«H CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



THE THORAX. 



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

 The Veins — Physiology of Respiration Hi 



* CHAPTER XVII. 



THE ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC VISCEItA. 



The 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- 

 creas — Kidneys — Pelvis — Bladder — Organs of Generation, Male and 

 . Female . / 278 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE NERVES AND SPECIAL ORGANS. 



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

 Touch— The Foot . . . 286 



CHAPTER XIX. 



THE DISEASES AND INJURIES OF BONE. 



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

 Lateral Cartilages — Bone 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 . 29J 



CHAPTER XX. 



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



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

 Membrane — Inflamed Tendinous Sheaths — Inflamed Bursas Mucosas — 

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

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

 .'Of the Baok^Sinews — Breaking Down — Strains of the Hip-Joint, Stifle, 

 and Hock — Curb — Dislocation — Wounds of Joints .... 311 



CHAPTER XXI. 



DISEASES OF THE THORACIC ORGANS' AND THEIR APPENDAGES. 



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

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



