XVI. SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTERS. 



liistoiy of scab parasites. Gerlach's table of scab mite multi- 

 plication. The Common Scab. The Head Scab. Examina- 

 tion of sheep for scab. Methods of infection. New Mexican 

 lambs, their liability to scabies. Dipping. Hand-dressing for 

 scab. Dipping plant. Lime and sulphur dip. Sheep Tick. 

 Melophagus Ovinus. Lice. Peculiar appearance of the wool 

 of sheep affected with lice. The Fly. Lucellia Marcellaria. 

 Cause of maggot. 



CHAPTER XVI— SPECIFIC DISEASES. Germs. 

 'Classification of germs. Methods of introduction into animal 

 economy. Germs the cause of all specific diseases. Period of ■ 

 incubation. Braxy. Anthrax Fever. Treatment preventive. 

 "Wool-sorters' disease. Black-leg. Quarter-ill. Quarantine of 

 infected pastures. Foot-and-Mouth Disease. Infectious 

 Aphtha. Eczema Epizootica. Tetanus — lock-jaw. As seen fol- 

 lowing parturition. Use of tetanus anti-toxin. Erysipelas. 

 Actinomycosis — due to a fungus — occurs in the human, cattle, 

 swine, and rarely in the dog. Sheep Pox. Variola Ovina. 

 Tuberculosis very rare in sheep. Eabies. Hydrophobia. Post- 

 mortem appearances. Symptoms of rabies in the dog. Blood 

 Diseases. Red Water. Sanguineous Ascites. Anaemia. 

 Rheumatism. Pining. Vinquish. 



CHAPTER XVII— OPERATIVE SURGERY AND 

 DISEASES OF THE EYE. Castration. Methods of 

 operation. Covered operation for scrotal hernia. Trapping. 

 Tying or lashing. Bistournage. Docking. Spaying. Frac- 

 tures. Simple. Compovmd. Comminuted. Wounds, incised, 

 punctured, lacerated, or torn, contused or bruised. Bruises. 

 Strains. Sprains. Abscess. What constitutes a tumor. Over- 

 growths of tissue. Homologous and heterologous tumors. Meth- 

 ods of growth. Vascularity. Malignant and benign tumors. 

 Causes of tumor formation. Cohnheim's theory. Parasitic 



