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INDEX. 



Stransrles, different from planders, 123 



Strangles, importance of blistering- in, 123 

 Strangury produced by blistering, 323 



Strangury, treatment of, 323 



Strawberry horse, account of the, 376 



Stringhalt, nature of, 274 



Stringhalt, is not unsoundness, 365 



Structure of the horse, importance of a 



knowledge of, 65 



Stylo-maxillaris muscle described, 119, 234 

 Sulilingual gland, description of the, 149 

 Submaxillary glands, description of the, 148 

 Submaxillary artery, description of the, 120 

 Subscapulo hyoideus muscle described, 119 

 Suflolk punch, description of the, 39 



Suffolk punch, honesty and continuance 



of the old breed, 39 



Sugar of lead, use of, 394 



Sullivan, the Irish whisperer, anecdotes 



of his power over the horse, 333 



Sullivan the younger did not inherit his 



father's power, 333 



Sulphate of copper, use of, in veterinary 



practice, 384 



Sulphate of iron, 394 



Sulphate of magnesia, 395 



Sulphate of zinc, 402 



Sulphur, an excellent alterative in all 



applications for mange, 401 



Summering the hunter, 56 



Surfeit, nature and treatment of, 378 



Surfeit, importance of bleeding in, 378 



Suspensory ligament, mechanism of the, 250 

 Suspensory ligament, rupture of the, 252 

 Suspensory muscle of the eye described, 99 

 Sweating blister, composition of, 387 



Swedish horse, description of the, 20 



Swelled legs, cause and treatment of, 276 

 Swelled legs, most frequently connected 



with debility, 276 



Sweet-bread, description of the, 214 



Sweet spirit of nitre, a mild stimulant 



and diuretic, 397 



Sybarite horses, anecdote of, 43 



Sympathetic nerve, description of the, 76 



Tail, anatomy of the, 328 

 Tail, setting on of the, a character of 



breeding, 328 



Tapetum lucidum, colour and design of, 91 



Tar, its use in veterinary practice, 401 



Tares, a nutritive and healthy food, 357 

 Tartary horses, description of the, 8, IS 



Tariary horses, descent of, traced, 5 



Tarsee horse, description of the, 15 



Team, disadvantages of, in draught, 414 

 Team, united power of, not equal to the 



calculation of so many horses, 414 



Tears, secretion and nature of, 86 



Tears, how cotiveyed to the nose, 87 



Tears, sometimes shed from pain, etc., 86 



Teeth described, as connected with age, 137 



Teeth described at birth, 137 



Teeth described at 2 months, 137 



Teeth described at 12 months, 138 



Teeth described at 18 months, 139 



Teeth described at 2 years, 140 



Teeth, the front, sometimes pushed out, 

 that the next may sooner appear, 

 and the horse seem older, 141 



Teeth described at 3 and 3 1-2 years, 141 

 Teeth described at 4 and 4 1-2 years, 142 

 Teeth described at 5 and 6 years, 143 



Teeth described at 7 and 8 years, 144 



Teeth, change of the, 140 



Teeth, enamel of the, 138 



Teeth, irregular, inconvenient, etc. 146 



Teeth, mark of the, 138 



Teeth, frauds practised with the, 140 



Teeth, diseases of the, 147 



Temper denoted by the eye, 84 



Temper denoted by the ear, 77 



Temperature, sudden change of, bad, 345 

 Temporal bones, description of the, 70 



Tendons of the leg, should be distinct, 



and far from the shank-bone, 245 



Tetanus, symptoms and treatment of, 107 

 Thick-wind, nature and treatment of, 193 

 Thick-wind, in round-chested horses, 193 

 Thigh and haunch-bones, advantage of 



oblique direction of the, 257 



Thigh, lower bone of the, described, 263 

 Thigh, lower bone of the. should be long 



and muscular, 265 



Thigh, muscles of the lower hone of the, 263 

 Thigh, upper bone of the, described, 257 

 Thigh, muscles of the inside of the up- 

 per bone of the, 259 

 Thigh, muscles of the outside, etc., 260 

 Thigli, muscles of the, mechanical cal- 

 culation of their power, 261 

 Thigh, the horse should be wider at tlie, 



than at the haunch, 262 



Thirst, strange effect of, on horses, 5 



Thorough-bred horses, the quality of, has 



not degenerated, 49 



Tiiorough-pin, nature and treatment of, 265 

 Thorough-pin, is unsoundness, 366 



Thrush, nature and treatment of, 309 



Thrush, the consequence, rather than the 



cause of contraction, 295 



Thrush, its nature and consequences not 



sufficiently considered, 308 



Thrush, is unsoundness, 366 



Thyroid cartilage of the wind-pipe, de- 

 scription of the, 160 

 Tied in below the knee, nature and dis- 

 advantage of, 52, 245 

 Tips, description and use of, 318 

 Toe, bleeding at the, described, 181 

 Tongue, anatomy of the, 14'^ 

 Tongue, diseases of the, 147 

 Tongue, bladders on underpart of the, 147 

 Tonics, account of the best, 401 

 Tonics, their use and danger in veteri- 

 nary practice, 401 

 Toorkoman horse, description of the, 17 

 Toorky horse, description of the, 15 

 Towing, power of the horse, how dimin- 

 ished in, 414 

 Traces, direction of the, very important 



in draught, 417 



Traces, proper angle of the, 419, 424 



Traces, proper inclination of, depends on 



the kind of horse and road, iJ9, 424 



