CONTENTS 



LECTURE I. 



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Introduction — Horse Examination might well form a Speciality 

 — General View — The Horse remains a Living Testimony 

 to your Opinions — Importance of Method — Professor 

 Dick's Method — Watch the Horse in his Stall — Cribbing, 

 Weaving, Windsucking — Weaving — Attitude in Standing 

 — Spavin and Stringhalt — Latent Spavin — Examination of 

 Eyes — Ophthalmia — Iritis — Tension compared . . i 



LECTURE IL 



Examination of Eyes {continued^ — Tension — Oblique or Focal 

 Illumination — Catoptric Test — The Conjunctiva — Cornea 

 — Iris — Corpora Nigra — Ruptured Lens Capsule — Mirror 

 of Ophthalmoscope of very great use — Horse is now brought 

 out of Stable — Shaky Fore Legs — Bent Fore Legs . 



LECTURE HI. 



Examination outside the Stable— Place on Level Ground- 

 Great Superiority of Automatic Movement— Nostrils — 

 Mouth— Milk Teeth Extracted— Lampas— Parrot Mouth- 

 Worn and Broken Incisors— Irregular Molars — Signs of 

 Hard Mouth— Intermaxillary Space— Poll— - Poll Evil" 

 —Cribbing Strap— Parotid Gland— Jugular Vein— Ob- 

 literation, Partial and Complete — Evidence of Phlebotomy 

 may indicate Serious Disease— Shoulder— Pined Shoulder 

 —Collar Marks I9 



