INDEX. 
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' Roaring' caused by ossification of tlic cartilages, 63 
. - - . -partiid hepatization of the lungs, 62 
\ -thickening of the membrane, 62 
i -- tight reining, 64 
:--strap used to prevent crib-biting, 63 
-treatment of, 67 
-the disease of draught horses generally, 64 
-does not always materially injtire the horse, 61 
-- on the causes of, 61 
- a very singular case of, when the animal walked, 600 
- the use of tracheotomy in, 62 
- is unsoundness, 60 
Rodier, M., his ointment for grease, 569 
Romans, the, their method of horse-breaking, 590 
•-n^ving high action to their horses, 591 
-used to mount on the off side, 591 
Rumen, connexion between it and derangement of the rest of the abdominal 
viscera, 474 
- doubt expressed whether it can be acted on by purgatives, 537 
- the early formation of concretions in the, 532 
- Mr. Harrison’s account of the, 583 
- the greater portion of fluids supposed to enter it, 203 
- the necessity of giving strong stimulants with purgatives when the 
rumen and reticulum are to be excited to action, 477 
- the supposed impossibility of knowing when it is emptied by purga¬ 
tives, 418 
Ruminants, the effect of emetic tartar on, 665 
-on the functions of the different stomachs of, 199 
Rumination, the process of, 204 
Rupture of the diaphragm, a case of, 106 
- lungs, a case of, 353' 
Sal ammoniac, spirit of, a tonic and stomachic for cattle, 296 
Salt, its value as a purgative for cattle, 295 
Saussol, M., on tumours about the knees of cows, 161 
Scirrhus, a case of, in the caecum, 626 
Septum lucidum, description of the, 519 
Serum of the blood contains a diminished quantity of albumen in debility, 555 
- an increased quantity in inflammation, 555 
Setons and blisters, comparison between, 239 
Sewell, Mr., assistant professor, his speeches at the students’ dinner, 90, 94 
-delivers his introductory lecture, 658 
-his evidence in a horse cause, 156 
Shivering, the propriety of bleeding during, 280 
Sheep, comparative bulk of brain in, 464 
-number of plants eaten and refused by, 531 
Shakespear, a fox-hunter, 639 
Simpson, Mr., on phlegmonous inflammation of the submaxillary gland, 38 
- on the use of ergot of rye in difficult parturition, 527 
Skin and stomach, illustration of the sympathy between, 247 
Smelting works, curious illustration of the deleterious gases produced from. 
265 
Smuggler’s horse, a bad roarer, anecdote of one, 61 
Snape’s “ Anatomical Treatise on the Horse,” censured as incorrect, 46 
Sniffles of rabbits, on the, 168 
Soap, the medicinal properties of, 619 
