Cattle 1853 - Lewis Family Farm

INDEX.
Rings, the, on the horn, as indicating the
age, uncertainty of, 150.
Rottenness See Dysentery.
Rumen, the, viewed externally, 285, 286.
Rumen, the, viewed internally, 288, 290.
Rumen, general description of it, 238, 291.
Rumen, description of its papilla), and
their .uses, 291.
Rumen, the fluid swallowed sometimes
enters it, 296, 357.
Rumen, this accounts for the occasional
difficulty of purging cattle, 296, 357.
Rumen, an account of the diseases of it,
299.
Rumen, the strange substances often found
in it, 299.
Rumen, calculi in the, symptoms of, 299.
Rumen, calculi in, the effect of, 300-
Rumen, distensions of it by food, the
symptoms and treatment of, 301.
Rumen, distension of it by gas, 303.
Rumen, inflammation of the, 310.
Rumination, description of it, 298.
Rupture of the panotes of the abdomen.
—See Hernia.
Rupture of the bladder, symptoms of, 380,
Rupture of the oesophagus, treatment of,
Rupture of the womb, treatment of, 379.
Rye, ergot of, its use in parturition, 458.
Salivary glands, description of the, 201.
Salt, its use in food as a medicine, 458.
Sapped.— See Constipation.
Saphena vein, the, when it should be
opened, 218
Septum, the nasal, why not perfect in the
ox, 180.
Setons, their occasional use, 458.
Shetland Islands, general description of
them, 51.
Shetland Islands, description of the cattle
there, 51.
Shetland Islands, treatment of the cattle,
52.
Shoot of blood, its nature and treatment,
225. .^aU
Shooting.—See Dysentery.
Short-horns, the, history of, 95.
Short-horns, supposed to be originally imported
from the Continent, 96.
Short-horns, description of the old ones,
95.
Short-horns, the Commencement of their
improvement, tiG.
Short-horns, the mode in which their improvement
was effected, 96.
Short-horns, their excellence consists in a
combination of qualities before believed
to be incompatible, 95.
Short-horns, the question of their capacity
for work, 108.
Short-horns, their early maturity should
preclude their being put to work, 108.
Short-horned bulls, the advantage of
crossing different breeds with them, 108.
467
Short-horns, the prevailing colors of, 109.
Short-horned cow, her milking qualities,
133.
Short-sighted, many cattle appear to be,
159.
Shoulders; a slanting direction of them,
the importance of, 19.
Shropshire cattle, the old, 94.
Shropshire oattle, the cross between them
and the Holderness, 94.
Silver, nitrate of, its use as a caustic, 459.
Skeleton of the ox, out of the, 143.
Skin, the cause and importance of its soft
mellow feeling, 438.
Skin, diseases of the, 438.
Skull, cavity of the, cut of, 144.
Skull, fracture of the, treatment of, 162.
Skull, fracture of, almost invariably fatal,
162.
Sliuking.— See Abortion.
Smelling, on the sense of, 180.
Soft palate, description of the, 337.
Sore teats, treatment of, 408.
Sore throat, the symptoms and treatment
of, 258.
Spinal cord, the comparative smallnessof,
accounted for, 154.
Spine, 241.
Spleen, structure and funotion of the,
319.
Spleen, hsomorrhage from the, 319.
Sprain in the leg and foot, symptoms and
treatment of, 432.
Stephenson, Mr., 114.
Sternum, description of the, 237.
Sternum, the width of the, sometimes
compensates for flatness of the sides,
241.
Stimulants, the propriety of adinistering,
when it is difficult to purge cattle, 297.
Stomachs of cattle, cuts of them, 285, 286,
288, 291.
Stomach pump, the use of it in hoove re.
oommended, 306.
Stone in the bladder, symptoms and treatment
of, 378.
Stone in the kidneys, ditto and ditto, 377.
Stone in the ureters, ditto and ditto, 377.
Stone in the urethra, ditto, 379.
Strangulation of the intestines, symptoms
and treatment of, 350.
Strangullion, description of it, 205.
Strioture of the oesophagus, treatment of.
234.
Subcutaneous abdominal vein, the question
when it should be bled from, 219.
Subcutaneous abdominal vein, the anatomy
of it, 219.
Sublingual glands, description of the, 207.
Submaxillary vein, description of the, 204.
Submaxillary artery, ditto, 205.
Suffolk cattle, were originally duns, 75.
Suffolk cattle, description of the, 75.
Suffolk oattle, milking properties of, 75.
Suffolk oattle, the bull east off far too
early, 75.