605 INDEX. 
iliac, 363; scapulo-humeral, 364; 
tarso-metatarsal, 382 ; temporo-max- 
illary, 362; tibio-fibular, 879; tibio- 
tarsal, 379; view of costo-vertebral, 
Bea view of metacarpo-phalangeal, 
Arthrodia, 358. 
Arytenoid cartilages, anatomy of the, 
421; view of, ib. 
Asiatic horses, 25. 
Astragalus, os, 348. 
a ge ee action of, 587 ; recipes for, 
ab. 
Atlas, articulation of, with occiput, 357, 
back view of, 327. 
Atmospheric air, changes produced in 
by respiration, 418. 
aeude assumed by horses in standing, 
0. 
Australian horse, the, 26. 
Austrian horse, the, 45. 
Average age of the horse, 14. 
Back and loins, symptoms of strain in, 
471; treatment of strain in, 7d. 
Back-raking, mode of performing, 582. 
Back sinews, remarks on strain of the, 
473 ; symptoms of strain of the, 474; 
treatment of strain of the, 7d. 
Balanitis, symptoms of, 516; treatment 
of, ib. 
Bandages, use and application of, 252. 
Barb, the, 15. 
Barbs, treatment of, 499. 
Barley as food for horses, 228. 
Barnacles, description of the, 573. 
Bar shoe, the, 563; view of the, 7d. 
Bath, the Turkish, 266; plan of Turkish, 
267. 
Beans, used as food, 225. 
Bedding of Horses, 240; wheat straw 
for, 7b.; refuse tan for, 241; sand 
for, 2b.; sawdust for, ib. 
Birman horse, the, 26. 
Bites of insects, treatment of, 350. 
Bit, used for breaking, 175. 
Bits, varieties of snaftle, 285; of curb, 
287. 
Biting, remedy for the vice, 261. 
Bladder, anatomy of the, 437; diseases 
of, 514; calculi in, 515. 
Bladebone, the, 317; profile view of, 
ab. 
Blacking, recipe for harness, 282. 
Bleeding, remarks on, 573; quantity of 
blood taken in, 574; when performed, 
2b. ; instruments used in, 72. 
Blindness, caused by various diseases, 
523. 
Biistering, remarks on, 577. 
Blisters, action of, 588 ; recipes for, 7b. 
Blood, physiology of the, 409; circula- 
tion of the, 410; purity of in the 
racehorse, 82; spavin, identical with 
bog spavin, which see, 468. 
Blood-vessels of the chest and nose, 
diseases of the, 496. 
Bog spavin, nature of, 468; symptoms 
of, 7b.; treatment of, 7b. 
Bone, its structure, 301; office of, 7b.; 
corpuscles of, 306; medulla of, 307; 
periosteum of, 2b. ; lymphatics of, 7b.; 
enumeration of the diseases of, 453. 
Bone-spavin, nature of, 459; view of, 7b.; 
symptoms of, 7b.; treatment of, 460. 
Bones, number of, composing the 
skeleton, 309. 
Bots, nature of, 501; group of, attached 
to the stomach, 502; uselessness of 
treatment for, ib. 
Breastbone, the, 334; profile view of, 
Breast-strap, view of, 303. 
Breastplate, the, 284. 
Breathing, essence of, 418. 
Breechen and kicking strap united, 
view of, 302. 
Breaking down, remarks on, 475; symp- 
toms of, 2b.; treatment of, 2d. 
Breaking, halter used for, 475; superi- 
ority of the ordinary method of, 182; 
for the saddle, ordinary English 
metkod of,175 ; Rarey’s apparatus for, 
166; to harness, 183; apparatus for, 
ib.; bit used for, 175; importance of 
forming the mouth in, 178; first 
thing to be done in, 177. 
Break, Dr. Bunting’s, 185; or trevis, 
the, 573. 
Breed of race-horses, object of encou- 
raging the, 80; of horses in India, 25. 
Breeding, advantages and disadvantages 
of each plan of, 142; best age for, 
145; blood most suitable for hunters, 
153; causes of a “hit” in, 143; 
choice of a sire and dam in, 148; 
concluding remarks on, 155; in-and- 
in, 140; importance of health in, 
144; importance of soundness in, 2b.; 
influence of the sire and dam in, 146; 
kind of horse most profitable for, 
154; out crossing in, 141; principles 
of, 187; selection of blood in each 
class of horse, 150. 
Bridle, the chain snaffle, 286 ; the Chif- 
ney bit, 287; the curb, 286; the 
double - jointed snaffle, 7.; the 
double-ring snaffle, 7b.; the gag 
snafile, 7b.; the Hanoverian Pel- 
ham, 287; the ordinary curb, 72b.; 
the plain Pelham, 7.; the plain 
snaffle, 285; the snaffle with double 
mouth-piece, 7b.; the twisted snafile, 
2b.; the unjointed snafile, 286. 
Bridle hooks, 211. 
Bridles, varieties of, 284; remarks on,7d. 
British horse, the original, 4. 
Broken-knee, treatment of slight, 478 ; 
treatment of when the joint is opened, 
ab. 
Broken wind, nature of, 494; symptoms 
of, 495; treatment of, 7b. 
