Cattle 1853 - Lewis Family Farm

Devon ox, his activity his most valuable
quality, 22.
Devon ox, his qualities for grazing, 23.
Devon ox, trial of his fattening properties
with different breeds, 69, 70.
Devon, South, the cattle of, 24, 25.
Devon, South, comparison between them
and the Devons, 25.
Diaphragm, rupture of the, 365.
Diarrhoea, acute, tbe nature and treatment
of, 338.
Diarrhoea, distinction between it and dysentery,
338.
Diarrhoea, ohronic, the nature and treatment
of, 339.
Diarrhoea in calves, nature and treatment
of, 424.
Digitalis, its medicinal properties, 452.
Distension of the rumen by food, nature
and treatment of, 301.
Distension of the rumen by gas, nature
and treatment of, 303.
Dropsy, general remarks on the causes and
treatment of, 358.
Drying a cow, the proper period for, 388.
Duodenum, description of the, 330.
Durham ox, an account of the, 98.
Dysentery, causes and symptoms of, 340.
Dysentery, appearances of, after death,
342.
Dysentery is inflammation of the mucous
membrane of the large intestines, 343
Dysentery, treatment of it, 342.
Dysentery, the value of the chloride of
lime in the treatment of it, 345.
Ear, description of the, 154.
Ear, the form and shape of, connected
with the beauty of the animal, 154.
Ear, the diseases of the, 154.
Earth, the eating of it, prevents the fermentation
of the food, 187.
East Indian cattle, an account of the, 149.
Elder, the leaves of, make a good soothing
ointment, 453.
Embryotomy, when justifiable, and a description
of the operation, 395.
Emetic, tartar, the use of, 449.
Enteritis, symptoms of, 334.
Enteritis, appearances after death, 335.
Enteritis, causes and treatment of, 336.
Epidemic catarrh.—See Catarrh.
Epidemics.—See Murrain.
Epidemic sore feet and mouth of 1840 and
1841, 256.
Epilepsy, the treatment of, 171.
Epsom salt, the best purgative, 453.
Ergot of rye, its power in stimulating the
womb to action, 389.
Exeter, description of the vale of, 25.
Eye, general description of the, 156.
Eye, inflammation of the, the nature and
treatment of, 159.
Eye, worm in the, treatment of, 162.
Eye, wounds of the, management of, 156
Eyelids, description of the, 157
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INDEX. 463
Eyelids, diseases of the, 157.
Farcy in cattle, 183.
Fardel-bound, description of it, 313.
Feet, the, description of, 143.
Feet, diseases of the, 432, 433.
Feet, epidemio sore, of 1840, and '41, 256.
Fever, intermittent, its symptoms and
treatment, 225.
Fever, pure or idiopathic, often exist does
in cattle, 224.
Fever, pure or idiopathic, its symptoms
and treatment, 224.
Fever, symptomatic, frequent and dangerous,
225. ,
Fever, inflammatory, its nature and treatment,
225.
Fever, typhus, its nature and treatment,
233.
Firing, an advantageous mode of, for some
bony tumors, 156.
Fits, the treatment of, 171.
Flooding after calving, treatment of, 401.
Fluke-worm, the, a cause of jaundice, 326.
Foetus, retention of it for a long time
without injury, 398.
Food, its changes in the stomachs, 294.
Food, how conveyed into the reticulum,
295.
Forehead of a bull, the, should be short
and broad, 145.
Forehead of the Devon, description of, 18.
Foul in the foot, description of, 433.
Foul in the. -foot? most prevalent in low,
marshy countries, 434.
Foul in the foot, mode of treatment of, 434.
Foul in the foot, probable advantages of
neurotomy in, 437.
Fowler, Mr., an improver of the longhorns,
86.
Fowler, Mr., account of the sale of his
stock, 87.
Free-martins, usually barren, 392.
Free-martins, dissection of three, 393. •
Free-martins, a few cases in which they
have bred, 393.
Frontal sinuses, description of, 143, 144.
Frontal sinuses, use of the, 145, 146.
Frontal sinuses, inflammation of the, nature
and treatment of, 146.
Frontal sinuses, worms in the, 147.
Gatx-bladder, the structure and use of,
320.
Gall-stones, their composition, 324.
Gall-stones, frequent cause of jaundice,
325.
Galloway, the greater part of the cattle
were horned at the middle of the last
century, 63.
Galloway, the present breed of, 63, 64.
Galloways, Mr. Culley's description of,
66.
Galloway cows not good milkers, 67.
Galloway bull, a perfect one seldom found,