INDEX. 
A. 
Abdomen, extensive wound in, 731 ' 
Abstinence from food, etfects of, 636 
Acari, the, of solutions, 614 
Acid, oxalic, in Peruvian guano, 294 
hippuric, formation of, in animals, 357 
of bile, test for, 357 
carbolic, action of, on virus, 612 
nitric, estimation of, 615 
Agricultural College, Cirencester, dinner to the professors^of, 505 
Hall Company, meeting of, GO 
horses, improvement of, 629 
Society, the Royal, report of, 49 
meeting of, 104 
at Worcester, 541 
award of prizes, 543 
Agriculture, prospects of, 567 
Air, analysis of, 104 
and water, their impurities and purification, 181, 305 
differences in the temperature of, 356 
electricity of, 432 
carbonic acid in, 539 
watery vapour in, uses of, 615 
Alcohol obtained from coal-gas, 356 
Alkaline metals, the, 466 
Alsike clover, properties of, 604, 670, 676, 729 
Aluminum, its use for surgical instruments, 539 
Ammonia, nitrite of, formation of, 740 
Anderton, James, records a case of extensive wound of the abdomen, 731 
Animal food, its use to the lierbivora, 522 
friendship, 519 
Animals, number required for food in London, 221 
origin and transformation of, 236 
new creation of varieties, 567 
the effects of abstinence upon, 573, 636 
instances of cruelty to, 644, 647 
Annual report of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 360 
Argus,” on the treatment of colic, 13 
on the position of Indian veterinary surgeons, 92, 402 
records a case of fractured radius, 266 
instances of horses bitten by a rabid dog, 732 
Army, the supply of horses for, 229, 427 
appointments, 64, 127, 256, 320, 388, 450 
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