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INDEX. 
S. 
Safety lamp, account of the, 762 
Saxony, the social position of veterinary surgeons in, 513 
Scarlatina maligna, a case of in a horse, 117 
Scirrhus in the tongue of a heifer, 543 
Science, medical, the importance of, 731 
Sciences, their beautiful connexion with each other, 755 
Scotland, the meeting of the veterinary surgeons in the west of, 345 
Scott, Mr., his defence of deep firing, 216 
Secresy with regard to the veterinary art, objection to, 350 
Serratus muscles, their connexion with respiration. 203 
Sewell, Professor, account of his lectures, 37 — reprehension of his circular, 
196, 664 — his connexion with Laycock’s dairy, 488 
• Mr. James, his case of enlarged thymus gland, 441 
■ Mr. Joseph, his objection to the unrestricted exposition of the vete- 
rinary art, 545 
Shaw, Mr., testimonial of the service which he rendered the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society at its commencement, 489 
Sheep, account of the epidemic among them, 90, 127, 132, 143, 151 — the 
ignorance of their diseases, 422 — account of an anasarcous disease among, 
492 — account of the sheep-pox, 504 — Low’s account of the various breeds, 
651 — curious destruction of by licking the crystals of nitre on damp walls, 
768 ' 
Sheep, occasional cause of disease among, at Sydney, 792 
Shoeing, the pedometrical method of, 513 — valuable observations on, 745 
Silver, nitrate of, too often adulterated by nitrate of lead — this detected by 
sulphuric acid, 766 
Simonds, Mr., at the meeting of the council of the Veterinary Medical 
Association, 574 
Simplicity, the, of the laws of nature, 729 
Sinclair, Mr., chairman at the meeting of veterinary surgeons in the West 
of Scotland, his communication with those of England, 346 
Singeing, the value and rationale of, 18 
Skrimshire, Dr., his case of glanders in the human being, 404 
Small-pox in the dog, account of the, 429 
Smelting works, poisonous gases from, 110 
Smith, Col. Hamilton, his history of the horse, 645, 701 
Snewing, Mr., on puerperal fever, 42 — his defence of The Veterinarian, 484 
Soda, on the use of, in the food of animals, 28 
Soundness and unsoundness, valuable remarks on, 352 
South Devon, the natural history of, 286 
South-down sheep, account of, 651 
Spaniel, why it suffers so much from the tape worm, 694 
Sparrow, Mr., his treatment of punctured wounds of the joints, 124 — his 
case of rupture of the stomach in the horse, 271 
Spavin, the place of, supposed growth of osselets there, and their effect, 56 
Spencer, Earl, remarks on his speech at Liverpool, 637, 642 
Spina ventosa, a case of, 695 
Spleen, description of a disease of it among cattle, 244 — ruptured in pigs, 
398 — an extraordinary small one, 399 — rupture of it, 418 
Spooner, Professor, testimony to his talent and zeal, 37 — his beautiful oration 
in the session 1841-42, 732 
