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INDEX 



Australian liorsc, tlic, 3G. 

 Austrian liorse, the, 57. 

 Average age of the horse, IG. 



IjACK and loins, symptoms of strain iu, 527 ; 

 treatment of strain iu, ih. 



Baek-rakiug, mode of performing, G38. 



I'aek sinews, remarks on strain of the, 530 ; 

 symptoms of strain of the, ih. ; treatment of 

 strain of the. 531. 



Balanitis, symptoms of, 570 ; treatment of, ih. 



Bandages, two kinds of, 251 ; use and appli- 

 cation of, 284. 



Barb, the, 19. 



Barley as food for horses, 258. 



Barrier bar for stables, 234. 



Bar shoe, the, GG6 ; view of the, ih. 



Bath, the Turkish, 300 ; plan of Turkish, 301. 



Beans, used as food, 257. 



Bedding of horses, 271 ; wheat straw for, ih. ; 

 refu.se tan for, 273 ; sand for, ih. ; sawdust 

 for, //;. 



Bit, used for breaking, 204. 



Bites of insects, treatment of, 83. 



Biting, remedy for the vice, 294. 



Bits, varieties of snaffle, 321 ; of curb, 323. 



Blacking, recipe for harness, 317. 



Bladder, anatomy of the, 488 ; diseases of, 

 569 ; calculi iu, ih. 



Bladc-boue, tlie, J375. 



Bleeding, remarks on, 627 ; when performed, 

 ih. ; instruments used iu, ib. 



Blindness, caused by various diseases, 581. 



IVisteriug, remarks on, 030. 



Blisters, action of, G45 ; recipes for, ih. 



Blood, physiology of the, 458 ; circulation of 

 the, 459; puiity of, in the racehor.se, 97; 

 spavin, identical with bog sjiavin, which 

 see, 524. 



Blood-ve.ssels of the chest and nose, diseases of 

 the, 552. 



Bog spavin, nature of, 524 ; symptoms of, ih. ; 

 treatment of, ib. 



Bone, its structure, 344 ; office of, ih.\ medulla 

 of, 34G ; periosteum of, ih. ; enumeration of 

 the di.seases of, 506. 



Bone spavin, nature of, 512; view of, ih.; 

 symptoms of, 513 ; treatment of, 514. 



Bones, number of, composing the skeleton, 349. 



Bots, nature of, 619 ; group of, attached to the 

 stomach, ib. ; uselessuess of treatment for, 

 620. 



Bowels, 482. 



Breaking down, remarks on, 531 ; symptoms 

 of, ib. ; treatment of, ih. 



Breaking, halter used for, 203-4 ; superiority of 

 the ordinary method of, 212 ; for the saddle, 

 ordinary English method of, 203 ; Karey's 

 apparatus for, 205 ; to harness, 212 ; appara- 

 tus for, 213 ; bit used for, 204 ; importance 

 of forming the mouth in, 206 ; first thing 

 to be done in, 205 ; i-apid methods of, 211. 



Breastbone, the, 375 ; profile view of, ih. 



Breast-plate, the, 320. 



Breast-strap, view of, 341. 



Breathing, essence of, 467. 



Breechen and kicking-strap united, view of, 

 341. 



Breed of racehorses, object of encouraging 

 the, 95 ; of horses in India, 36. 



Breeding, advantages and disadvantages of 

 each jtlau of, 167; best age for, 170; blood 

 most suitable for hunters, 179 ; causes of a 



"hit " in, 168 ; choice of a sire and dam in, 

 174 ; concluding remarks on, 181 ; in-and-in, 

 165; imporlance of health in, 169; import- 

 ance of soundness in, ?7>. ; iiiiluence of the 

 siro and dam in, 171; kind of horse most 

 profitable for, ISO; out-crossing in, 166; 

 principles of, 161 ; selection of blood in each 

 class of horse, 176. 



Bridle, the chain snaffle, 321 ; the Chifney 

 bit, 324 ; the curb, 323 ; the double-jointed 

 snaffle, 321 ; the double-ring snaffle, ih. ; 

 the gag-snaffle, j'/i. ; the Hanoverian Felham, 

 323 ; the ordinary curb, //'. ; the plain Pel- 

 ham, ih. ; the plain snaffle, 321 ; the snaffle 

 with double moutli-i)iece, ih. ; the twisted 

 snaffle, ib. ; the uujointed snaffle, ib. 



Bridle hooks, 240. 



Bridles, varieties of, 321 ; remarks on, ib. 



British horse, the original, 5. 



Broken knee, treatment of slight, 535 ; treat- 

 ment of, when the joint is opened, ih. 



Broken wind, nature of, 550; symptoms of, 

 ih. ; treatment of, (7). 



Bronchi, anatomy of the, 471. 



Bronchial glands, anatomy of the, 473. 



Bronchial tubes, subdivision of, 472. 



Bronchitis, nature of, 540 ; symptoms of, ib. ; 

 treatment of, ib. ; treatment of chronic, ih. 



Brood mare, the, 182 ; after treatment of the 

 foal, 190 ; early treatment of the foal, 189 ; 

 general management of the, 186 ; hovel for, 

 182 ; paddock for, ih. ; time of sending to 

 the horse, 186 ; treatment of the, when in 

 foal, 187; treatment of, after foaling, 188; 

 weaning of the foal, 190. 



Brougham horse, the, 129. 



Bucephalus noseband, the, 324. 



Buck eye, nature of, 581. 



Burnian horse, the, 24. 



Bursa; mucosa?, anatomy of, 431 ; nature of 

 inflammation in, ih. ; varieties of inflamma- 

 tion in, 526. 



Cab-horse, the, 129. 



Ca3cum, anatomy of the, 484. 



C'alcaneo-astragalau articulation, 388-9. 



C'alcis, OS, 390. 



Calculi in the bowels, nature of, 564 ; urinary, 



569 ; symptoms of urinary, ib. ; treatment 



of urinary, ib. 

 Canadian horse, the, 41 ; portrait of, 42. 

 Canter, the, 143; mode of starting into a, 144. 

 Capillaries, anatomy of the, 461. 

 Capped elbow, treatment of, 525 ; hock, cause 



of, 526 ; treatment of, ib. 

 Capsule, the suprarenal, 487. 

 Caries, nature of, 507 ; of the jaw, 519 ; 



symptoms of, /7*. ; treatment of, ib. 

 Carpo-metacarpal articulation, 412. 

 Carpus (wrist or knee joint), articulations of, 



380 ; bones of the, ib. 

 Carriage-liorse, the, 129. 

 Carriage, brougham, or cab-horse, portrait of 



the, 130. 

 Carrots, as food, 260. 



Cart-horse, the Clydesdale, 138 ; the Lincoln- 

 shire, 137 ; the Suffolk, 134 ; mixed breeds 



of, 139. 

 Cartilage, 392 ; articular, ih. ; blood-vessels of, 



ib. ; chemical composition of, 393 ; fibro, 



394 ; nerves of, 394 ; perichondrium of, 392. 

 Cartilages, the costal, 403; the lateral, 504; 



of the ribs, 403. 



