450 



INDEX. 



Chest, dropsy of the, 

 Chest founder, description of, 171, 



Chestnut horses, varieties of, 

 Chester, races first established at, 

 Chillaby, friendship between hiia and a 



cat, 

 Chinese horse, description of the. 

 Chinked in the cliine, what, 

 Cliloride of linie, as a disinfectant. 

 Chloride of soda, useful in ulcers, 

 Choroid coat of the eye, description and 



use of the. 

 Chronic couefh. nature and treatment of, 

 Chyle, the formation of. 

 Ciliary processes of the eye, description 



of the, 

 Cineritious matter of the brain, nature 



and function of the, 

 Circassian horse, description of the. 

 Clicking, cause and remedy of. 

 Clipping-, objections to. 

 Clips, when necessary, 

 Clover, considered as an article of food. 

 Clysters, the composition and great use- 

 fulness of, 

 Clysters, directions as to the administra- 

 tion of, 

 Clydesdale horse described. 

 Coaches, calculation of the power of 

 horses in drawing, according to 

 their speed. 

 Coaches, loaded high, run lighter, espe- 

 cially in rapid travelling. 

 Coaches, safety, heavy draught of, 

 Coach horse, description of the, 

 Coach horse, best breed of, 

 Coat, fine, connected by the groom with 



a heated stable. 

 Coat, fine, persons much too solicitous 



to procure it. 

 Cochlea of the ear, description and use 



of the, 

 Cocktail horse, mode of docking, 

 Ccecum, description of the, 203, 



Coffin-bone, description of the. 

 Coffin-bone, lamellae or leaves of, 

 Cold, common, treatment of, 

 Colic, spasmodic, treatment of, 

 Collar, the best method of attaching the 



traces to the horse. 

 Collar, proper adaptation of the, to the 



shoulder. 

 Colon, description of the, 203, 



Colour of the akin, remarks on the, 

 Colt, early treatment of the, 

 Coinplcxus major described, 119, 154, 

 Complexus ininor dcscriljcd, 119, 



Concave seated shoe, tiie, described and 



recommended, 

 Coneatoga horses, description of the. 

 Conical and flat wheels compared. 

 Conical wheels, absurdity of. 

 Conical whenls, strange degree of fric- 

 tion and dragging with them. 

 Conical whocls, atl'ord great resistance, 



and destroy the road. 

 Conical wlieels are, in fact, travelling 

 grindstones, 



184 



182 



376 



27 



48 



16 



165 



394 



400 



91 

 192 

 203 



92 



75 

 17 

 341 

 375 

 317 

 357 



388 



389 

 42 



417 



448 



448 



35 



36 



346 



374 



83 

 329 



204 

 286 

 286 

 188 

 205 



423 



223 

 204 

 375 

 35 

 165 

 156 



311 



22 

 437 

 438j 



438 



439 



439 



2^8 

 293 

 294 

 294 

 294 

 293 

 295 



295 



293 

 297 

 297 



293 



362 



PAne. 



Conjunctiva, doscriptii')n of the, 99 



Conjunctiva, appearance of, how far a 



test of intlainmation, 83 



Contraction of the foot, nature of, 292 



Contraction of the foot, peculiarity of 



the lameness produced by, 296 



Contraction of the foot, iiow far connect- 

 ed with the navicular disease, 

 Contraction of the foot, is not tlic neces- 

 sary consequence of slioeing, 

 Contraction of the foot, produced by 



neglect of paring. 

 Contraction of tlie foot, produced by 



wearing tiio shoes too lona". 

 Contraction of the foot, produced by 



want of natural moisture, 

 Contraction of the foot, produced by the 



removal of tiic bars, 

 Contraction of the foot, produced by in- 

 flammation, 

 Contraction of the foot, produced by un- 

 equal exercise without preparat'n, 29'3 

 Contraction not so much produced by 



litter as imagined. 

 Contraction, the cause, rather than the 



consequence, of thrush. 

 Contraction, best mode of treating. 

 Contraction rarely permanently cured. 

 Contraction does not necessarily imply 



unsoundness. 

 Contraction, although not necessarily 

 unsoundness, should have a spe- 

 cial warranty against it. 

 Contraction, blood horses very liable to 296 

 Convexity of the eye, the proper, not suf- 

 ficiently attended to, 98 

 Copper, combinations of, used in vete- 

 rinary practice, 3~9 

 Corded veins, what, 129 

 Cordials, use and abuse of, in the horse, 3^9 

 Cornea, description of the, 90 

 Cornea, mode of examining the, 91 

 Cornea, its prominence or flatness, 90 

 Cornea, should be perfectly transparent, 90 

 Corns, nature and trcatmiuit of, 305 

 Corns, caused lay cutting away tlie bars, 303 

 Corns, caused by not paring out the foot 



between the crust and bars. 

 Corns, caused by pressure, 

 Corns, very difficult to cure. 

 Corns, constitute unsoundness, 

 Cor(jnary ligament described. 

 Coronary ligament, the crust produced 



principally from. 

 Coronary ring described, 281, 



Coronet, the, described. 

 Corrosive sublimate, treatment under 



poison by. 

 Corrosive sublimate, the best tonic for 



farcy, 130, 139 



Cossack horse, description of the, 13 



Cossack horse, beaten in a race by Eng 



lish blood liorses, 

 Cou2"h, nature and treatment of, 

 Cougii, constitutes unsoundness. 

 Cough, chronic, nature and treatment of, 192 

 Cow hocks, description of, 274 



Cozalcee horse, description of the, 16 



306 

 305 

 306 

 363 



231 



28 1 



282 



231 



•/OO 



18 

 188 

 362 



