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Labourdette, M., on the introduction of medicines through the secretion of 
milk, 166 
Lactation, a case of unusually long, 151 
Lafosse, M., on inoculation of variola ovina, 108 
on poll-evil, complicated with caries of the cervical ligament, 110 
ulceration of the sheath of the ox, 112 
Laminitis, treatment of, 259 
Lang, A. J., records a case of calculi in the sheath and urethra of a 
donkev, 216 
Lankester, Dr., on sheep and wool, 406 
Lawson, A., his remarks on veterinary obstetrics, 139 
Lad, action of, on animals, 281 
Lead, elimination of, from the system, 87 
poisoning by the salts of, 206 
Leaders. The Annual Address of the Editors, 33 
The age of the race-horse by his teeth, 41 
The relationship that exists between agriculture, chemistry, and 
veterinary medicine, 90 
Science in our courts of law, 153 
Necessity of legislative enactments to limit the spread of conta¬ 
gious diseases among cattle, 222, 713 
The progress of the profession, 282 
Veterinary obstetrics, 332 
Annual meeting of the profession, 332 
Veterinary jurisprudence —Wildeti v. Stanley , 334 
The “ Coleman medal,” 335 
On vivisections and cruelty to animals, 396, 667, 723 
The election of J. Wilkinson, Principal Veterinary Surgeon in 
the Army, as President of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons, 401 
The Canterbury meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, 466 
International Statistical Congress, 482 
Retirement of Mons. Yvart, 483 
Presentation of a testimonial to Professor Morton, 423 
On Mr. Varnell’s cases of osseous disease, 524 
Importance of a knowledge of therapeutics, 595 
Opening of the session at the Royal Veterinary College—Vivi¬ 
sections, 667 
The progress of pleuro-pneumonia in Australia and America, 713 
Appointment of new examiners, 722 
French vivisections, 723 
Lepper, H., his speech at the presentation of a testimonial to Professor 
Morton, 543 
Letheby, Dr., on the chemical relations of strychnia, 414 
on deodorizing the Thames, 552 
Lime, manufacture of the superphosphate of, 712 
Lister, J., F.R.S., on the cause of the coagulation of the blood, 101 
Litt, on poisoning by colchicum, the ranunculacese, &c., 429 
Lungs, case of puncture of, 27 
disease of, without any premonitory symptoms, 26 i 
foreign matters in the, 593 
Lusus naturae, a, 450 
