INDEX. 
715 
Epidemic, its appearance in Italy, 400 — Milan, 400 — Piedmont, 401 — France, 
401 — Great Britain, 402 — history of it there, 403 — description of it, 404 — 
period of continuance, 404 — dissection of the carcass, 404 — epidemic, 404 
— contagious, 405 — question of the use of the food, 405 — inoculation for, 
406 — the interference of government, 407 — the result of this, 407 — its 
appearance in other countries, 408 — the cause of the establishment of 
veterinary schools, 409 
Epidemic among cattle, the power of inoculation, 575 — the one of 1842 is 
neither infectious nor contagious, 576 — dependent on the atmosphere, 576 
— the nature of it not known, 576 — the aereal poison that produces it, 577 
— the progress of the disease, 578 — the peculiarity of locality, 57 9 — the 
peculiar symptoms of, 580 — the treatment of, 582 — the question of blood- 
letting in, 583 — counter-irritation, the effect of, 584 — the state of the bowels, 
584 — the medicine, diet, and secondary consequences of, 588 — account of 
ditto, by Mr. Males, 589 — ditto, by Mr. Youatt, 592 — the question of 
destroying cattle that are ill, and would probably otherwise die, 654 — 
among the cattle in Egypt, 668 — Mr. Storry’s account of, 696 
Epilepsy, singular case of in a greyhound, 149 — ditto in a pony, 202 
Ergot of rye, the effect of in parturition, 330 — interesting account of, 665 
Ernes, Mr., his case of acute glanders in the horse, 59 — on rupture of the 
diaphragm in a mare, 211 
Erythema, mercurial, a case of, 528 
Eyes of the horse, description of the, 129 — the singular motionlessness of 
some, 211 
Fagus costanea, to what animals poisonous, 417 
Farcy, acute, history of, 596 — the treatment of with iodine and sulphate of 
copper, 637 
Fat of animals, the use of, 4 
Fecundity of a cow, account of the, 359 
Fentress, Mr., his successful case of phrenitis, 432 
Ferguson, Mr., of Peebles, at the examination of the pupils of the Edinburgh 
Veterinary School, 290 
Ferguson, Hugh, Esq., on the properties of emetine, 319 — on the epizootic 
among cattle, 57 5 
Fever in the horse, description of, 259 — ditto cattle, 674 
Field, Mr., his case of perforation of the chest and belly of a horse by the 
shafts of a cart, 19 
Fifeshire cattle, description of, 225 
Firing, on, and its subsequent treatment, 20 — deep, observations on, 554 
Fistula in ano, a case of, 392 
Flexor tendons, a case of division of the, 67 
Foot-rot in sheep, the treatment of in France, 46 
Foetus, the expulsion of it through the abdominal muscles, 581 
Fowls, the intestines of, curious account of their use, 264— the progress of the 
blood and of poison through its veins, 418 
Food for horses, a cheap one, 664 
Fore legs of the horse, [the proper position of the, 550 — description of them, 609 
Forge, on the management of the, 530 
Founder, a case of acute, in a horse, 72 
France, an account of several epidetnics in, 241, 244 — the epidemic of 1814, 245 
Friend, Mr., on the physicking of horses by unprofessional men, 383 — on 
payment for professional attendance, 383 — his letter to the Governors of 
the Royal Veterinary College on the appointment of a professor of cattle 
medicine, 451 — on tlie\ growth of horses, 517 
Fry, Mr., his account of a horse swallowing sponge, 633 
