INDEX. 
Narcotics, action of, 594. 
Narragansit pacer, the, 36. 
Nasal cavities, 420; orifices, 419. 
Natural history of the horse, 5. 
Navicular disease, neurotomy for, 546 ; 
symptoms of, 544; treatment of, 546. 
Naviculare, os, 341 
Neck, relative proportions of the, 8. 
Nephritis, cause of, 512 ; symptoms of, 
ib. ; treatment of, 513. 
Nerves of the stomach, 431; supplying 
the abdominal viscera, 427; the 
sympathetic, 443; the spinal, 441. 
Nervous system, chief divisions of 
the, 439; disease of, 517; diagram 
of the, 440; of animal life, 439; 
of organic life, 439; physiology of, 
438, 
Neurotomy for navicular disease, 546. 
Nicking, operation for, 580. 
New Forest pony, the, 108. 
New York report on the management 
of omnibus horses, 227. 
Norman charger, the, 45. 
North America, wild horse of, 27. 
Norwegian horse, the, 53. 
Noseband, the Bucephalus, 287. 
Nose, hemorrhage from the, 496. 
Numidian horse, the, 4. 
Nymphomania, nature and treatment 
OL oli. 
Oars, as food, 223; bruisers, 193 ; how 
given, 224; kiln dried, 224; new, 224. 
Object of encouraging the breed of 
racehorses, 80. 
Odontoid ligaments, 857. 
(sophagus, anatomy of the, 430. 
Gstrus equi, history of, 502. 
Old English black cart-horse, the, 112 ; 
portrait of the, 113. 
Omnibus horses in New York, report 
on the management of, 227. 
Operations, 553; shoeing, 7b.; admi- 
nistration of chloroform, 571 ; 
methods of confining the horse, 70. ; 
bleeding, 573; firing, 567; setons 
and rowels, 576; blistering, 577; 
castrating, ib. ; nicking and docking, 
580; unnerving, 581; reduction of 
hernia, 2b. ; administration of physic, 
ib.; clysters, 582; back-raking, 7b. 
Ophthalmia, symptoms of purulent, 
524; treatment of purulent, 7d. 
Original British horse, the, 4. 
Origin of the thoroughbred horse, 56. 
Os hyoides, 824; view of, 420. 
Ossification of lateral cartilages, 458 ; 
view of, 7b. 
Osteo-sarcoma of the jaw, case of, 464. 
Out-crossing breeding, 141. 
Out-door vices, 298; treatment of, 2b. 
Over-reaches, stable management of, 
273; treatment of, 549. 
Ozena, nature of, 480. 
Paces of the manége, 135. 
617 
Paces, natural & acquired of horses, 119. 
Pacing, nature of, 134. 
Paddock, the, for brood mare, 153. 
Pancreas, anatomy of the, 435; fune- 
tion of, 7b. ; 
Paralysis, nature of, 521; from injury 
of the spine, 522; symptoms of, 521; 
treatment of, 522. 
Parenchyma of the lungs, 422. 
Park hack, the, 104. 
Parotid gland, anatomy of, 429. 
Parsnips as food, 229. 
Pastern joint, anatomy of, 373. 
Pasturing, 275. 
Pasture, nature of upland, 276. 
Patella, the, 345 ; dislocation of, 477; 
internal ligament of, 378; femoral 
capsule of, 2b. ; external lateral liga- 
ment of, 2b. ; middle ligament of, 379° 
intérnal lateral ligament of, 378. 
Patten, the, 564. 
Pedigree of Eclipse, 62; of Herod, 60; 
of Matchem, 64. 
Pedis, os, 342. 
Pelvis, the, 342 ; boundaries of the, 437; 
bones of the, 343; cavity of the, 437. 
Pelham, the plain, 287; the Hano- 
verian, 7b. 
Pepsine, 432. 
Pericardium, anatomy of the, 412. 
Perichondrium, 350, 
Peritoneum, anatomy of, 426. 
Peritonitis, nature of, 503; symptoms 
of, 504; treatment of, 7b.; to dis. 
tinguish from colic, 505. 
Periodical moulting of the horse, 14. 
Periosteum, 307. 
Persian horse, the, 24. 
Peas as food, 225. 
Phaeton horse, the, 111. 
Phalangeal bones, the fore, 340; the 
hind, 349. 
Phalanges, posterior view of, 341. 
Phalangio-pedal articulation, 374; view 
of, ib. 
Pharynx, anatomy of the, 430, 
Phrenitis, nature of, 517; symptoms 
of, ib. ; treatment of, ib. 
Phthisis, symptoms of, 494; treatment 
of, ib. 
Physic, circumstances which modify 
the dose of, 270; cooling powers of, 
ib.; injurious effects of, 271; mode 
of administering, 581; remarks on, 
269 ; superseded by the Turkish bath, 
as a mode of reducing flesh, 270. 
Physiology of the blood, 409; of 
digestion, 427; of muscle, 383; of 
respiration, 418; of secretion, 428 ; 
of the nervous system, 438, 
Piping, nature of, 488. 
Paps, treatment of, 499, 
Pisiforme, os, 339. 
Plantar artery, the, 457. 
Plate, the, for racing, 563. : 
Plate vein, anatomy of, 417, 
Pleura, anatomy of, 407. 
