INDEX. 



467 



Sledg-es, where more advantageous than 



wheels, 426 



Sledges, where very disadvantageous, 426 

 Sledges, calculation of ihe power of, 427 

 Sledges, their advantage in travelling 



over ice and snow, 427 



Sledges, Esquimaux, account of the, 427 

 Slipping the collar, remedy for, 344 



Smell, the sense and seat of, 118 



Smell, very acute in the horse, 119 



Soap, its use in veterinary practice, 400 



Soda, chloride of, its use in ulcers, 400 



Sole, horny, description of the, 285 



Sole, horny, descent of the, 285 



Sole, horny, proper form of the, 285 



Sole, horny, management of, in shoeing, 286 

 Sole, the sensible, 287 



Soles, felt or leather, use of, 319 



Solomon, imported horses from Egypt, 4 

 Sound, theory of, 78, 81 



Soundness, consists in there being no 

 disease nor alteration of structure 

 that does or is likely to impair the 

 usefulness of the horse 361 



Soundness,- with reference to theprinci 



pal causes of unsoundness, 361 



South American horse described, 5, 8 



South An\erican horse, management of, 6 

 South American horse, harnessing the, 422 

 Spanish horse, description of the, 20 



Spanish horse, introduced into England, 25 

 Spasmodic colic, nature and treatment of, 206 

 Spavin, blood, treatment of, 179, 268 



Spavin, blood, is unsoundness, 365 



Spavin, bog, cause, nature, and treat- 

 ment of, 179, 268 

 Spavin-bone, 269 

 Spavin-bone, why not always accompa- 

 nied by lameness, 270 

 Spavin-bone, is unsoundness, 365 

 Spavined horses, the kind of work they 



are capable of, 271 



Speed of the horse, producing rapid di- 

 minution of power, 417 

 Speed, and time of labour the most ad- 

 vantageous proportion of, 424 

 Speed, sacrifice of the horse in endeav- 

 ouring to obtain, 425 

 Speedy-cut, account of, 245 

 Sphenoid-bone, description of the, 74 

 Spinalis dorsi muscle, description of the, 168 

 Spine, description of the, 163 

 Spleen, description of the, 214 

 Splenius muscle described, 119, 154, 234 

 Splent-bones, description of the, 243 

 Splint, nature and treatment of, 243, 244 

 Splint, is unsoundness, 365 

 Sprain of the back sinews, treatment of, 246 

 Sprain of the back sinews, sometimes 



requires firing, 247 



Strain of the back sinews, any thickening 



remaining after, is unsoundness, 365 

 Spring steel-yard, the force of traction 



illustrated by, 405 



Springs to carriages, theory of, 446, 447, 449 

 Springs, with modifications, adapted to 



the heaviest waggons, 447 



Springs, advantageous in rapid travel, 447 1 



346 

 347 

 347 

 343 

 348 



Springs, grasshopper, description of the, 447 

 Springs, C, diaadvantagos of, 445, 447 



Stables, hot and foul, highly injurious, 346 

 [Stables, dark, occasional cause of in- 

 flammation of the eye, 115 

 Stables, hot and foul, frequent cause ol 



inflammation of the eye, IIB 



Stables, hot and foul, cause inflamma- 

 tion of the lunga, 345 

 Stables, hot and foul, produce glanders, 125 

 Stables, should be large, compared with 



the number of horses. 

 Stables, management of, too much neg- 

 lected by owners of horses, 

 Stables, ceiling of, should be plastered, 



if there is a loft above, 

 Stables, should be so contrived that the 



urine will run off. 

 Stables, the stalls in, should not have 



too much declivity, 

 Stables should be sufficiently light, yet 



without any glaring colour, 349 



Stables, inipcrtance of cleanliness and 



coolness in, 115, 125, 183 



Stables, infection of, removed by the 



chloride of lime, 395 



Staggers, stomach, symptoms, cause, 



and treatment of, 103 



Staggers, stomach, generally fatal, 103 



Staggers, stomach, producing blindness, 104 

 Staggers, stomach, often epideiriic, 104 



Staggers, mad, symptoms and treatment, 105 

 Staling, profuse, cause and treatment of, 217 

 Stallion, description of the proper, for 



breeding, 221 



Stamford, races first established at, 27 



Stanhopes, advantageof construction of, 445 

 Starch, useful in superpurgation, 400 



Stargazer, the, 156 



I Steam-engine, compared with the exer- 

 tion of animal power on railways, 405 

 Steam-engine, compared with animal 



power on common roads. 

 Steam, calculation of the expense of, 

 Steam, small, little advantage in expense 



over horse-power, 

 Steeple-hunt, described and censured. 

 Stifle, description of the. 

 Stifle, accidents and diseases of the, 

 Sterno maxillaris muscle, description of 



the, 119,156,234 



Sternum, or breast-bone, described, 169 



Stirrups, not used in South America, 7 



Stomach, description of the, 

 Stomach, very small in the horse, 

 Stomach, inflammation of the. 

 Stomach-pump, recommended, 

 Stone in the bladder, symptoms and 



treatment of. 

 Stone in the kidney. 

 Stoppings, the best compositions of, and 



their great use, 400 



Straddlers, wheels so called, described, 440 

 Straddlers, objection to, 440 



Straddlers, curious method of evading 



the law concerning, 441 



Strain, uniform and constant in draught, 



bad consequences of, 417 



Strangles, symptoms and treatment of, 149 



407 

 407 



403 



57 



262 



265 



193 

 190 

 200 

 103 



218 

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