INDEX. 809 
Medicine, the best mode of acquiring* a knowledge of, 721 — the importance 
of a knowledge of comparative, 729, 730 
Medicines, the question of disclosing to the public those which the veteri- 
nary surgeon uses, 109 — the sad blunders in the composition of many, 764 
Medicine and attendance, on charging for, 795 
Melanosis, description of in the horse, 122 
Memorial to parliament by the veterinary body, the union with respect to it, 
345 
Mercier, M., on endo-carditis, 260 
Mesenteric gland, account of an enormous one, 419 
Metacarpal bones, 5 — spontaneous cure of a fracture of, 413 — the function of 
them, 744 
Metals, the numerous and valuable compounds of, 764 
Mogford, Mr. W., on drenching and balling, 21 — on the effect of certain 
weeds on the horse and cow, 221 — his case of obscure disease in the horse, 
684 
Mr. H , his cases of tapping in hydrothorax, 328 
Morgan, Mr. C., obtains his diploma, 240 
Morton, Professor, testimony to his diligence and talent, 3 7 — account of his 
attempt to establish a benevolent institution iu the profession, 162 — his 
introductory lecture, 750 — the importance of careful reading and mutual 
instruction, 753 — the importance of medical chemistry, 754 — the object 
and advantages of the study of it, 757 — the atmosphere, 760 — water, 761 
— the arts, 762 — chlorine, 763 — the principles of vegetable substances, 
763 — metallic compounds, 764 — the exposure of empiricism, 764 — the 
sophistication of drugs, 765 — the detection of poisons — detection and 
treatment of disease, 768 — its application to hoove in cattle, 769 — the 
poison of lead and copper works, 770 — its connexion with the phenomena 
of life, 771 — the simple apparatus necessary, 77 2 — the best books to be 
consulted, 772 — its general advantages, 7/3 
Mouths of different animals, a comparative view of them, 736 — those of the 
horse and ruminants, 736 — the dog and pig, 737 
Murrain, account of in cows and calves, 332 
Muscular system, on the irritability and tone of, 682 
N. 
Nassau, the veterinary institutions in, 260 
Natural history, observations on the three kingdoms of, 730 
Naylor, Mr., his advice to and advocacy of The Veterinarian, 561 
Neerosis of the bones of the hock, account of the, 532 
Nervous system. Dr. Marshall Hall’s theory of the, 615 
Neurotomy on a cow, a successful case of, 20 
Nimrod, on condition, 31 
O. 
Obituary, the, of Sir Astley Cooper, Bart., 164 — of Mr. A. Wilkie, 493 
Observation, the importance of the habit of, 724 
(Esophagus in cattle, spontaneous case of a rupture of, 424 
(Estrum in a cow, three days before parturition, 690 
Oils, the fixed, too often mingled with the essential ones or alcohol, 766 
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