INDEX. 
ABdRTION in cattle, may be produced by the pressure of hoove, 303—inter¬ 
esting- account of its frequent occurrence, 688—inquiries into its cause, 689, 
692, 693—supposed to be caused by some condition of the atmosphere, 689 
—its supposed epidemic form, 689, 692—when dependent on a diseased 
condition of the foetus, 689—how far connected with a plethoric state, 689 
—the propriety or impropriety of blood-letting-, 690, 69-4—distinction be¬ 
tween it and premature parturition, 690—cows more subject to it than any 
other animals, 691—the danger of early abortion, 691—frequent cases of 
in sheep, 691—its comparative frequency in different animals, 691—the 
principal reason of its frequency is that all the animals are exposed to the 
same causes, 692—how far connected with food, 692—in swine the causes 
of, 694—the indication of approaching, 694—the treatment of, 695—the 
prevention of, 697 
Abscess, a case of consecutive, 145—critical in fever, 263 
Achaian horse, account of the, 589 
Adulterations, chemical, account of the principal, 68 
..Emilius, his work on veterinary medicine, 306 
Agriculture, its interests united with that of the veterinary art, 19—the chair 
of at Alfort, 311 
Agricultural Society, Royal and Central of France, report of its proceed¬ 
ings, 712 
Air, in what way a cause of pulmonary disease, 114—expired, the characters 
of 117 —empoisoned, the diseases which it produces, 682 
Air-passages of horses, on the diseases of, 219—alteration of the cellular sub¬ 
stance of, 223—change of caliber in the, 223—the causes of congestion 
of, 224 
Alfort, compte-rendu of the Veterinary School at, 174, 685—the botanical 
and agricultural chair at, 311 
Aloes, its aduterations, 68—the resin will be detected by melting, 69—on 
the Mocha, 148—on the active principle of the Mocha, 351 
Amaurosis, the administration of strychnine in, 86 
Aneurism of the posterior aorta, a case of, 249, 541 
Angerstein, Mr., president at the reception of the veterinary profession, 483 
Angus breed of cattle, description of the, 757 
Anhemia, valuable observations on, 289 
Anglo-Saxons, the diversions of the, 508 
Animals, on the reasoning faculties of, 245—as distinguished from man, 509 
—the immortality of, 513 
Aorta posterior, a case of aneurism of, 249, 541 
Apoplexy, a singular case of, 409, 413 
Appendix vermiformis urethralis in the sheep, an occasional cause of reten¬ 
tion of urine in it, 160 
Arab horse, his inferiority to the turf-horse, 157—his general history, 588 
Archemedus, a veterinary writer, account of him, 306 
Atrophy of the lungs, a case of, 251 
Auscultation, the sounds derived from it in different parts, 117—of the nasal 
cavities, 118—the sinuses of the head, 118—the larynx, 118—windpipe, 118 
—thorax, 118—mediate and immediate, 213 
Austrian horse, account of the, 25 
Autenreith, his opinion of the function of the bile, 199 
Autumn, the treatment of the horse in, 627—the proper medicine in, 631 
Ralndiia, interesting account of the horses there, 592, 726 
Baddcley, Mr., on the successful use of the diniodide of copper in farcy, 472 
