Cattle 1853 - Lewis Family Farm

466 INDEX.
Neurotomy might be practised on cattle,
174.
Neurotomy, the probable advantage of it
in foul in the foot, 437.
Neurotomy, description of the operation,
175.
Neurotomy, outs illustrative of, 176.
Nitre, its value in cattle practice, 457.
Nitrous ether, spirit of it, when useful,
457.
Norfolk, the native cattle of, 74.
Norfolk polled cattle, their origin, 74.
Nose, bleeding from the, 181.
Nose, leeches in the, 182.
Nose, polypus in the, 182.
Nose, its membrane, inflammation of, 182,
O'Callaghan, Col., 131.
CEsophagean canal, cuts of it, 286, 288.
(Esophagus, the structure of, 278, 291.
(Esophagus, obstruction in the, treatment
of, 27tf!
(Esophagus, the manner of opening in
choking, 281.
(Esophagus, rupture of the, 285.
(Esophagus, stricture of the, 284.
(Estrus bovis, the history of its several
states, 443.
Opened joints, the treatment of, 431.
Ophthalmia, its nature and treatment,
• 159.
Opium, the best anodyne, antispasmodic
and astringent, 457.
Ox, zoological description of, 9.
Ox, British, early history of, 11.
Pad on the upper jaw, description and use
of the, 186.
Palsy, causes and treatment of, 172.
Pancreas, the. structure, functions, and
diseases of, 328.
Pantas, the nature and treatment of, 336.
Papilla) of the rumen,, description of
them, and of their uses, 295.
Paps in the mouth, treatment of, 206.
Parotid glands, inflammation of the,
symptoms and treatment of, 205.
Parturition.—See. Calving.
Paunch.—See Rumen.
Pembrokeshire cattle, description of, 37.
Pericardium, inflammation of the, 220.
Pericardium, the, often penetrated by
sharp substances that have been taken
into the rumen, 220.
Pharyngites, the symptoms and treatment
of, 258.
Pharynx, description of the, 207.
Pharynx, inflammation of the, 258.
Pharynx, the mode of puncturing it in
abscess situated there, 260.
Phrenzy, symptoms and treatment of, 164.
Phthisis.—See Consumption.
Placenta, the intention of it, in abortion,
386.
Placenta, the, should be discharged soon
after oalvirig, 400,
Placenta, method of separating it from
the womb, 400.
Pleurisy, its symptoms and treatment, 271.
Pleuro-pneumonia, 267, 270.
Pneumonia, the symptoms and treatment
of, 264.
Pneumonia, acute and epidemic, 267.
Points of cattle, a description of the principal,
16.
Poisons, a list of the various, and the
mode of treating them, 310.
Polled cattle, an account of the, 63.
Polled and horned cattle, a comparison
between them, 152.
Polypus in the nose, on, 182.
Poultices, when useful, 458.
Probang, the use of, in hoove, recommended,
306.
Pregnancy, the usual period of, 382.
Pregnancy, symptoms of, 387.
Presentation, natural, the management
of, 389
Presentation, unnatural, do., 391.
Puncturing the rumen in hoove, objections
to, 305.
Puerperal Fever.—See Milk Fever.
Pulse, cause of the, 223.
Pulse, importance of attention to the, 223.
Purging cattle, the occasional difficulty
of, accounted for, 296, 357.
Purging cattle, the method of proceeding
when this occurs, 296, 357.
Quarters, importance of their being long
and full, 20.
Quarter-evil, its nature and treatment,
Rabies, the causes and symptoms of, 177.
Rectum, description of the, 330, 332.
Rectum, the treatment of inversion of,
354.
Red-water, the nature and causes of, 367.
Red-water has more to do with the digestive
organs and the food than any other
cause, 368.
Red-water is most frequent in low marshy
woody countries, 368.
Red-water, acute, the nature and treatment
of, 368.
Red-water, the importance of bleeding
and purging in, 369.
Red-water, chronic, the nature and treatment
of 370.
Reticulum, the interior construction of it.
287, 289, 292.
Reticulum, the action of it in the return
of the food to the stomach, 287, 275.
Reticulum, the diseases of the, 312
Rheumatism, the cause and treatment of,
428.
Ribs, the number and proper form of, 236.
Ribbed home, the importance of being,
76.
Rings, the, on the horn, as indicating the
' age, 150.