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A MANUAL OF VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY 



Sheep, implantation, ovum, 714 



life, average duration of, 743 



lymph, 268 



maturity, 694 



milk, 728 



motor area, 497 



oestrus, 690 



puberty of, 694 



rate of growth, 739 



starvation of, 363 



sweating of, 307 



temperature, 374 



urine, 338 



uterine glands, 721 

 Shetland pony, 648 

 Shivering, horses, 376 

 Shock, surgical, 89, 92, 133 

 Shoeing, injuries by, 686 



physiological, 685 

 Shoulder-joint, 603 

 ' Show,' fattening for, 359, 361, 368 

 ' Shying,' 562 

 Side-bone, 676, 679, 685 

 Sight, 531. See also Eye 

 Sigmoid valves, 36, 38 

 Silent areas, 501 

 Sinuses, facial, 116 

 Skatol, 221, 232, 255, 753 

 Skiascopy, 546 

 Skin, the, 299 



absorption by, 282 



appendages, chestnut and ergot, 

 313 



dandruff, amount lost, 311 

 characters of, 311 

 composition, 311 

 pigment, 312 



differences in type, 299 



effect of varnishing, 312 



hair, albinism, 305 

 cat, 300 

 clipping, 306 

 colour and stamina, 304 

 horses, 304 

 limbs and face, 304, 



305 

 protective, 304 



distribution, 299 



erection of, 306, 523, 529 



permanent and temporary, 

 300 



pigment, 302 



shedding, 301 



streams, 301 



use of, 300 



weight of, 300 

 organ of touch, 299 

 respiratory function, 312 

 sebum, fleece of sheep, 312 



nature, 311 



preputial, 312 



Skin, sebum skin of ears and eyes, 312 

 uses, 311 

 sweat, amount of, 307 

 at death, 310 

 centres, 309 

 composition of, 308 

 its occurrence in animals, 



306 

 nerves, 309 

 nervous mechanism of, 



308, 310 

 pigments in, 308 

 produced by pilocarpine, 



3°9, 310 

 proteins in, 308 

 repeated and permanent, 



310 

 salts in, 308 



sensible and insensible, 307 

 vascular mechanism, 310 

 Sleep, 506 



hibernal, 508 



theories of, 508 



while standing, 95, 483, 506, 



587, 589 

 Smell, 563 



olfactory organ, 563 



nervous mechanism, 563 



sensations, 564 



stimulus, 564 

 Smooth muscle,389, 391, 392, 403, 419 



salts of, 418. See also 

 Muscle, pale 

 Sneezing, 151 

 Sniffing, 564 

 Sodium salts, 240, 267, 330, 332, 



361,418,749,750,752 

 Solar plexus, 227, 520 

 Sole, 661, 677, 683. See also Foot 

 Solitary follicles, 279 

 Somatopleure, 706 

 Sound, nature of, 575 

 Sounds, cardiac, 38, 40 

 Sow, oestrus of, 690 

 Spasm of diaphragm, 151, 152 

 Spastic paralysis, 490 

 Spavin, 617 



Specific resistance of tissues, 202 

 Spectroscope, 11 

 Speech, centre for, 501 

 Speed of horse, 649 



canter, 650 



gallop, 649 



trot, 650 



walk, 650 

 ' Speedy-cutting,' 605 

 Spermatic fluid, 693 

 Spermatids, 702 

 Spermatocyte, 702 

 Spermatozoa, 693 



maturation of, 702 



