INDEX. 
771 
Percus>ion, description of, 119—the difference in the results of, 119—of the 
thorax, 119—loudest in the middle region, 120—the circumstances which 
influence the sound, 120 
Pericardium, rupture of, with tetanus, 140—on dropsy of, important, 236 
Peritonitis as the result of castration, 235—symptoms and ,treatment of 
chronic, in the dog, 597 
Peroneal tendon, on sprain of the, 332 
Phlebitis, the French opinions of, 181—description of the process, 181— 
causes of, 183, 624—the inner coat of the vein is not inflamed,n83—Pro¬ 
fessor Delwart’s opinion of, 53/—in cattle, 624—treatment, 626 
Phrenitis, symptomatic, a case of, 127 
Pig, the, susceptible of glanders, 686 
Plantagenet, his valuable account of veterinary authors, 305—of the value 
of the old and new French weights and measures, 308 
Plants, chemical history of the growth of, 732 
Plate-vein, curious account of bleeding from, 732 
Plethora, valuable observations on, 287 
Pleura, the rale of, 215 
Pleurisy the consequence of bronchitis, 340, 341—the cough of, 344—the 
expectoration of, 344—the pulse of, 344—the pain of, 344—the anxiety, 
kicking, lying down, with sighing and twitching of the thoracic muscles, 
345—the rheuinatismal inflammation which often attends the close of it, 
632 
Pneumonia, a case of in a bull, 329—the consequence of bronchitis, 340 
341—rhe cough of, 344—the breathing, 344—the expectoration, 344—the 
pulse, 344—the pain of, 344—the respiration of, 344—a case of pneumonic 
inflammation, 345—the coldness and disinclination to move in, 345 
-acute in a calf, 578—a case of congestive, 712 
I’onds surrounded with tenacious clay, the evil effects of, 694 
Portugal, account of the stables in, 683 
Potatoes, the occasional danger of, 300 / 
Poltier, Mr., his treatment of open joints by blistering, 714 
Poultry, on a verminous disease in, 648, 649 
Practitioners, the importance of honourable conduct in, 53 
Pradal, M., ])crforms the Caesarean operation on a cow, 127 
IVichard, Ur. J. C., on the immateriality of the mind of brutes, 514 
Pritchard, Mr., on diseases of the air-passages of the horse, 219, 339, 399 
Probang, instances of the application of it producing deatli, 327—I he suc¬ 
cessful use of it in cattle and horses, 328—remarks on Mr. Simonds’s, 539 
Proctor, Mr., on dropsy of the pericardium, 236 
Prostate gland, a case of scirrhous enlargement of, 713 
Proiit, Ur., his opinion of the function of the bile, 199 
Pucrj)eral fever, a case of, 164, 206—the question whether connected with 
metritis, 163—M. Uupuy’s case of, 166—curious but valuable remarks 
concerning it, 206—a new and successful mode of treating it, 319 
Pulmonary diseases in horses, general character of, 112—predisposition to, 
112—the causes of, 114—air, 114—cold, 114—heat, 114—dam|)ness, 114— 
foul air, 114—over-exertion or hard work, 115—injuries, 116—diagnosis 
of, 116—the kind of respiration in, 116 
Ibdse, the, in pneumonia, j)leurisy, and bronchitis, 344 
Pus, injection of it into the veins i)roduce8 acute glanders, 687 
Questions on veterinary anat(uny and phvsiology, 535 
-on certain veterinary jxiints answered, 585 
Quick, Mr. .1, ()., on hypopitim, 525—on Mr. Simonds’s probang, 539 
Rabies, cases of in foxes, 71—communicated by a cat bitten by a fox, 73— 
by a do^ bitten by ditto to the human being and to cattle, 74—pigs and 
