744 
INDEX. 
Arnold, T., obituary of, 372 
Arseniated alcohol for preserving specimens, 580 
Arsenic, effects of, on the system, 296 
and antimony, on the detection of, in cases of poisoning, 228, 289, 
537, 677 
modes of detecting, 33 
distinguishing, 38 
Reinsch’s process for, 94 
in drinking water, 168 
electrolytic test for, 397 
hydrated sesquioxide of iron, an antidote to, 398 
in copper, modes of detecting, 413 
Arsenious acid, a substitute for quinine, 580 
Astringents, action of, 377 
Atmosphere, miasmatic condition of, 359 
Australia, account of progress in, 84 
extension of pleuro-pneumonia in, 206, 285 
legislation in, to limit the spread of pleuro-pneumonia, 518 
proceedings under the Cattle Contagious Act in, 708 
Austin, G. J., records cases of ossification of the larynx, 16 
false presentations, 16 
B. 
Bailiff, M., on typhoid fever in the horse, 238 
Baker v. Strong, pollution of water, 368 
Barford, J. D., records a case of hypertrophy of the heart, 324 
Balh, Turkish, use of, advocated, 68 
Baudemont, M., his measurements of the thoracic cavity of cattle, 267 
Beard, Claude, on the action of medicines and poisons, 104 
Belgian horses, society for improving the breed of, 335 
Bickford, A., records cases of suspected poisoning with hemlock, 78 
Black-leg, on, 612 
Bland, W. J., records a case of strangulated ilium, 566 
Blood-corpuscles in the retina, 581 
-spots, detection of, 458 
Bones, strange accumulation of, 524 
on the increase of the long, 670 
Bonnet, M., on the use of glycerine with chloroform, 334 
Boston J., obituary of, 248 
Botany as applied to veterinary science, 17, 257, 387, 504, 663 
Bovett, E. J., records a case of fibrinous casts from the intestines of a cow, 
506 
his case of filari& in a fistulous ulcer, 515 
records a case of fibrous tumour in the pelvic cavity, 698 
records a case of a skewer in the abdominal cavity of a dog, 
707 
Bouley, Professor, his observations on the diagnosis of glanders, 513 
Brabant, Belgium, report on the state of health of the animals in the pro¬ 
vince of, 683 
Brady v. Todd, right of servant to give a warranty, 246 
Brazil, a sojourn amongst the horses of, 76 
Breeding farm stock, the principles which regulate the, 720 
Bright’s disease of kidneys in animals, 54 
Broad, J. D., remarks on an improved horse-shoe, 201 
