I N D E X. 
ABOMASUM of cattle, fluids usually pass into the, 11> 1 
Abscess of the heart, a case of, 252 
-in the lung’s, a case of, 264 
Absorbents, account of the, 121 
-their functions and diseases, 266 
-functions of the second class of, 407, 433 
-history of the early opinions concerning them, 552 
-different character of inflammation in them, 268 
-the manner of demonstrating, 122 
-Mr. Vines’s essays on them, 406, 433, 551, 601, 693 
Absorbent glands, account of the, 121 
Absorption, believed by J. Hunter to be solely carried on by the lympha¬ 
tics, 553 
-not performed on the principle of capillary tubes, 605 
Adhesion between the pleurrn, theory of, 662 
Ethmoid-bone, description of, 6 
-comparative bulk of, 73 
-its development in proportion to the acuteness of smell, 7 
Age, the, at which horses are most liable to glanders, 199 
Air often respired, a cause of glanders, 138 
Air-cells of the lungs, description of the, 625 
-appearance of, when ruptured, 628 
Aiton, Mr. extracts from his Survey of Ayrshire, 659, 660 
Alfort, report of the School at, in 1831, 46 
Aloes, on the medicinal effect of, 233 
Alteratives, the necessity of, in getting horses into condition, 648 
Amaurosis accompanying or following apoplexy, 172 
-haemorrhage after castration, 171 
-- stomach staggers, 169 
■-suppression of milk, 172 
*---utero-gestation, 173 
Ammoniacal vapours a cause of glanders, 138 
Anasarca, observations on, 253 
-a case of accompanied by ascites, 256 
Anatomy of the Horse, by Mr. W. Percivall, 14,61, 121, 181, 241,301,361 
-review of, 584 
-importance of the study of, 584 
Aneurism of the right auricle of the heart, 53 
Animal heat, Mr. James Turner’s theory of, 491 
-a reply to, 619 
Anonymous correspondents, address to, 162 
Anterior maxillary bone in cattle, 3 
---the dog, 3 
-horse, 3 
--swine, 3 
Antimony the best diaphoretic and alterative, 649 
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