708 
INDEX. 
Deteriorated condition of our saddle horses, the causes and the remedy. The 
state of our cavalry, &c. reviewed, 617 
Diaphragm, rupture of, with thoracic hernia, 376 
— — and stomach ruptured, with thoracic hernia, 249 
Dilatation, a means of opening the trachea, 288 
Dillon, M., his defence of castration by torsion, 578 
Dinner, Annual, of the Royal College of Yeterinary Surgeons, 307 
Diplomas granted, Midsummer, 1853, 423 
Disease of heart, with bronchial irritation, 571 
— ; the penis, 72 
Diseases of animals in India resembling Asiatic cholera, 611 
— horses endemic to India, by Mr. Hodgson, 121 
Distemper, nature and treatment of, 198 
District veterinary surgeons, 64 
Dobson, J. R., on spasm or cramp, 568 
Dog, sagacity of a, 703 
Dorrofield, W., his case of scrotal hernia, with hydrocele, 666 
Dragoons, 13th Light, frightul wound of a horse at Chobham Camp, 553 
Dun, Finlay, on hereditary diseases in horses, 521, 584, 635 
his account of the causes of influenza, 273 
Dycer, Edw., his cure of prolapsus ani by excision, 441 
case 0 f « Cramps of the Flexor Muscles of the Head and 
Neck,” 310 
account of Major’s “ British Remedy,” 237 
Dyer, R. H., case of mysterious abdominal disease, 569 
on gentian with aloes, 437 
E. 
East India Company’s service, want of a President Yeterinary Surgeon in 
the veterinary department of, 597 
Editor’s remarks on the operation of gentian with aloes, 63 
on cavalry regulations for shoeing, 175 
. on Majors’ “ British Remedy,” 177 
on “ Smart p.'Maunder,” comments on, 44 
on Major’s “British Remedy,” 295 
on the General Annual Meeting of the Royal College of 
Yeterinary Surgeons for 1853, 352 
* on the present president of the Royal College of Vete- 
rinary Surgeons, 356 
on the case of Smart v. Maunder, 358 
Editorial observations on the camp at Chobham, 481 
■ on inoculation for pleuro-pneumonia, 541 
Emetic tartar, operation of, 362-63 
Emphysema, spontaneous or idiopathic, 287 
Epidemic among poultry, 629 
Epidemiological Society, presentation of plate to Mr. Tucker, 41 6 
— questions circulated by, 57, 221, 320 
Essay on the hereditary diseases of horses, by Finlay Dun, iun., editor’s 
observations on, 652 
Every man to his trade, 479 
Extract from Dr. Tytler Smith’s inaugural address at the Royal Free Hos- 
pital, on opening the session of 1853, 687 
Extract from Mr. Guthrie’s introductory address at the Westminster Hos- 
pital, October, 1853, 691 
