SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTERS. XV. 



sheep from debility. Diseases of the Liver, size of liver as com- 

 pared with that of other animals. Only two, non-parasitic in 

 origin, considered in this chapter. Hepatitis, Jaundice Icterus. 

 CHAPTER XIII— DISEASES OF THE UEIXAEY 

 SYSTEM. Surplus of nitrogen in the system. Urea. Kidneys. 

 Ureters. Bladder. Urethra. Acid urine. Alkaline virine. 

 Litmus paper. Urine tests. Sabulous deposits. Nephritis, never 

 reported as an original lesion. Renal Calculi, generally the 

 causes of urinary diseases in sheep. Urethral Calculus, liable to 

 cause rupture of the bladder. Treatment operative; liable in 

 cases of rams to injure their procreative qualities. 



CHAPTER XIV— PARASITIC DISEASES DUE TO 

 INTERNAL PARASITES. Parasites, living animal organ- 

 isms. Entozoa. Ectozoa. Parasitic disease of the brain. 

 Sturdy. Gid. Coenurus cerebralis. Hydatid cysts. Disease 

 resembling gid. Operation for gid not always successful. Dogs 

 and their relation to gid. Parasitic diarrhoea, a serious com- 

 plaint. Taenia expansa. Observers qiioted. Description of 

 parasite causing the disease. Parasitic gastric catarrh. Occurs 

 as an epizootic. Nodular disease; first recognized in "Washing- 

 ton, D. C, by Dr. D. E. Salmon. Parasitic nasal catarrh, due 

 to oestrus ovis. Surgical treatment for removal of larvae. 

 Parasitic bronchitis. Hoose. Husk. Snots. A destructive 

 aflFection. Strongylus filaria, strongylus refescens. Nature of 

 the disease. Methods of introduction. How they arrive in the 

 bronchial tubes. Treatment, both preventive and curative. 

 The Rot has caiised more loss to flock-owners than all other dis- 

 eases. Virulent in Egypt. Distoma hcpaticum. Wonderful 

 life cycle of parasite. Duration of the disease. Post-mortem 

 appearances. Description of fluke. Preventive treatment. 



CHAPTER XV— PARASITIC DISEASES OE THE 

 SKIN. Scabies causes great losses to the wool-growers. Life 



