Poll 

 Evil — Caries of the Jaw — Osteo Sarcoma, or Big Head — Fractures . 297 



CHAPTER XX. 



INJURY AND DISEASES OF THE JOINTS, MUSCLES, AND TENDONS. 



Diseases of Muscle, Tendon, and Ligament — Of Cartilage and Synovial 

 Membrane — Inflamed Tendinous Sheaths — Inflamed Bursae Mucosae — 

 Strains — Those of the Back and Loins — Of the Shoulder — Of the Knee 

 — Of the Fetlock — Of the Coffin Joint — Of the Suspensory Ligaments — 

 Of the Back-Sinews — Breaking Down — Strains of the Hip-Joint, Stifle, 

 and Hock — Curb — Dislocation — Wounds of Joints . . . . 311 



CHAPTER XXL 



DISEASES OF THE THORACIC ORGANS AND THEIR APPENDAGES. 



General Remarks — Catarrh, or Cold— Influenza, or Distemper — Bronchitia 

 —Chronic Cough— Laryngitis, Roaring, Whistling, etc.— Pneumonia and 



