xiv CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XXXIV 



PARASITES 



PA(IB 



Worms — Bots , . . . . . . . . . . . ,018 



CHAPTER XXXV 



METHODS OF CONTROL 



The twitch — Tlie luiltcr twitch — Side lines — Hobbles — Slings — Anresthesia . . G21 



CHAPTER XXXVI 



OPERATIONS 



Bleeding — Firing — Setons and rowels — Blistering — Castration — Docking — Un- 

 nerving — Reduction of liernia — The adniinistnition of medicines — Clysters — 

 Back-raking .............. 627 



ON THE ACTION OF MEDICINES 

 CHAPTER XXXVII 



THE ACTION OF MEDICINES, AND THE FORMS IN WHICH THEY ARE PRESCRIBED 



Alteratives — Ana?sthetics — Anodynes — Antacids — Anthelmintics — Antispasmodics 

 — Aperients — Astringents — Blisters — Caustics — Charges — Clysters — Cordials — 

 Demulcents — Diaplioretics — Digestives — Diuretics — Embrocations — Emulsions — 

 E.xpectorants — Febrifuges — Lotions — Narcotics — Refrigerants — Sedatives — 

 Stimulants — Stomachics — Styptics — Tonics — Vermifuges — Electuaries — Pes- 

 saries — Suppositories 639 



CHAPTER XXXVIII 

 Shoeing 655 



CHAPTER XXXIX 

 A list of veterinary drugs, with their actions and doses . , . ■ 675 



CHAPTER XL 

 On soundness ; and on the purchase and fale of horses ...... 681 



