618 
Pleurisy, symptoms of, 493; treat- 
ment of, ib. 
Pleurodynia, nature of, 494; symptoms 
of, ib.; treatment of, ib. 
Plunging, treatment of, 299. 
Pneumonia, cause of, 489; definition 
of, 23.; divided into acute and sub- 
acute, 7b.; hepatization in, 7b. ; 
symptoms of acute, 492; symptoms 
of sub-acute, 493; termination of, 
ab.; treatment of acute, 492; treat- 
ment ot sub-acute, 493. 
Pocahontas, the trotter, 35. 
Points of the horse, 6. 
Poll evil, nature of, 463; symptoms of, 
ib. ; treatment of, 7b. 
Ponies, feeding of, 239. 
Pony, the, 95; the Exmoor, 108; the 
Highland, 2).; the Indian, 28; the 
New Forest, 108; the Shetland, 20. ; 
the Welsh, 107. 
Portuguese horse, the, 44. 
Preparation, final, of the hunter, 271; 
of the hunter, 261; for work, ib. ; 
of hacks for work, 272. 
Pricks, from a nail picked up on the 
road, 549 ; in shoeing, 2b.; treatment 
of in shoeing, 7b. ; treatment of, from 
a nail picked up on the road, 7b. 
Progression, mode of in horses, 120. 
Proportions of the various points of 
the horse, 12. 
Prussian horse, the, 45. 
Ptyaline, 429. 
Puffs, treatment of, 470. 
Pulmonary apparatus, component parts 
of, 419; mechanism of, 2b.; glands, 
&c., 422; tissue, the, 7b.; veins, 418. 
Purity of blood in the race-horse, 82. 
Purulent ophthalmia, symptoms of, 
524; treatment of, ib. 
QuaARTER, nature of false, 536; treat- 
ment of false, 7b. 
Queensbury, celebrated match made by 
the Duke of, 59. 
Quittor, nature of, 536; treatment of, 
ib. 
Rasies, nature of, 519; symptoms of, 
ib.; treatment of, 520. 
Race-horse, croup of the, 86; back of 
the, 2b.; back ribs of the, 89; belly 
of the, 2b.; bone of the leg of the, 
92; coat of the, 94; colour of the, 
93; external formation of the, 83; 
feeding of, 238 ; flank of the, 89 ; fore- 
arm, or arm of the, 92; head of the, 
90; height of the, 93; hind quarter 
of the, 92; knee of the, 7b. ; loins of 
the, 86; mane of the, 94; neck of 
the, 90; object of encouraging the 
breed of, 80; purity of blood in the, 
82; shoulder-blade of the, 91; tail 
of the, 94. 
Racing or hunting stable, 212. 
Recking, 134. 
INDEX. 
Racks for stables, 205. 
Radio-carpal articulation, 367. 
Radius, the, 337. 
Rarey’s apparatus for breaking horses, 
166; halter or bridle for colts, 176; 
leg strap, No. 1, 167; No. 2, 168; 
method of training, 164 ; reflections 
on plans of, 172. 
Rearing, management of, 298. 
Rectum, anatomy of the, 434. 
Refrigerants, action of, 594. 
Reins, management of, 290. 
Relative proportions of the fore-quarter, 
8; of the head, 7; of the horse, 7b. ; 
of the neck, 8. 
Respiration, effect of on atmospheric 
air, 418; physiology of, 7b. 
Rete mucosum, the, 446. 
Rheumatic inflammation, 467; peculiar 
to foals, 469. 
Rheumatism, symptoms of acute, 467 ; 
treatment of acute, 7b.; symptoms 
of chronic, ib.; treatment of chronic, 
468. 
Ribs, the, 332 ; cartilages of, 360 ; treat- 
ment of fractured, 466; view of a 
true and false, 333. 
Riding, and driving, 282; to hounds, 
295; to hounds, rules adopted in, 
295; to hounds, directions for, 296; 
modes of starting the horse in the 
various paces, 292; mounting and 
dismounting, 288; management of 
the reins in, 290; necessity of good 
hands in, 291; the seat in, 289; 
starting into a gallop, 294; starting 
the horse into a jog trot in, 293; 
starting into a regular trot, in, 7b.; 
starting the horse into a walk in, 
292; use of spurs in, 291. 
Rima glottidis, anatomy of, 421. 
Ringbone, case of, 457 ; nature of, 456; 
symptoms of, 457; treatment of, 7d. 
Road hack, the, 102. 
Roaring, hereditary nature of, 489; 
produced by alteration in the shape 
of the cartilages, 487 ; produced by 
thickening of the mucous membrane, 
486; produced by paralysis of the 
muscles of the larynx, 487 ; remarks 
on, 486; plan for stopping the noise 
made in, 487. 
Roman horse, the, 3. 
Roots for the horse, 229. 
Roughing shoes, White’s mode of, 569. 
Round worms, 511. 
Run at grass, choice of, 276 ; a winter's, 
279. 
Running, the pace, 134. 
Running away, management of, 299, 
Rupture of the bowels, 508. 
Russian horses, the, 52. 
Rye-grass for soiling, 230. 
Saoro-1L1Acarticulation, 363 ; ligament, 
2b.; sciatic ligament, 364; view of, 8363 
Sacrum, the, 331; view of, ib, 
