INDEX. 



459 



Pitzherbert's, Sir A., description of the 



horse, 27 



Fitzherbert, Sir A., his the earliest trea- 

 tise on agriculture, 27 

 Flanders horse, description of the, 21, 42 

 Flanders horse, our heavy draught horse 



advantageously crossed with the, 21 

 Flat roads more injurious to horses than 



those with slig-ht inequalities, 417 



Fleam and lancet, comparison between, 180 

 Flexor of the arm, description of the, 238 

 Flexor metatarsi muscle described, 264 



Flexor pedis perl'oratus, the perforated 



muscle, description of the, 239, 264 

 Flying Childers, an account of, 45 



Foal, early treatment of, 223 



Foal, early handling of, important, 223 



Foal, importance of liberal feeding of, 223 

 Foal, time for weaning, 223 



Fomentations, theory and use of, 176, 392 

 Food of the horse, observations on, 352 



Pood of the horse, list of articles for, 354 

 Food of the horse, should be apportion- 

 ed to the work, 359 

 Foot, description of the, 280 

 Foot, diseases of the, 289 

 Foot, canker in, nature and treatment of, 308 

 Foot, corns in the, " 305 

 Foot, contracted, " 292 

 Foot, false quarter of the, " 301 

 Foot, founder of the, acute, " 289 

 Foot, founder of the chronic, " 292 

 Foot, inflammation of the, " 289 

 Foot, navicular-joint of the, " 298 

 Foot, overreach of the, " 301 

 Foot, prick in the, " 303 

 Foot, pumiced, " 291 

 Foot, quittor in the, " 302 

 Foot, sandcrack in the, " 299 

 Foot, thrush in the, " 307 

 Foot, tread on the, " 301 

 Foot, weakness of the, " 309 

 Foot, wounds in the, " 303 

 Forehand, proper form of, 51 

 Forehead, different in the ox and horse, 72 

 Fore-legs, description of, 227 

 Fore-legs, diseases of the, 244 

 Fore-legs, proper position of the, 255 

 Forge-water, sometimes used, 394 

 Forrester, an example of the emulation 



of the horse, 49 



Founder, acute, symptoms, causes, and 



treatment of, 289 



Founder, chronic, treatment of, 292 



Foxglove, strongly recommended in all 



fevers and colds, 391 



Fracture of the skull, treatment of, 100 



French horse, description of the horse, 21 

 Friction, comparison of, in the wheel and 



roller, 426 



Friction on the axle, dependent on the 



material employed, 434 



^'riction is not materially increased by 



the velocity, 435 



Kriction reduced, as the diameter of the 



axle is diminished, 434 



Fnction, inversely as the diameter of 



the wheel, 435 



Friction at the axles of light carriages, 



considered, 449 



Frog, horny, description of the, 284 



Frog, sensible, description of the, 284, 287 



Frog, sensible, action and use of the, 289 



Frog, pressure, question of the, 285 



Frog, proper paring of, for shoeing, 314 



Frog, diseases of the, 307 



Frog-stay, the, 282 



Frontal bones, description of the, 67 



Frontal sinuses, description of the, 68 



Frontal sinuses, glanders detected by, 69 



Furze, considered as an article of food, 358 



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Gall, account of the, 262 



Gall-bladder, the horse has no, 212 



Galloping, action of the horse during, 413 

 Galloway, description of the, 57 



Galloway, performances, etc., of the, 58 



Gaucho, S. American, description of, 6 



Gaucho, his method of taking and break- 

 ing the wild horse, 6 

 Gaucho's boots, curious manufacture of, 7 

 General management of the horse, 345 

 Gentian, the best tonic for the horse, 393 

 German horse, description of the, 19 

 Getting the cheek-bit into the mouth, 



method of preventing, 336 



Gibbing, a bad habit, cause of it, and 



means of lessening it, 335 



Ginger, an excellent aromatic and tonic, 393 

 Glanders, nature of, 124 



Glanders, symptoms of, J21, 123 



Glanders, slow progress of, 122 



Glanders, appearance of the nose in, 122 

 Glanders, detected by the frontal sinuses, 69 

 Glanders, distinguished from catarrh, 123 

 Glanders, distinguished from strangles, 123 

 Glanders, connected with farcy, 128 



Glanders, treatment of, 126 



Glanders, causes of, 124 



Glanders, generated and contagious, 124, 126 

 Glanders, oftenest produ ced by improper 



stable management, 124 



Glanders, mode of communicating the, 126 

 Glanders, prevention of, 127 



Glanders, its speedy appearance, 124 



Glands, enlarged, depends on many cir- 

 cumstances whether they consti- 

 tute unsoundness, 363 

 Glass-eye, nature and treatment of, 116 

 Gleet, nasal, nature and treatment of, 121 

 Glenoid cavity of the temporal bone, 



description of the, 135 



Glutsei muscles, description of the, 260 



Godolpbin Arabian, account of the, 9, 49 

 Goulard's extract, much overvalued, 394 

 Gracilis muscle, description of the, 259 



Grains, occasionally used for horses of 



slow work, 355 



Grapes on the heels, treatment of, 279 



Grasses, neglect of the farmer as to the 



proper mixture of, 356 



Grasshopper springs, description of, 447 

 Grasshopper springs, would be advan- 

 tageously adopted in post-chaises, 447 

 Grease, nature and treatment of, 27S 



