The compendium of health pertaining to the physical life of man and the animals which serve him

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Part I. Man And His Diseases

Chapter I. — The Framework of the Body. Chapter II. — Signs of Health and Disease. Chapter III. — The Nervous System. Chapter IV. — The Organs of Digestion. Chapter V. — The Organs of Circulation. Chapter VI. — The Organs of Respiration. Chapter VII.— The Skin. Chapter VIII.— The Urinary Organs. Chapter IX. — General Diseases. Chapter X. — The Eye and Ear. Chapter XI. — Emergencies and Domestic Surgery. Chapter XII. — The Maid and the Wife. Chapter XIII— The Mother and her Babe. Chapter XIV.— Maturity and Old Age. Chapter XV. — Home Nursing. Chapter XVI.— Hygiene.. 23-498

Part II. The Horse And His Diseases

Introduction. Chapter I. — Signs of Health and Disease. Chapter II. — The Nervous System. Chapter III. — The Digestive System. Chapter IV. — The Organs of Circulation. Chapter V. — The Respiratory Organs. Chapter VI. — The Skin. Chapter VII. — The Urinary and Generative Organs. Chapter VIII.— The Eye and Ear. Chapter IX.— The Extremities. Chapter X.— General Diseases and Injuries. Chapter XI. — General Care 499-728

Part III. The Ox And His Diseases

Chapter I. — The Nervous System. Chapter II. — The Digestive Organs. Chapter III.— The Organs of Respiration. Chapter IV.— The Skin. Chapter V.— The Urinary and Generative Organs. Chapter VI. — Miscellaneous Disorders and Injuries 729-7SS

PART IX. Cage Birds and Their Diseases 907-924

MATERIA MEDICA.

Remedies, Doses, Formulas, etc 925-945

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Medicine Frontispiece

The Human Skeleton 26

The Spinal Column 28

Section of the Foot 28

The Muscles 30

Biceps in the Forearm 32

Tendons of the Forearm and Hand. . . 32

Sections of Muscles 33

Urinometer 40

The Nervous System 42

Magnified Nerve-ganglion 43

Top View of the Cerebrum 44

Rear and Base of the Brain 45

Section of the Spinal Cord 46

Section of the Brain 47

Nerves of Taste 48

Nerves of Smell 48

The Pneumogastric Nerve 48

The Sympathetic System 49

Section of the Jaws 85

Section of a Tooth 85

The Jaws and Teeth 86

Salivary Gland 87

Organs" of Digestion 87

Chest, Abdomen and Intestines 88

Villi of the Intestines 89

The Heart and Blood-vessels 129

Chambers of the Heart 129

Valves of the Heart (2) 1 30

Arteries of the Body 131

. Capillaries 132

Cycle of Circulation 133

Lacteals 134

Lymphatics 135

Larynx and Windpipe 170

Vocal Cords 170

Organs of the Chest 171

Magnified Air-cells 171

Cilia 172

Section of the Skin 194

Root of a Hair 194

The Urinary Organs 210

The Internal Organs, colored 225

Vapor- tent 247

Section of the Right Eye 270

Anatomy of the Eye 272

Orbit of the Eye 274

The Lachrymal Organs 275

Foreign Matter in the Eye 282

Accommodation 284

Shapes of the Eyeball 286

Section of the Ear 293

Outer Surface of the Drum-head 294

Inner Surface of the Drum-head 294

Bones of the Ear 295

Articulated Bones of ihe Ear 295

The Labyrinth of the Ear . 296

Stoppage of Blood by Light Pressure. 319

Artery of the Arm and Shoulder 320

Artery of the Leg 320

Pressure on the Finger 322

Pressure at the Wrist 323

Pressure on the Upper Arm 323

Pressure on the Thigh 323

Pressure under the Arm 323

Pressure on the Neck 323

Dressing with Plaster 326

Bandaged Hand and Wrist 329

Bandaging the Ankle 329

Bandaging the Foot 329

Bandage for the Head 329

Excluding Poison from the System.. . 332

Extinguishing a Flame 335

Clearing the Throat of the Drowned. 340

Artificial Inspiration 341

Artificial Expiration 341

The Michigan Method 341

Foreign Body in the Eye 351

Securing a Fractured Leg 352

A Sling for the Arm 352

Reducing a Dislocation 353

Reduction bv the Patient

Maidenhood 372

The Mother and Babe, colored 393

Maud S 500

Dexter 504

Lady Thorn 507

St. Julien 509

Tay-Eye-See 513

The Original Trotter 516

Hambletonian (Rysdyk's) 519

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS,

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Bashaw (Green's) 522

Peerless 525

Hinda Rose 529

Wild Flower .. 535

Johnston 536

Skeleton of the Horse 53S

Symptom of Brain Fever 544

Symptom of Megrims 549

Symptoms of Hydrophobia (2) 55;

Feeding during Tetanus ..... 554

Teeth of the Horse (17) 559-562

Spasmodic Co.ic (2) 564

Flatulent Colic 565

Sign of Abdominal Irritation 566

Pressure to Detect Enteritis 566

Hot Cloths on the Abdomen 567

Symptom of Acute Gastritis 571

Position in Peritonitis 57^

Symptoms of Worms (2) 577

Bots in the Stomach 578

Symptom of Stomach Staggers 5S2

High Choke 584

Low Choke 5 S_

Aphthous Mouth 586

Caries and Toothache 5S7

Salivary Calculus and Fistula 589

Symptoms of Heart Disease 593

Sign of a Cold 601

Steaming-bag for Bronchitis 603

Confirmed Bronchitis 604

Compresses for Bronchitis . . 604

Eight-tailed Bandage 604

Sounds in the Windpipe. 605

Fomentation of the Throat 606

Position in Congestion 607

Position in Pneumonia 609

Symptom of Pleurisy 612

Sketch of the Horse 62c

A Horse with Surfeit 622

Stages of Grease (2 623

Test for Mange 625

Mallanders 62 7

Sallenders 62 7

Position in Urinary Disorders 63t

Internal Organs of the Horse 632

A Horse with Albuminous Urine 636

A Horse with Bloody Urine 63S

Dressing for the Eye 646

Partial Cataract 64S

Complete Cataract 64S

Bog Spavin 653

Thorough-pin 653

Bone Spavin 654

Curb 655

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Dressing for Curb 655

Wind Galls 656

Capped Hock 65S

Capped Knee 658

Sling for Breaking-down 662

Varieties of Splint 663

Stages of Quittor (2) 665

Section of the Foot and Pasterns 666

Sign of Navicular Disease 667

Position in Foot-founder 668

Seedy Toe 670

Sandcrack Dressed (3) 672

False Quarter 673

Fa.se Quarter Shod 673

Sling for Open Joint 675

External Marks of Disease. . . 679

Seat of Mumps 6S4

Confirmed Influenza 686

Nose-bag for Influenza 6S7

Sling for Rheumatism 692

Proof of Glanders 694

Sign of Farcy 696

Sign of Purpura Hemorrhagica 700

Fistulous Withers 703

Early Stage of Poll-Evil 704

Dislocated Whirl-bone 71 1

LaPorte's Structure and Proportions.. 715

Section of the Horse's Foot 727

Sensitive Parts of the Foot 727

Skeleton of the Ox 730

Sketch of the Ox 730

Stomach of the Ox ... 735

Section of the Stomach (2) 736

Merino Sheep 790

Sheep with Scab 79S

Skeleton of the Hog S06

Rob Roy SiS

Handsome Tom 84S

Hafiz S57

Sketch of a Cock 866

Gray Games S75

Breathing Apparatus of Fowls . >7;

Gape-worms SS3

Feather for Removal of Gape-worms. >5:

Buff Cochins S91

Crested and Bearded Polish Fowls. ... S9S

The Ovary of Fowls 924

The Oviduct of Fowls 904

The Family Choir 90S

Nest of the Oriole 911

Canaries and Nest 913

Mocking-bird 915

Goldfinch and Nes: 916

Canary with Consumption 919

Total number of Illustrations, 2.7.

Explanations. — One will readily determine upon a disease by turning to the general reference to the particular fart of the body which is affected, as Bowels, Brain, Eye, Heart, Lungs, Stomach, etc., and this topical feature is maintained on such subjects as Babe, Sick-room, Poisoning, Horse, Ox, etc. By such grouping the index is very greatly reduced in dimensions and its value enhanced, without .lessening the number of references ; and yet the cross-references are very full. When more than one Part of the book is referred to under a given topic, the requisite distinctions are made by the following equivalents: H, Horse; O, Ox; S, Sheep; Hg, Hog; D, Dog; C, Cat; P, Poultry; B, Birds; ff, "and following pages." If neither of the initials is found, the reference is to Man, unless it obviously pertains to a subsequent Part. The figures refer to pages.

D,8 4 6. P, 897.

Absorbent vessels, 134.

Accelerators, 137.

Accidents, see Emergencies and Injuries.

Accommodation, 284.

Acid, see Carbolic, etc.

Acne, 200.

Adornments of the home, 487.

African finches, food for, 917.

After-dinner sleep, 482.

After-pains, 414.

Aged, care of the, 446 ; food, 446 ; rest, 447 ;

warmth, 447; clothing, 447; bed-rooms,

445, 447-

Air, in health, 487; on the heart, 151.

Air-cells, 171.

Albumen-water, 473.

Alcohol, 83, 152, 160, 316; inherited appetite, 495.

Alcoholism, 153, 154.

Altering, see Castration.

Alternation of remedies, 929.

Amenorrhcea, 377.

American cattle plague, 779.

American race horse, 512.

American rinderpest, 778, 779.

in sickness, 451; effect H, 7i3-

Anasarca. H, 699.

Anatomy, importance of, 25. H, 539. O,

B, 912.

Angina pectoris, 143, 166.

809. P, 871.

Antidotes, 358.

Aorta, 129.

Aphtha, H, 5S6.

Appetite, 38; loss of, 99; for alcohol and tobacco, 495. H, 541; loss of, 579; depraved, 580. O, depraved and excessive, 742. S, loss of, 704.

Apple-water, 473.

Arnica, cause of erysipelas, 250.

Arrowroot food, 174, 175.

Artery, 131; bleeding from, 133; pulmonary, 129. H, enlargement, 597.

Artificial breathing, 340.

Ascites, 258.

Asiatic cholera, 115.

« Asphyxia, see Suffocation.

Ass, the, 539.

Astigmatism, 288.

Athletic sports, bad effects of, 155, 160.

Atomizer, 174. (xi)

IXDEX.

Atrophy of the heart. H, 595.

Audiphone. 317.

Auditory canal, 294, 29S.

Auricles, of the heart, 129; of the ear, 294,

Babe, care of the, 421 ; diseases, 422 ; nursing, feeding and weaning, 424 ; milk for. 426: exercise, 430, 431; clothing. 429: bathing, 429; ^igns of sickness — temperature, 433; mouth, 433; breah, 433, 435 : tongue, 435 ; skin, 435 ; bowels. 435 : urine, 435; pulse, 433; facial expression. 432; gestures, 433; cry. 422.433; chafing, 423; mortality, 421; colic, 423; vomiting, 422 435; snuffles, 422; sore eyes, 422; new-born, 411; still-born. 412: breasts, 423.

Babv-basket, 410.

Baby-talk, 58.

Baker's itch, 199.

Ball-playing, 147.

Barber's itch, 199.

Barley for horses, 721.

Barley-water, 472.

Bathing, effect on the ear, 310.

Baths, for the well, 477; lor the sick, 467, 472. H, 724. C, S55. B. 9 i2.

Beaks, deiormed, 923.

Bealed breasts, 417.

Beans for horses. 720.

Bearing-down of the womb, 3S5.

Bed-rooms, for the well, 4S2 ; for the aged, 445, 447; for the sick, 451.

Bed-sores, 207.

Beef, diseased. 7S7.

Beef-tea, 474.

Bee-stings, 334.

Belly, black. B, 921.

Belh -acne, see Colic.

Bile, SS.

Bile-tube. SS.

Bilious fever, 22S.

Biliousness, 120.

Bird-, care of, 907-917: diseases of. 917-924.

Bishoping the teeth, H, 55S.

Bites. 332; of insects, 334; of mad dogs. 332: of snakes, 333. H. 630. O. 7627

Black belly. B, 921.

Black mouth. S, 794.

Black quarter. O, 774, 776. S, S04.

Black-rot, P, S99.

Black tongue, O, 740. 774.

Black water. O, 764, 779.

Bladder, 210, 211; inflammation, 214. H, falling, 635; inflammation, 633: spasm, 634. O, inflammation, 76;; spas™., 764, 765: stone in, 765. Hg, inversion, S16; stone in, S16. D, inflammation. S43.

Bleeding, persistent, 321 ; spider's web for, 32 1 ; directions for .stopping, 322 ; in hand or foot, 322; in arm or leg, 322; in head or neck, 324: n mouth or iungs, 324; after delivery, see Flooding. H, 61S.

Blisters, 84.

Bloating, S, 794.

Blood, spitting, 1S7; vomiting. 9S: flow of, see Bleeding ; circulation, 129.

Blood-heat. ^.

Blood- vessels, 129; in lungs, 171.

Bloody flux, see Dysentery.

Bloody murrain, 774, 776. 779.

Bloody urine, H, 63S; O, 764.

Blowing. H. 614.

Blows, ^46.

Blue disease, Hg, S09.

Boating. 147.

Bog spavin. 652. 653.

Bone spavin, H. 654.

Bones, table of, 27: structure. 29: growth, 29; broken, see Fractures. H. dislocated. 711; fractures or". 712. O. swollen, 7S7 fractures, 7S7. P, broken and dislocated, 903. B, broken, 924,

Boots, proper kinds, 4S0.

Bowels, index of di-ease, 40: inflammation, 122; in late life. 439. H. bails in, see Concretions ; inflammation, 563, 566.

O. inflammation, 744.. 750. S. inflammation, S04. D, inflammation, S33 : worms in, 835. B. inflammation, 920.

Brain, structure, 44; concussion, 347; fever, 59; inflammation, 59. H. concussion, 550; inflammation. 544: fever, 544. O. fever, 731. 732 ; water on, _ ^_ S, inflammation, 791.

Bran for horses. 721.

Bran poultice. 464.

Braxy, S. S02.

Bread poultice, 464.

Break-down behind, P. 905.

Breaking-down.. H. 661.

Breast-milk. 424-427.

Breasts, care of, 401 ; pain in. 401 ; inflammation, 417; bealed. 417.

Breath, offensive, 96.

Breathing, offices of 172; organs. 170: artificial, 340; in late life. 441. H. 544 thick, 614; broken, 613.

Breathing apparatus. P. 5 _ -

Bright's disease, 220. 259. H. 635.

Broken bones, see Bones.

Broken-heart, 1:7.

Broken hoof, H, 669.

Broken wind, H. 613.