INDEX. 
ABDOMEN, boundaries of the, 424; con- 
tents of, 7b.; longitudinal sectional 
plan of the, 425; transverse sectional 
plan of the, 426. 
Abdominal diseases, general remarks 
on, 497. 
Abdominal viscera, supply of blood to 
the, 427; nerves of the, 7d. 
Abyssinia, the horses of, 17. 
Accidents to the legs and feet, 547. 
Action, locomotive, of horses, 119. 
African horses, 17. 
Age of the horse, marks of, 315, e¢ seq. 
Agricultural horse, the, 112. 
Ali Bey, his description of the modern 
Arab, 17. 
Alimentary canal, absorption of fluid 
from, 428. 
Alteratives, action of, 582; receipts for, 
ab. 
Atlo-axoid ligament, superior, 357; in- 
ferior, ib. 
Amaurosis, nature of, 526; symptoms 
of, ib.; treatment of, 7b. 
Amble, the, description of, 134. 
America, list of English horses im- 
ported into, 37. 
American horse, fastest trotting on re- 
cord of, 31. 
American match-trotting, extent of, 32. 
American thoroughbred, the, 86; stout- 
ness of the, 42. 
American trotter, the, 81; pedigrees 
of, 34. 
Amphiarthrodial joints, 354. 
Anasarca, treatment of, 551; symptoms 
‘OfTool, 
Anchylosis, nature of, 454 ; 
shoulder-joint, case of, 462. 
Ancient methods of using the horse, 4. 
Anodynes, action of, 584; recipes for, 
ab. 
Anesthetics, action of, 583; recipes for, 
ab. 
Antacids, action of, 585; recipes for, 7b. 
Antispasmodics, action of, 585; recipes 
for, 7. 
Anthelmintics, action of, 585; recipes 
for, ib. 
Aperients, action of, 586; recipes for, id. 
Apparatus for breaking to harness, 183. 
Apoplexy, nature of, 521; treatment 
of, 7b. 
Avab horse, colour of the, 20; food of 
of the 
the, 2b.; of antiquity, 3; pure, 19; 
speed of the, 20; stallion, the, 19; 
the modern, 17; mare, the, 23. 
ae, treatment of the effects of, 
9. 
Arteries, arranged in two groups, 412; 
coats of the, id.; plan of the, 413. 
Arteria, 414; aorta, 412—414; aorta, 
anterior, anatomy of, 414 ; aorta, pos- 
terior, 416; auricularis, 415; axillaris, 
414; carotidza externa, 415; caro- 
tidza interna, 415, 416; cervicalis 
inferior, 414; cervicalis superior, ¢b.; 
circumflexa ilii, 416; celiaca, 2b.; 
common carotid, 414; dorsalis, 7b. ; 
epigastrica, 417; femoralis, 416; 
gastrica, ib.; hepatica, 7b.; iliaca ex- 
terna, 7b. ; innominata, 414; plan of 
branches of, 415; tibialis anterior, 
417; lumbalis, 416; masseterica, 415 ; 
maxillaris interna, 7b.; mesenterica 
anterior, 416; mesenterica posterior, 
ib.; obturator, ib.; of the bulb, 7. 
of the frog, 451; plantaris, 7b.; occi- 
pitalis, 416; parotidea, 415; po- 
plitea, 416; profunda femoris, 417; 
pterygoidea interna, 415; renalis, 
416; sacralis lateralis, 7b.; sperma- 
tica, 7b. ; splenica, ib.; submaxillaris, 
415 ; iliaca interna, 416 ; thoracica ex- 
terna, 414 ; thoracica interna, 7d. ; 
tibialis posterior, 417; umbilicalis, 
416; vertebralis, 414. 
Arteries, supplying the abdominal vis- 
cera, 427; anatomy of the, 411; of 
the foot, the, 451; of the foot, view 
of, injected, 7b. ; of the frog and sole, 
yew of, injected, 452; of the stomach, 
Articulation, astragalo-caleanean, 881; 
between the bones of the tarsus, ¢b.; 
carpo-metacarpal, 368; chondro-cos- 
tal, 8360; chondro-sternal, 7b.; costo- 
transverse, 7b. ; costo-vertebral, 359 3 
coxo-femoral, 375 ; femoro-tibial, 376; 
intermetacarpal, 371; inter-meta- 
tarsal, 383; inter-phalangeal, 371; 
lumbo-sacral, 362 ; metacarpo-phalan- 
geal, 371; of atlas with occiput, 257; 
of dentata with atlas, 357; of the 
lumbar vertebrie and sacrum, 862; 
of the thorax, 358; phalangeo-pedal, 
874; radio-carpal, 567; remaining, o£ 
the posterior members, 383; sacro 
