CONTENTS. 



CHATTER XVI. 



THE THORAX. 



PAGE 



Contents of tho Thorax— The Blood— General Plan of the Circulation— 

 The Veins — Physiology of Respiration ....... 272 



CHAPTER XVII. 



THE ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC VISCERA. 



TIjg Abdomen and its Contents— Physiology of Digestion — Structure of 

 Glands and Physiology of Secretion — Depuration, and its Office in the 

 Animal Economy — The Stomach — The Intestines — Liver— Spleen — Pan- 

 ercas — Kidney? — Pelvis — Bladder — Organs of Generation, Male and 

 Female ............. 278 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE NERVES AND SPECIAL ORGANS. 



The Nerves— Tho Organ of Smell— The Eye— The Ear— Tho Organ of 

 Touch— The Foot 2SG 



CHAPTER XIX. 



THE DISEASES AND INJURIES OF BONE. 



General Remarks — Splints — Ringbone and Sidebone — Ossification of the 

 Lateral Cartilages — Eone Spavin — Exostosis of the Humerus and Scapula, 

 or Shoulder-Joint Lameness — Fistula of the "Withers, or Thiselo — Poll 

 Evil — Caries of the Jaw — Osteo Sarcoma, or Big Head — Fractures . 297 



CHAPTER XX. 



INJURY AND DISEASES OF THE JOINTS, MUSCLES, AND TENDONS. 



Diseases of Muscle, Tendon, and Ligament — Of Cartilage and Synovial 

 Membrane — Inflamed Tendinous Sheaths — Inflamed Bursa; Mucosa? — 

 Strains—Those of the Back and Loins — Of the Shoulder — Of the Knee 

 —Of the Fetlock — Of the Coffin Joint — Of the Suspensory Ligaments — 

 Of the Back-Sinews — Breaking Down — Strains of the Hip-Joint, Stifle, 

 and Hock — Curb — Dislocation — Wounds of Joints 311 



CHAPTER XXL 



DISEASES OF THE THORACIC ORGANS AND THEIR APPENDAGES. 



General Remarks — Catarrh, or Cold — Influenza, or Distemper — Bronchitis 

 — Chronic Cough— Laryngitis, Roaring, Whistling, etc. — Pneumonia and 



