CONTENTS. 
SECTION I.—Tue Causszs or DISEASE. 
(Page 19-39.) 
Remarks on Veterinary Science, and the Relation it bears to Social Scienca 
: Veterinary Science ; how to inaugurate it—What Benefits have we derived 
from its Study—Inflammation ; its Nature and Treatment. 
SECTION II.—Drseases or THE Eye. 
(Page 40-57.) 
Amaurosis, or Glass Eye (Gutta Serena)—Foreign bodies within the Eye 
lids—Specks, or film on the eye, known as Opacity of the Cornea --Cataract— 
‘Worm in the Eye—Ophthalmia—Treatment of Inflammation—Purulent 
Ophthalmia— Specific Ophthalmia. ~ 
SECTION ITI.—Disrasszs of THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM. 
(Page 58-85.) 
Abscess within the Substance of the Brain—Hydrocephalus, or Dropsy of 
the Brain—Stomach Staggers—Apoplexy, or Cerebral Hemorrhage—Apo- 
plexy of Spine, or Spinal Hemorrhage, producing Paraphlegia—Epilepsy, or 
Fits—Tetanus—Vertigo—Acute or General Disease of the Brain, known as 
Encephalitis—Sleepy Staggers—Cerebral Meningitis—Chorea, or Stringhalt. 
SECTION IV.—DistaseEs or THE RESPIRATORY PASSAGES AND 
ORGANS. 
(Page 86-186.) 
Importance of Ventilating Stables— Brief Exposition and Description of 
the Function of the Lungs—Spasm of the muscles of the Glottis and Epi- 
glottis—Laryngitis (suppurative and inflammatory)—Croup—Chronic Cough 
—Roaring—Polypus—Bronchocele—Influenza, or epizootic catarrh—Pneu- 
monia, or Inflammation of the Lungs, including Typhoid Affections, Pleur: 
isy, and Dropsy of the Chest. 
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