INDEX 



Abdomen, boundaries of the, 474 ; contents of, 

 ih. ; longitudinal sectional plan of the, 475 ; 

 transverse sectional plan of the, 470. 



Abdominal diseases, general remarks on, 553. 



Abdominal viscera, supply of blood to the, 

 477 ; nerves of the, ih. 



Abyssinia, the horses of, '12, et seq. 



Accident -i to the legs and feet, 6 1 5. 



Action, locomotive, of horses, 141. 



African horses, 21, 37. 



Age of the horse, marks of, 357, et seq 



Agricultural horse, the, 133. 



Ali Bey, his description of the modern Arab, 

 27. 



Alimentary canal, absorption of fluid from, 

 478. _ 



Alteratives, action of, 639 ; recipes for, ih. 



Amaurosis, nature of, 581 ; symptoms of, ih. ; 

 treatment of, ib. 



Amble, the, description of, 155. 



America, list of English horses imported into, 

 47. 



American horse, fastest trotting on record of, 

 43. 



American match-trotting, extent of, 43-4. 



American thoroughbred, the, 47 ; stoutness of 

 the, 52. 



American trotter, the, 45 ; pedigrees of, ih. 



Amphiarthrodial joints, 39G. 



Anesthetics, action of, 640 ; recipes for, ih. 



Anchylosis, nature of, 507 ; of the shouldev- 

 joiut, case of, 516. 



Ancient methods of using the horse, 5. 



Anodynes, action of, 640-1 ; recipes for, ih. 



Antacids, action of, 640 ; recipes for, ih. 



Anthelmintics, action of, G41 ; recipes for, ih. 



Antispasmodics, action of, 642 ; recipes for, ih. 



Aperients, action of, 642 ; recipes for, ih. 



Apoplexy, nature of, 576 ; treatment of, ih. 



Apparatus for breaking to harness, 213. 



Arab horse, colour of the, 30 ; food of the, ih. ; 

 of antiquity, 4 ; pure, 29 ; speed of the, 30 ; 

 stallion, the, 29; the modern, 25; mare, 

 the, 33. 



Arsenic, treatment of the effects of, 557-8. 



Arteria, 461, et seq. ; aorta, 462 ; aorta, an- 

 terior, anatomy of, ih. ; aorta, posterior, 

 464 ; axillaris, 462 ; carotidcea externa, 464 ; 

 carotidoea interna, 464 ; cervicalis inferior, 

 462 ; cervicalis superior, ih. ; circumflexa 

 ilii, 463 ; coeliaca, 464 ; common carotid, 

 464 ; dorsalis, 465 ; epigastrica, 466 ; f emor- 



alis, ih. ; gastrica, 462 ; hepatica, 4G4 ; iliaca 

 externa, 466; innominata, 462; plan of 

 branches of, 465 ; tibialis anterior, 466 ; 

 lumbalis, 464 ; masseterica, ih. ; maxillaris 

 interna, ih. ; mesenterica anterior, ih. ; 

 mesenterica posterior, ih. ; obturator, ih. ; 

 of the bulb, ih. ; of the frog, 503 ; plantaris, 

 ih. ; occipitalis, 461; parotidaja, 465; po- 

 plitasa, 466 ; profunda femoris, ih. ; ptery- 

 goidea interna, 465 ; renalis, 464 ; sacralis 

 lateralis, ib. ; spermatica, ih. ; splenica, ih. ; 

 submaxillaris, ih. ; iliaca interna, 465 ; 

 thoracica externa, 466 ; thoracica interna, 

 ih. ; tibialis posterioi", ih. ; umbilicalis, 465 ; 

 vertebralis, 462. 



Arteries, arranged in two groups, 461 ; coats 

 of the, ih. ; plan of the, 463. 



Arteries, supplying the abdominal viscera, 

 477 ; anatomy of the, 459 ; of the foot, the, 

 503 ; of the foot, view of, injected, ih. ; 

 of the frog and sole, view of, injected, 504 ; 

 of the stomach, 481. 



Arthrodia, 396. 



Articulation, astragalo-calcanean, 425 ; be- 

 tween the bones of the tarsus, ih. ; carpo- 

 metacarpal, 413 ; chondro-costal, 403 ; chou- 

 dro-sternal, ih. ; costo-transverse, ih. ; costo- 

 vertebral, 402 ; coxo-femoral, 420 ; femoro- 

 tibial, 422; inter-metacarpal, 415; inter- 

 metatarsal, 428 ; iuter-phalangeal, 417 ; 

 lumbo-sacral, 404 ; metacarpo-phalangeal, 

 415 ; of atlas with occiput, 400 ; of dentata 

 with atlas, ih. ; of the lumbar vertebroe and 

 sacrum, 404 ; of the thorax, 403 ; phalangeo- 

 pedal, 419 ; radio-carpal, 3J0 ; remaining, 

 of the posterior members, 428; sacro-iliac, 

 407 ; scapulo-humeral, 408 ; tarso-meta- 

 tarsal, 428 ; temporo maxillary, 405 ; tibio- 

 fibular, 424 ; tibio-tarsal, 425 ; view of costo- 

 vertebral, 402 ; view of metacarpo-phalan- 

 geal, 416. 



Arytenoid cartilages, anatomy of the, 470 ; 

 view of, 471. 



Asiatic horses, 35. 



Astragalus, os, 389. 



Astringents, action of, 644 ; recipes for, ih. 



Atlas, articulation of, with occiput, 400 ; back 

 view of, 368. 



Atlo-axoid ligament, superior, 400 ; inferior, ib. 



Atmospheric air, changes produced in, by 

 respiration, 468. 



Attitude assumed by horses in standing, 142. 



