INDEX. 
783 
Leaders. Aids to advancement, 616 
The opening of the Scholastic Session, 620 
On some of the functions of the skin, 713 
Lecture, the introductory, to the session, 649 
Leeches, land-, of Ceylon, 775 
Lee, Dr., on the nerves of the liver, 282 
Lepper, H., case of hydatids in the kidney of a lamb, 524 
Letherby, Dr., on the impurity of well-water, 357 
Liebig, M., on Peruvian guano, 294 
conferment of royal honours on, 539 
on sewage, 538 
Lister, Joseph, P.R.S., on coagulation of the blood, 683, 754. 
Littler, R., records a case of difficult parturition in a mare, 273 
Liver, the nerves of, 282 
Logwood, extract of, a deodorizer, 31 
London, animal food required by, 221 
well-water, 407 
sewage, 538 
Longevity of the horse, 678 
Lusus naturae in a lamb, 221 
M. 
Mandel, M., on division of tendon for cure of spavin, 118 
Manure, concentrated animal, 614 
Marmot oil, 680 
Meat, diseased, quantity of, 470 
exposing, for sale, 314, 450 
remarks respecting, 389, 450 
new Act relating to, 540 
Metropolitan dog show, 223 
Medicine-tins, new form of, 151 
Medicines, new, 156 
Medical facts, curious, 742 
“Mentor,” a voice from a Durham coal-mine, 674 
Metal, a new one, 740 
Milk, poisoned, 101 
its relation to food, 539 
the chemical qualities of, 678 
Milner, C. J., obituary of, 520 
Mummy-wheat, some account of, 284 
Murrain in Egypt, 612 
Mushrooms, poisonous, 679 
N. 
jSiaden, G., records a case of ruptured stomach, 461 
Needle, case of a, within the pericardium, 87 
Needles and fish-hooks found in the intestines and other viscera of a horse, 16 
Nerves of the liver, 282 
distribution of, 283 
cells, 740 
force, velocity of, 612 
Nightshade, woody, poisoning of heifers with, 142 
Nitric acid, deaths from, 220 
estimation of, 615 
