A GUIDE TO DIAGNOSIS; 
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COMPLETE INDEX OF SYMPTOMS 
THE following Index of Symptoms is arranged under four heads, 
viz.: Diseases oF Horses; Diskasks oF CaTTiE; DISEASES 
oF BHEEP; Diseases OF SWINE. Hach part is arranged alpha- 
betically, so that ready reference can be made to any symptom. 
HOW TO USE THIS INDEX. 
Animals when taken sick, not having the power of speech, can 
not make known the seat of their disease, excert by certain signs 
or invariable symptoms. [t therefore becomes of the bighest im- 
portance to be able to understand the mute language of the poor 
dumb brute, and thus to find out what ails him, in order that the 
proper means of cure may be speedily made nse of. 
An instance of the use to be made of this Index may be fonn{ 
in the following case: “A horse is noticed to breathe faster than 
usual, with evident pain; back, arched; legs, straddling; head 
often turned toward the loins; urine, reddened and scanty.” Now, 
a reference to these symptoms, as arranged alphabetically, enables 
us to turn directly to page 223, where “ Inflammation of the Kid- 
neys” is seen to be the disease we are looking for. 
The same thing can be done io case a cow, sheep, or hog be the 
victims of disease. 
In observing symptoms, attention should be directed to tbe 
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