752 
INDEX. 
P. 
Paint, effects of, on health, 517 
Paracentesis thoracis, remarks on the operation, 323 
Parker, J. M., on the use of tincture of aconite in spasm, 200 
Parturition, observations on, 259 
Pastern bones, a remarkable case of fracture of, in both fore legs, 326 
Patella, case of luxation of, to the inner side of the limb, 550 
Pateman v. Crawford, shooting a dog, 687 
Peech, J. D., records a case of trismus in a colt, 74 
Pepsine, the chemistry of, 43 
Perarnaud, M., his case of luxation of the patella, 550 
Phosphates in organic bodies, on, 458, 461 
Pigeaire, M., on cerebral apoplexy, 551 
Pigs, the price of the, 248 
poisoning of, by nitrate of potash, 514 
Pityriasis in the horse, 680 
Plants, nutriment of, 23 
food of, and how they take it, 50, 107, 164 
Plaster of Paris, use of, in fractures, 175 
Pleuro-pneumonia, extension of, 82, 397 
law to prevent, 457 
its extension in Australia, 206, 285 
act to limit its extension, 518 
proceedings under Australian law of, 708 
Plexus-choroides, enlargement of, 442, 501 
Pneumo-gastric nerve, puncture of, 173 
Poisoning by vegetables, on, 1 
general antidotes to, 3 
hemlock, 78 
colchicum autumnalis, 455, 737 
nitrate of potash, 514 
Poisons, action of, 104 
Potash, nitrate of, poisonous to pigs, 514 
Practitioners, non-certificated, on, 562 
Presentation, false, of calves, 16 
Pritchard, P. H., obituary of, 248 
Proctor, W., on aconite and its substitutes, 599 
Promptitude, importance of, 81 
Proteine in the potato, 153 
Pruritis, the treatment of, 268 
Purgatives, when indicated, and otherwise, 4 
Purpura hsemorrhagica, case of, 71 
Pus-cellules, found in the atmosphere, 269 j 
Pyaemia, case of, 567 
Q. 
“ Quaesitor” on the comparative merits of English and German shoeing, 699 
Quekett, Professor, obituary of, 560 
Quickfall, T. K., on the horses of Brazil, 76 
