622 
vertebral, ib.; anatomy of the, ib. ; 
of the stomach, 431; the pulmonary, 
418; the superficial, 417. 
Vena-cava, anatomy of, 7b.; anterior, 
anatomy of, ib.; posterior, anatomy 
of, 418. 
Venous blood, action of air on, 418. 
Ventilation of stables, 200. 
Ventilating shaft, 202; windows, 197. 
Vermifuges, action of, 596. 
Vermont cart-horse, the, 42. 
Vertebra atlas, 310. 
Vertebra dentata, anterior view of, 328 ; 
posterior view of, 7b. 
Vertebre, body of, 3825; cervical, 7b ; 
coceygeal, 3382 ; general character of, 
825; general character of dorsal, 329 ; 
general character of the lumbar, 330 ; 
general movements of the, 358; 
peculiarities of certain cervical, 326 ; 
peculiarities of the dorsal, 330; 
peculiarities of the lumbar, 331; 
profile view of the cervical, 326. 
Vertebral column, articulations of the, 
354; ligament, inferior, 355; liga- 
ment, superior, 355. 
Vetches for soiling, 230. 
Vices, out-door, 298; treatment of, 2d. ; 
shying, 298; rearing, 7b.; kicking, 
299 ; lying down, 7b.; plunging, ib.; 
running away, ¢b.; stumbling, 300. 
Viscera, muscular coatof the hollow, 426. 
Vives, treatment of, 499. 
Watk, action of the, 124; exceptional 
mode of starting for the, 123; mode 
of starting the horse into, 292; of 
horses, the, 121; received interpreta- 
tion of the, 122; starting for the, 2. 
INDEX. 
Walking, rate of, 126. 
Warbles, treatment of, 529. 
Warts, removal of, 533. 
Water, remarks on, 220, 233; proper 
quantity of, 234; proper temperature 
of, 235; supply of stables, 197. 
Water in the chest, treatment of, 494. 
Water-pipes for stables, 200. 
Weaving, remedy for, 260. 
Weight, distribution of, in horses, 
119. 
Welsh pony, the, 107. 
Western hemisphere, horses of the, 27. 
Wheat as food for the horse, 228. 
Wheat straw for bedding, 240. 
Wheezing, nature of, 488. 
Whins for soiling, 230. 
Whistling, nature of, 488. 
Wild horse of America. Mr. Herbert's 
account of the, 28; of North America, 
Pills 
Wild Tartar horse, the, 25. 
Windgalls, treatment of, 470. 
Windows for stables, 197. 
Winter’s run, 279. 
Withers, nature of fistula of, 462; 
symptoms of fistula of, 463; treat- 
ment of fistula of, 2b. 
Work, preparation for, 261; treatment 
of the horse after, 272. 
Worms, intestinal, 511; symptoms of 
intestinal, ib.; treatment of intes- 
tinal, 2b. 
Worm medicines, action of, 596. 
Wounds of joints, 477. 
Wrist, articulations of, 348; bones of 
the, 322; movements of, 357. 
Youne Black Hawk, the trotter, 35. 
THE END. 
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R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, LONDON. 
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