INDEX. 675 
Distemper in the dog, cases, many of them fatal, accompanied by diarrhoea, 
55 
- horses. Vide Influenza 
Diuretics, circumstances under which they should be employed, 51/ 
-the theory of their action, 617 
Dogs, comparative bulk of brain in, 464 
-extraordinary faculty of. 111 
Dropsy in the chest, the proper treatment of, 291 
Duodenum, the, almost filled with bots and round white worms, 414 
Dura mater, description of the, 461 
Edinburgh school, annual examination of (1832-3), 307 
-veterinary school, annual report of, 96 
-its instruction extends to all domesticated 
animals, 183 
Edwards, Dr., his experiments on the absorption of oxygen and production 
of carbonic acid gas, 267 
-on the influence of physical agents on life, review of, 157 
Eflfusion in the chest, a case of, successfully treated with digitalis, 252 
Eggs, foolish administration of to promote condition, 14 
- horses occasionally choked by, 14 
Embryotomy, mode of, in cows and mares, 195 
Emetics, the theory of their action, 614 
Emetic tartar, experiments on its action on ruminants, 665 
-its advantageous use in stercoral colic, 563 
-the medicinal efifect of, 615 
Endemic diseases, the importance of the knowledge of, 146 
Epidemic catarrh in cattle, description of, 169 
-treatment of, 170 
-the malignant, description of, 171 
-treatment of, 172 
-in the horse. Vide Influenza 
- of the winter of 1832-3, description of, 192 
-— diseases, on, 157, 484 
-characters of disease, on, 485 
-malignant, account of the, 122 
-history of the various, 122 
-usual symptoms of, 123 
-treatment of, 125 
-post-mortem appearances, 123 
-was the cause of the establishment of veterinary schools, 
122 
Epsom salts, value of, as a purgative for cattle, 295, 299 
Ergot of rye, the beneficial efifect of in difficult parturition, 483, 527 
Eruption, acute, on the skin of the horse, description of, 246 
Exanthematous eruption on the skin of the horse, account of, 246 
-its causes and treatment, 
247, 485 
Exercise, proper attention to, may alleviate thick wind, 405 
External agents, the, which produce disease are first carried into the circu¬ 
lation before they have their specific efifect on particular parts, 553 
-the rapidity with which many of them enter into the circula¬ 
tion, 554 
External causes of disease, on the, 132, 261, 365, 551 
Extracts from my Case Book, 38, 527 
Eyes, the time of the opening of, connected with tlie production of animal 
heat, 159 
