681 
INDEX. 
Medulla oblongata, description of the, 5/8 
Mercury, the pernicious etfectsof, on the ox, 331 
Mesenteric arteries, account of their nature and structure, 36 
- veins, on the absorbent functions of, 31, 34 
-- do not communicate with the lacteal absorbents, 36 
Metacarpal bones, the small, their mode of connexion with the larger one, 
541,542 
Milk, gradual cessation of, followed by diarrhoea, dangerous, 421 
Millot, M., his case of rupture of the liver by a kick, 569 
Moiroud, M., review of his Materia Medica, 613 
MontfauQon, description of the abattoir at, 601 
— ■ ' the manner in which everv part of the horse is turned to profit, 
601 
Motor oculi, account of the, 629 
Muriatic acid, on the supposed power of in dissolving calculi, 374 
Murrain among cattle, account of the, 558 
Mustard, flour of, a tonic and stomachic for cattle, 296 
Nates, description of the, 524 
Natural history, the study of, recommended to the veterinary pupil, 56 
- phenomena, the study of, recommended to the veterinary pupil, 146 
-philosophy, the study of, recommended to the veterinary pupil, 56 
Navicular disease, the attack of, generally sudden, 40 
--attack generally sudden, cases of, 41 
-how far connected with splint, 544 
-predisposing cause occult contraction, 41 - 
Naylor, Mr., his case of bronchitis with eflfusion, 252 
-nephritis, 1/ 
-remarks on by Observator, 77 
Nephritis, a curious case of disease connected with, 434 
-successful cases of, 17 , 27 
Nerves, account of the substance of, 581 
-bloodvessels of, 582 
- comparative size of, in the human being and the quadruped, 581 
- different structure of the, 582 
Nervous system, a sketch of the, 629 
Nettles recommended for the cure of redwater, 536 
Neurilema, description of the, 581 
Neurotomy, legal opinion of, as it regards soundness, 272 
— -successful cases of, 79 
- singular method of performing it, 54 
Nitre, a horse destroyed by the improper administration of, 534 
Nostril of the horse, osseous tumour in, 422 
Obituary, veterinary, 53, 107, HO, 394 
01)servator, his glance at “ The Veterinarian,” 73 - , 
Q:ldematous swelling on various parts, on, 508 
CEsophagean canal, a description of, in cattle, 204 
Oesophagus, on the removal of foreign bodies lodging in, 13 
Old horse, the, a poem, 337 
Olfactory nerve, an account of the, 282, 290 
Opened knee joint, a successful case of, 635 
Operations on living animals, reprobated, 358 
Optic nerve, account of the, 582, 629 
Organic life, definition of, 134 
- nerves, description of the, 630, 632 
Oxygen, experiments as to its disappear ..nee in respiration, 267 
