770 
INDEX. 
Nimrod on corns, and the management of the feet of French horses, 9—his 
opinion of the connexion between roaring and summering the hunter,.61 
—on red-water, 79—dropping after calving, 80—aptitude to fatten in 
cattle, 80—free martens, 81—roaring, 82—roaring hereditary, 82—the 
cause of, 83—on ventilation, 83—on drenching horses, 84—cribbiting, 85 
—stringhalt, 153—castration. 153—the effect of tobacco, 154—food and 
water, 155—Arab horse, the, his inferiority to the English blood-horse, 156 
— the stethoscope, 157 — hydrophobia, 157 — the respectability of the 
veterinary profession, 158—the qualities of animals, 158—on the in-door 
svstem for cattle and sheep, 261—on roaring, 449, 451—the summering 
of the hunter, 450—on whistling in horses, 452—blistering and firing, 452 
—the application of cold water to tlie legs and feet, 453—curb, on the 
cause of, 454—the distemper in dogs, 454—on Mr. Coleman’s theory of 
the foot, 456—on glanders in the horse, 458 
Nitrate of silver, its adulterations, 68—detected by sulphuric acid, 69 
Nitrogen, of universal occurrence in plants, 752 
Obituary, ]\lr. John Field, 35 
O^sophagean canal, a leathern glove in, 57—the method of recognizing the 
existence of substances there, 59 
QCsophagotomy, a case of, on a cow, 398—on an ass, 729—on a ram, 729 
Oesophagus in the cow, a case of rupture of, 55—the consequence of lacera¬ 
tion of, 233—rupture of, within the chest, 233 
Olivier, M., his account of four supposed testicles in a mule, 642 
Omentum, cases of descent of, 391 
Open-joint, the treatment of, by stopping the orifice with burnt alum and 
bole armenian, 133—a blister applied to, 714—a powder used composed 
of sulphate of iron, alum, and myrrh, 730—salt, vinegar, and lead used, 732 
Opium, powdered, its adulterations, 68 
Opossum, the form of the brain of, 297 
Orangutan, ditto, 296 
Os uteri, the division of, in cows, 393, 646 
Ox, the average weight of his brain, 294—ox tribe, history of the, 7^6—a 
favourite of, and cherished by all nations, 756 
Papilionaceous plants, their tendency to produce hoove, 300 
Paralysis, a case of, cured by mix vomica, 17—not so successful, 714 
■-from the pressure of a tumour on the lumbar and sacral nerves, 25, 
318—after castration, a doubtful case of, 173—of the left leg and side of 
the face in an ox, 284—of the extensor muscles of the hind leg, treatment 
of, 714—ditto by emetics and strychnine, 714—observations on general 
lameness, 714 
Paraphymosis, a case of in a horse, 663—ditto bull, 664 
Parietal bone, a singular tumour on, 410 
Parturition, rupture of the diaphragm in, 269—singular obstinate contrac¬ 
tion of the sphincter uteri in, 269—on division of the os uteri in difficult, 
393, 646—premature, difference between it and abortion, 690—the manage¬ 
ment of the mare during the period of, 726—a difficult case of, 728 
Pastern joint, beautiful description of the, 565 
Pasture and the in-door system, the question of, for cattle and sheep, 261 
Paunch, treatment of a wound in that of an ox, 615 
Pectoral sounds, the division of the chest with regard to, 119 
Pelohemia foudroyante, its nature and treatment, 532—carbunculaire, 532 
Penis, a case of hemorrhage from, 427—enlargement of the sheath of, 714 
Percivall, Mr. C., his case of haemoptysis, 265 
-Mr. W., on roaring, 1, 45, 112—on the patent horse sandal, 18— 
on auscultation, 213—his valuable observations on neurotomy, 258—his 
admirable letter to Mr. Sewell, on the examining committee, 276—on 
farcy and glanders, 389—his Hippo-pathology, 431 
