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Austin, George, his obituary, 912 
Australia, South, report of the chief inspector of sheep for the half year 
and year ended Dec., 1878, 673 
veterinary inspectors, Victoria, 181 
Award, Coleman prize, 611 
Fitzwygram prize, 611 
scholarship, at the Royal Veterinary College, 611 
Axe, Prof., his address to the Central Veterinary Medical Society on “ Gar¬ 
get in relation to diphtheria/’ 290 
report by, at the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 893 
A Yorkshire horse case—staggers, 911 
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Bacteria in anthrax, theory of the action of, 654 
injection of, into the blood without any toxic effect, 891 
Bahia, Province of, on the occurrence of the Filaria medenensis or guinea- 
worm, and its entrance into the human body by drinking water, 67, 
151, 235, 319 
Baker, Geo. Tlios., his obituary, 66 
Barrow, Richard, his obituary, 230 
Beach, W. H., records cases of disease of the eyes of breeding ewes, 489 
Beeson, Stephen, his remarks on parturient apoplexy, 86 
records a remarkable case of rupture of the diaphragm, 
562 
Benevolent, the National Veterinary, and Mutual Defence Society, 59, 313 
President’s inaugural address, 313 
Bill, the Vivisection, 433 
Blackleg and hoose in calves, 737 
Blakeway, P., communicates a case of navicular disease of the fore and 
hind feet, 21 
records cases of “ rot ” affecting cattle, 260 
JBlaps mortisaga in the horse, on the occurrence of the larvae of, 472 
Blood-corpuscles, nucleus in, 891 
injection of bacteria into the, without any toxic effect, 891 
transfusion of, intravenous injection of milk as a substitute for, 43 
Boag, William Metcalf, his obituary, 230 
Bodies, peculiar cystoid, found in dissecting-room subjects (asses), notes on, 
75 
Bodington, G., complimentary dinner at Canton, Cardiff, to, 399 
Body, human, entrance of the Filaria medenensis or guinea-worm into the, 
by drinking water, 67,151, 235, 319 
Botany, the principles of, 12, 77,164, 246, 486 
Boundary fences, yew trees in, 192 
Bourdass, George, his remarks on parturient apoplexy, 84 
Bowels, disease of the, as affecting the horse, 741 
Bovine lung disease, 506 
Brain, cholesterine tumour in the, 416 
Branford’s, Prof., address at the Albany Farmers’ Association, Graham’s 
Town, Cape of Good Hope, 579 
Breeding ewes, disease in the eyes of, 489 
Brown Institution—report of the experiments on pleuro-pueumonia, 351 
Brown, John, his obituary, 66 
Brown, Samuel, his obituary, 150 
