INDEX 
Abdomen, account of enormous tuberculous masses in the, 191 — a calculus 
found loose in, 192 — a case of adhesion of the caecum to the, 391 — ditto 
of contused wound in, 642 
Abscess in the womb of a mare, 298 
Absorbents, a case of inflammation of the, 509 
Adeps, the use of, 4 
TEgina, history of the plague of, 35 
Ages, at different, the relative growth of young horses, 425 4 
Agriculturist, the proper education of the, 353 — his natural connexion with 
the veterinary surgeon, 652 
Albuminous urine, a case of, 81 
Alderney breed of cattle, description of the, 225 
Alfort, summary of the proceedings at the veterinary school of, 45, 135, 
189 — cases of anasarca at, 593 — the mode of clinical instruction there, 652 
Allison, Mr., his case of spasmodic action of the diaphragm in a pony, 499 
Amaurosis, a singular case of, 495 
Anal opening, deficiency of the, 217 
Anasarca, interesting account of a case of, 593 
Anatomy, the importance of the study of, 619 
Anderson, Mr., on betony and inflammation of the bladder, 29 — on the ele- 
mentary composition of different kinds of food. 
Animals, the gigantic size of some of the ancient, 13 — .the educability of, 477 
— the instinctive hereditary propensities of, 478 —the zoological descrip- 
tion of, 672 
Antimony, tartarized, its effect on the horse, 262 
Anus, fistula of the, in a horse, 596 
Aphthous disease in cattle, cases of, 597 
Arm of the horse, account of the, 491, 549 
Arrow-root, the adulterations of, 608 
Arsenic, its influence on the urinary system, 48 — case of recovery of a horse 
from, 632 — dreadful destruction among horses by, 668 
Ascites in sheep, a case of, 140 
Ass, the value of one in the year 997, 667 
Atcherley, Mr., on the treatment of distemper by mercury, 556 
Attendance, professional, on the payment for, 383 
Ayrshire, on the breed of cattle in, 225 
Back of the horse, observations on the, 61 
Bailey, Mr., his case of amputation of the penis, 461 
Balls, cattle medicine should never be delivered in the form of, 585 
Banister, Mr., his case of scirrhous enlargement of the tongue, 139 
Barlow, Mr., on the new epidemic among cattle, 438 
Beech-mast, to what animals poisonous, 47 — the question of its being poi- 
sonous, 192 
Beesley, Mr., on the use of iodine in goitre, 666 
Beeson, Mr., on supposed spasm of the diaphragm, 66— on the epidemic 
among cattle in 1839, 444 
Bell, Sir Charles, his account of the shoulders of a horse, 488 
