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INDEX 



Tliorouglibrcil, essentials in the, 97; Euglish 

 horse, the, 07 ; general liistory of the, ib. ; 

 huut r, the, llU ; origin of tlio. 7"; stout- 

 ui'S< of the Ainoricau, Tc' ; the Enghsh of 

 1750, CO; the stecplc-chasiT, 110; the 

 nioileru, 65 ; the Auierieaii, 47. 



Tliorouyhpin, nature of, 521 ; treatment of, ih. 



Thread wonns. 018. 



Thrush, varieties of, 602 ; treatment of, 603. 



Tliymus gland, anatomy of the, 473. 



Thyroid body, ;.natinny of the, il>. 



Thyroid cartihiges, anatomy of, 470. 



Tibia, view of the, 338. 



Tibio-fil)nlar articulition, 389 ; tarsal articula- 

 tion, ill. 



Tiles, enamelled for stables, 237. 



Times made by horses of tlie middle of the 

 last century, 90 ; of the best American horses 

 made in America and England. 91 ; of the 

 hors?, best modern English, 90. 



Tip, til?, G'Jl ; needed for the fore-feet iu 

 turning out, 312. 



Tissue, white fibrous, 393. 



Tonics, action of, 0.34; recipes for, ih. 



Toorkistan, the horse of, 3'). 



Tooth, section of incisor, 357. 



Touch, anatomy of the organ of, 498; sense of, 

 necessary to the appreciation of form, il>. 



Trachea, anatomy of, 471. 



Training horses, Rarey's method of, 192. 



Trapezoides, os, 380. 



Traps, various kinds of stable, 2J7. 



Travis, the, of stables, 233. 



Trimming, 278. 



Trooper, the, 117. 



Trot, the, 147 ; action iu tlie true, il>. ; st irting 

 into a, 331. 



Trotter, the American, 43 ; the fast, 11; the 

 Norfolk, 132. 



Trotting horses, American, pedigrees of, 46 ; 

 American, fastest on record, 43. 



Turkish bath, description of the, 266 : plan 

 of, 267. 



Turki.sh horse, the, 301. 



Turning out, marshes for, 31 1 ; meadow laud 

 f.r, 310; to grass, 309. 



Twitch, the, 621. 



Ulna, the, 379. 



Unciforme, os, 381. 



Unilateral shoe, 064. 



U^mer^^ng, remarks ou, 634. 



Unsoundness of the feet aud legs, marshes 

 useful iu, 311. 



Upland hay as food, 2.j2. 



Upland pasture, nature of, 310. 



Upper arm bone, the, 377. 



Ureter, the, 487. 



Urinary calculi, 569. 



Urine, retention of, 500 ; treatment of re- 

 tention of, iO. 



Valve, the ilco-cajcal, 483. 



Vein, inflammation of, aftjr bleeding, 627 ; the 



axillary, 407 ; the plate, ib. ; the superficiaj 

 brachi:il, ib. ; the vertebral, ib. ; of the 

 stomach, 482 ; the pulmonary, 467 ; the 

 superficial, 400. 



Vena-cava, anatomy of, 407 ; anterior, anatomy 

 of, if). ; posterior, anatomy of, ib. 



Venous blood, action of air ou, 468. 



\'entilating shaft, 231 ; windows, 232. 



Ventilation of stables, 229. 



Vermifuges, action of, 054. 



Vermont cart-horse, the, 53. 



Vertebra atlas, 307. 



'\''ertebra deutata, anterior view of, 368; pos- 

 terior view of, 309. 



Vertebraj, l)od}- of, 365; cervical, 306; coccy- 

 geal, 373 ; general character of, 305 ; general 

 character of dorsal, 309 ; general character 

 of the lumbar, 371 ; general movements of 

 the, 401 ; peculiarities of certain cervical^ 

 307 ; peculiarities of the dorsal, 370; peculi- 

 arities of tlie lumbar, 371 ; profile riew of 

 the cervical, 300. 



Vert'bral colnnm, articulations of the, 397; 

 ligament, inferior, ib. ; ligament, superior, 



Vetches for soiling, 260. 



Vices, out-door, 330; treatment of, i'i. ; .shying, 

 ib. ; "rearing, 337 ; kicking, ib. ; lying down, 

 ib.: plunging, ib.; running away, 333; 

 stumbling, (7*. 



Viscera, muscular coat of the hollow, 477. 



Walk, action of the, 145 ; mode of starting the 



horse iuto, 329. 

 Walking, rate of, 329. 

 Walls, stable, to be lined, 238. 

 Warts, removal of, 588. 

 Water, remarks on, 204 ; proper quantity of, 



265 ; proper temperature of, 264 ; supply of, 



for stables, 229. 

 Waterpipes for stables, 229. 

 AVeaving, remedy for, 293. 

 Weight, distribution of, in horses, 141. 

 Welsh pony, the. 126. 

 Western hemisphore. horses of the, 38. 

 \Vheat as food for the horse, 253. 

 Wheat straw for bedding, 271. 

 Wheezing, nature of, 540. 

 Whins for soiling, 201. 

 Whistling, nature of, 546. 

 Wild horse of America, Mr. Herbert's account 



of the, 39 ; of North America, ib. 

 Wild Tartar horse, the, 3-J. 

 Windgalls. ti'catment of, 526. 

 Windows for stables, 229. 

 Winter's run, 313. 

 Withers, nature of fistula of, 517; symptoms 



of fistula of, /7). ; treatment of fistula of, 518. 

 Work, preparation for, 294 ; treatment of the 



horse after, 305. 

 Worms, intestinal, 018 ; symptoms of intestin- 

 al, ib. ; treatment of intestinal, ib. 

 Worm medicines, action of, 651. 

 Wounds of joints, 533. 



