INDEX 



395 



Vaginismus, 290 

 Vaginitis, causes, 290 



contagious, symptoms and treatment 



of, 290 

 defined, 290 



symptoms and treatment of, 290 

 Vagus nerve, anatomy, 75 

 function of, 135 

 influence on heart, 109 

 Valence, 4 

 Valves, heart, 62 

 ileocaecal, 83 

 of veins, 110 

 Valvular insufficiency, causes and symp- 

 toms, 186 

 treatment, 187 

 Vascular glands, 112 

 Vas deferens, definition of, 92 

 Vaseline, source of, 37 

 Vaso-vasorum, 99 

 Vegetables, green, 127 

 Veins, anterior cava, 68 

 described, 99 

 dorsal, 68 

 function of, 110 

 internal thoracic, 68 

 jugular, 69 

 portal, 69, 120 

 pulmonary, 68 

 spermatic, 92 

 superior cervical, 68 

 valves of, 110 

 vena azygos, 68 

 vertebral, 68 

 Venesection, 323 

 Ventilation, King system of, 346 

 relation of air space to, 346 

 Veratrum viride, actions, 306 



dose for dog and horse, 306 

 uses, 306 

 Vermifuge for cow, dog and horse, 316 

 Version, obstetrics, 278 

 Vertebrae, anatomy, 48 

 cervical, 48 



common characteristics of, 49 

 true, 49 

 Vertigo, abdominal, 199 



causes, prevention, symptoms 

 and treatment, 199 

 Vesicovaginocele, causes, 292 



reduction of, 292 

 Vesiciilas seminales, 92 



absent in dog and cat, 264 

 function of, 263 

 Viborg method of opening guttural pouch, 

 220 

 triangle, 220, 221 

 Viburnum prunifolium, uses of, 313 

 Vieussens, ring of, 68 

 Vinegar, 35 



Vitreous humor, 93, 94 

 Vitriol, blue, 7 

 Voluntary movements, 134 

 muscle, 100, 130 



Vomition in cattle, diagnosis, 192 



differentiated from regurgitation, 

 192 

 rare in the horse, reason, 117 

 Vulva, anatomy, 93 

 function of, 266 

 mucous membrane of, 261 

 epithehum of, 261 

 structure of, 261 



Washing soda, 7 



Water, composition of, 14 



decomposed, 14 



hard, tests for, 15 



Ume, 30 



purifying, 14, 345 



soft, 15 



tests for chlorides in, 14 

 for lead in, 14 

 for nitrates in, 14 

 Weight, atomic, 5 



metric system of, 306 



molecular, 5 



of animal, supported by hoof, 96, 

 139 



unit of, 306 

 Whartonian gelatin, 272 

 Whey, 42 

 White scours in calves, 178 



causes and treatment, 178 

 Wind-galls, causes, defined, 216 

 Wine, 35 

 Wool compared with fur and hair, 124 



conditions favoring growth of, 125 

 improvement of, 125 



effect of ingestion of salt on, 125 

 of sulphur on, 125 

 Wounds, classification of, 206 



healing of, 207 



infection, 206 



lacerated, treatment of, 208 



of the coronet, treatment, 208 



reopening, indications for, 207 



treatment of antiseptic and aseptic, 

 206 

 Wry-neck, 279 



Zinc, 31 



acetate, 35 

 antidote for, 39 

 chloride, 31 



uses of, 321 

 oxide, 31 



uses of, 321 

 sulphate, 31 



an emetic, 316 



dose for dog, 316 



distinguished from Epsom salts, 



31 

 preparation of, 31 

 uses of, 321 

 Zona pellucida, 268 

 Zone of Zinn, anatomy, 93 

 Zootechnics, 360 



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