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INDEX. 



PAGE. 



Nostrils, the membrane of, important in 



ascertaining disease, 120 



Nostrils, iuipuriancc of expanded, 118 



Not lyinsr down, the consequence of and 



cure for, 341 



Nutriment, the quantity of, contained in 



diifcrent articles of food, 359 



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Orits, the usual food of horses, 

 Oats, should be old, heavy, dry, sweet, 

 Oats, kiln-dried, injurious to horses, 

 OrAs. proper quantity of, for a horse. 

 Outs, bruised preferable to whole, 

 Oatmeal, excellent for ffruel, and some- 

 times used as a poultice, 355 

 Obelisk at Rome, the curious method of 



moving it, 431 



Occipital bone, description of the, 72 



(Esophagus, descripfion of the, 162 



O'Kelly, Col., anecdotes of, and Eclipse, 47 

 Old Marsk, tiie sire of many of the new 



foresters, 58 



Olive oil, as a purgative, 212, 397 



Omentum, description of the, 214 



Opacity uf the eye, treatment of, 116 



Operations, description of the most im- 

 portant, 320 

 Opium, valuable in veterinary practice, 397 

 Opiuin, adulterations of, 397 

 Orbicularis muscle of the eye, descrip- 

 tion of the, 85,119 

 Orbicularis oris muscle described, 120, 131 

 Orbit of the eye, fracture of, 101 

 Ossification of the cartilages, cause and 



treatment of, 310 



Ouseley, Sir Gore, his account of the 



ruins of Persepolis, 3 



Over-physicking, treatment of, 209 



Over-reach, nature and treatment of, 301, 341 

 Over-reach, often producing sandcrack 



or quittor, 301 



Oxygen of the air unites with the carbon 



of the blood in respiration, 181 



Pace, effect of, in straining the horse, 37 

 Pac-hydermata, an order of animals, 62 



Pack-horse, description of the, 59 



Pack-wax, description of the, 73, 153 



Palate, description of the, 133 



Palate, bleeding-place in the, 133 



Palatine artery, description of the, 134 



Palm oil, the best substance for balls, 398 

 Palsy, causes and treatment of, 109 



Pancreas, description of the, 214 



Pannictilus cariiosus mu.^cle described, 370 

 Parietal bones, description o[ the, 70 



Paring out of tiie foot for shoeing, direc- 

 tions for, 314 

 Paring out of the foot, neglect of, cause 



of contraction, 294 



Parkinson on Live Stock, extracts from, 60 

 Parotid gland, description of the, and 



its di.-?eases, 120, 148 



Parthenon, description of the chariots 



on the frieze of tlie. 433 



Pasterns, description of the, 249, 253 



TKliK. 



Pasterns, bones of the, 253 



Pasterns, cut of the, 249, 254 



Pasterns, proper obliquity of the, 31, 52, 251 

 Patella, \)r stille-bone, description of the, 252 

 Pawing, remedy for, 312 



Payment of the smallest sum, completes 



the purchase, 366 



Peas, sometimes used as food, but should 



be crushed, 3.56 



Pectorales muscles, 154, 168, 170, 224 



Pericardium, description of the, 171 



Peronajus muscle, description of the, 204 

 Persian horse, description of the, 16 



Persian horse, celebrated before the Ara- 

 bian was known, 16 

 Persian horse, management of, 16 

 Persian race, description of a, 17 

 Perspiration, insensible, no medicines. 



will certainly increase it, 373 



Peter the Great, the immense block of 

 marble, constituting the pedestal 

 of his statue, how moved, 430 



Pharynx, anatomy of the, 151 



Physic ball, method of compounding 



the best, 382 



Physic ball, should never be given in 



inllarnmation of the lungs, 382 



Physic, hall-doses of, objectionable, 382 

 Pied horses, account of, 376 



Pigmentiuin nigrum, account of the, 91 



Piper, description of the, 196 



Pit of the eye, indicative of the age, 67 



Pitch, its use for charges and plasters, 398 

 Pithing, a humane method of destroy- 

 ing animals, 153 

 Pleura, description of the, 171 

 Pleurisy, nature and treatment of, 188 

 Pneumonia, nature and treatment of, 182 

 Poisons, account of the most frequent, 200 

 Poll-evil, cause and treatment of, 152 

 Poll-evil, importance of the free escape 



of the matter, 153 



Pony, varieties of the, 53 



Popletseus muscle, description of the, 264 

 Porter's, Sir R. Ker, account of the Per- 

 sian horse, 16 

 Post, the first establishment of the, 36 

 Post-chaises, grasshopper springs, ad- 

 vantageously adopted in, 447, 448 

 Postea spinatus muscle described, 234 

 Potatoes, as an article of food, 358 

 Poultices, various compositions of, man- 

 ner of acting and great u?e, 176, 393 

 Powders compared with balls, 399 

 Power of draught in the horse illustrated, 37 

 Powerof draught in tlic horse calculated, 403 

 Power of draught in the horse compared 



with that of the human beintr, 411 

 Power of draught in the horse compared 



with that of a steam-engine, 405 



Power of the horse on common roads, 407 

 Power of the horse on bad roads, 409 



Power of the horse dependent on his 



weight and muscular force. 411 



Power of the horse, how diminisned in 



towing a boat on a canal. 414 



Power of the horse, greater wb iti close 



to his work. 4H 



