834 INDEX. ZSQM 
Mule, the occasional great age of, 308 — its capability of enduring fatigue, 
308 — capable of improvement, 309 — general usefulness of, 309 — not safe 
when driven fast, 309 
Murdock, Mr. Burn, his speeches at the presentation of plate to Professor 
Dick 400, 406 
Muscles, the importance of large, in breeding animals, 342 
Muzzle of the horse, extensive scalding of it, 120 — importance of moisture 
of, 623 
Nasal gleet, its nature, origin, and progress, 216 — the use of the trephine 
for, 544 
Neck of a mule, enormous tumour on it, 187 
Neuralgia, a case of, treated with nux vomica, 789 
Neurotomy, cases of, 469 
Nerves, the, their influence on digestion, 525 
Nicholson, Mr., on fracture of the rings of the trachea, 555 
Nimrod on the prevention and propagation of rabies, 27 — his comparison 
between the French and English horses, 511 — history of various studs,623 
Nose, the mucous membrane of, as connected with smelling, 429 — case of 
chronic and foetid discharge from, 53 7 
Noxious agents, the power of resisting, 26 
Nutrition, brief account of, 136 
Nux vomica, a successful case of neuralgia in a horse treated with it, 789 
— the experience of the French on, 794 
Obituary, the, of Hurtrel D’Arboval, 769 
Occiput, a case of necrosis of it, followed by paraplegia and epilepsy, 590 
CEsophagean canal, description of the, 436 
(Esophagus in cattle, description of it, 436 — a case of fatal obstruction'in, 
729 — inflammation of, 695 — acute ditto, 699 — scirrhus and cancer of, 696 
Olden, Mr., at the presentation of plate to Professor Dick, 401 
Olfactory nerves, their double origin, 146 — course, 146 — structure, 146 — 
their cavities, 147 — comparative bulk, 147 — of the horse, 147 — ox, 147 — 
carnivora, 148 — beagle, 148 — bull-dog, 148 — greyhound, 148 — staghound, 
148 — birds, 148, 281 — birds of prey, 149 — fishes, 150 — their exit from 
the cranium, 150 
Ophthalmia, treated with creostote, 536 
Orbit of the eye, the difference of, in different animals, 502 — its position, 
503 — fracture of it, 505 — exostosis, 507 — caries, 508 — puncture of the 
walls of, 508 
Organization and life, on, 19, 81 — how connected with matter, 21 — the rapid 
growth of plants, 21 — the different forms of, 81 — the influence of climate 
on, 81 — singular opinions of Lamarck on, 83 — the product of life, 84 
Ormskirk medicine, the composition of it, 144 
Os innominatum, injury of the interior process of it, 153 — fracture of, 669 
Ossification of the rectum, a case of, 421 
Otter, singular notions respecting it, 83 
Owen, Professor, his account of the size of the blood-discs in various ani- 
mals, 786 
Owl, great-eared, the effect of strychnine on one, 793 
Ox, the olfactory nerves of the, 147 — description of the ethmoid bone in, 152 
— the orbit of the eye, 503 
Palate, extraction of a tooth from the, 143 
Pancreas, Tiedemann’s experiments on it, 219 
Pancreatic fluid, the, in the dog, 220 — in the horse, 222 — in sheep, 221 — 
not identical with the saliva, 223 — the office of, 588 
Paralysis, a curious remedy for, 263 — of the pelvic viscera, a case of, 459 — 
rectum, 390, 483 
