INDEX. 
ABDOMINAL disease, a deceptive case of, 139 
-in the horse and ox, cases of, 257 
Abscesses, the formation of numerous, during and after strangles, 416, 485 
-in the lungs, the formation of, 236 
Abducens, the, account of, 630 
Abomasum of ruminants, the difficulty of inducing vomiting from, 667 
Absorbents, a series of essays on the, 29 
Agricultural Societies, their duty to encourage the study of the diseases of 
cattle, 184 
Air cells of the lungs, rupture of, usually accompanies broken wind, 408 
AUinson, Mr., his case of haematuria, 643 
- opened knee joint, 635 
Aitken, Mr., on an acute affection of the skin of the horse, 246 
American horses, excellence of, 569 
- travelling, account of, 569 
Ammonia, carbonate of, a tonic and stomachic for cattle, 296 
Ammoniae aqua, an antidote for the wooraara poison, 483 
Amputation of the fore leg of a heifer, 533 
Anasarca following severe chest affection, 71 
-the power of the spartium scoparium in, 71, 129 
Anatomy, the difference between that of the horse and ass, 605 
Animal life, definition of, 133 
Angina croupal, cases of, 623 
Antimony tartarized, the medicinal effects of, 615 
Anvils, on the mode of deadening their sound, 400 
Arabian horses, history of the, 184, 186 
-names of the different races of, 185 
--praises of, by oriental writers, 187 
Arachnoid membrane, description of the, 463 
Arbitration, on a case of supposed ill treatment of a horse, 487 
Arsenic produces ini-ammation of the stomach and bowels in whatever way 
administered, 553 
Ascites in a cow, a case of, 78 
Asses, the supposed use of, in preventing murrain, 283 
Association of veterinary surgeons and master farriers to resist the combi¬ 
nation of the journeymen, 453 
Astragalus, abrasion and cases of, a frequent cause of hock lameness, 243 
Atmospheric air, composition of the, 265 
-influence on disease, illustrations of, 168, 284 
Auditory nerve, the, an account of, 630 
Auricles of the heart, hypertrophy and dilatation of, 80, 197 
Auscultation, description of the thoracic sounds ascertained by, 233 
--the great value of, in all thoracic complaints, 233 
-value of, in hepatization and vomicse of the lungs, 403 
—-indicating the cause of thick wind, 403 
Babington, Dr., his speeches at the students’ dinner, 91, 93 
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