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INDEX. 
Davie, Mr., his case of division of the flexor tendon, 198 — his case of neu- 
rotomy, 436 
Dawber, Mr., his case of enteritis in a mare, 192 
Daws, Mr., his cases of paraphymosis and amputation of the penis, 38 
Delafond, Professor, his treatment of foot-rot, 46 — ditto phlebitis, 47 — ditto, 
epidemic, 47 — ditto, inflammation of the roof of the mouth in pig’s, 47 
Deuto-ioduret of mercury, the efficacy of, 137 
Diaphragm, a singular case of perforation of, 19 — the supposed spasm of 
denied, 66 — rupture of the, 214 — on supposed spasmodic action of the, 499, 
518 
Diarrhoea, acute, in a cow, 151 
Dick, Professor, his opinion of rabies, 23 — on acute founder in a horse, 72 
— a singular case of lithotomy, 366 — his account of the epidemic, among 
cattle in 1840, 448 — on the division of the mesian artery in a cow, 670 
Dickens, Mr., his account of cystisis in sheep, 35 7 
Digestion in the cow, the process of, 585 
Diniodide of copper, the effect of, in farcy and glanders, 136 
Diseases that never co-exist, a catalogue of, 662 
Distemper in horses, the treatment of by mercury, 556 
Diuretics, the proper ones, and their effects, 263, 266 — the mode of their act- 
ing, 266, 268 
Dog, the progress of blood and of poisons in, 418 — the wonderful sagacity of ~ 
some, 477 — introductory lecture on the diseases of, 669 — zoological de- 
scription of the, 673 
Domestic animals, illustrations of, 225 
Drenches, the danger of, 553 — the manner of administering, 587 
Dropsy in sheep, a case of, 140 
Drouard, M., his cases of unusual and difficult parturition, 376 
Dunsford, Mr., his case of disease of the kidneys and liver, 144 — ditto of 
introsusception of the ileum, 390 — his case of adhesion of the caecum to 
the abdomen, 391 
Edinburgh Veterinary College, examination of the pupils of, 282 
Education, the proper, of the agriculturist and veterinary surgeon, 353 
Eggs, the method of increasing the number of, 360 
Egypt, description of the plague, 34 
Electricity, the connexion of with the incubation of birds, 606 
Elbow of the horse, the proper form of, 492 — admeasurement of the horse 
from it, 527 
Eleouet, M., on inversion and rupture of the uterus in a cow, 233 
Elephant, sketch of the structure of, 620 
Emetic tartar, its effect on the horse, 262 
Emetin, its value as a medicinal agent, 319 
Endocarditis, a case of, 229 
Enteritis, a singular case of in a mare, 192, 508 
Eocene period, account of the, 12 
Epidemic among cattle, Mr. Sewell’s history of, 92 
Epidemic diseases, the history of, 32, 97, 98, 165, 241, 344, 560 — where 
most prevalent, 244 — cattle more subject to than other animals, 244 — 
they are contagious, 246, 249 — sometimes attack all animals, 246 — the 
principal recipes for in France, 247 — the duty and the influence of the 
veterinary surgeon in, 248 — on the consumption of the flesh and milk, 
345 — the absurd destruction of the cattle, 346 — the question of inocula- 
tion, 347 — its gradual progress, 400 
