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INDEX. 



Prick, in the foot, treatment of, 396; in- 

 jurious method of removing the horn in 

 searching for, 397. 



Prussian horse, account of the, 53. 



Prussic acid, treatment of poisoning by, 291 . 



Puffing the glims, a trick of fraudulent 

 horse-dealers, 111. 



Pulling, the action of, explained, 525. 



Pulse, the natural standard of the, 242 ; 

 varieties of the, ib. ; importance of 

 attention to the, 243 ; the most con- 

 venient place to feel it, ib. ; the finger 

 on the pulse during the bleeding, ib. 



Pumiced feet, description and treatment of, 

 383 ; do not admit of cure, ib. ; consti- 

 tute unsoundness, 489. 



Pupil of the eye, description of the, 131 ; 

 the mode of discovering blindness in it, 

 131. 



Purchase, to complete the, there must be a 

 memorandum, or payment of some sum, 

 however small, 491. 



Purging, violent, treatment of, 301. 



QUARTERS of the horse, description of the, 

 356 ; importance of their muscularity 

 and depth, ib. ; foot, description of, 374 ; 

 the inner, crust thinner and weaker at, 

 375 ; folly of lowering the crust, ib. 



Quidding the food, cause of, 452 ; unsound- 

 ness while it lasts, 489. 



Quinine, the sulphate of, 500. 



Quittor, the nature and treatment of, 394 ; 

 the treatment often long and difficult, exer- 

 cising the patience both of the practitioner 

 and owner, 395 ; is unsoundness, 489. 



RABIES, symptoms of, 143. 



Race-courses, different lengths of, 74. 



Races, early, mere running on train scent, 

 63 ; frequent cruelty of, 73, 77 ; differ- 

 ent kinds of, described, 73 ; regular, 

 first established at Chester and Stamford, 

 63 ; regulations for, established by James 

 I., 63; patronised by Charles I., 64; 

 Persian, description of, 29 ; the great 

 length of the old courses, 73: conse- 

 quences of the introduction of short 

 races, 74, 75 ; the different lengths that 

 are run, 75 ; the races at Smithfield, 56. 



Race-horse, his history, 66; form, 67; 

 action, 73 ; emulation, 76. 



Racks, no openings should be allowed 

 above them, 457. 



Radius, description of the, 333. 



Ragged -hipped, what, 353 ; no impediment 

 to action, ib. 



Railways, mechanical advantage of, 97, 

 542 ; they immensely increase the power 

 of the horse, 563. 



Raking, the operation of, 514. 



Rearing, a dangerous and inveterate habit, 

 447. 



Recti muscles, of the neck, description of, 

 213 ; of the thigh, 355. 



Rectum, description of the, 295, 296. 



Reins, description of the proper, 189. 



Resin, its use in veterinary practice, 514. 



Resistance in draught, observations on. 

 528. 



Respiration, description of the mechanism 

 and effect of, 236. 



Respiratory nerves, the, 120. 



Restiveness, a bad habit, and never cured, 

 440 ; anecdotes in proof of its iiiveterate- 

 ness, 441. 



Retina, description of the, 133. 



Retractor muscle of the eye, description of 

 it, 134. 



Rheumatism, 155. 



Ribbed-home, advantage of being, 226. 



Ribs, anatomy of the, 222, 224. 



Richard Cceur-de-Lion, account of his 

 Arabian horses, 57. 



Richmond, Duke of, his method of breeding 

 good carriage horses, 99. 



Riding, directions for, 87. 



Ringbone, the nature and treatment of, 35 1, 

 352 ; constitutes unsoundness, 489. 



Roach-backed, what, 228. 



Roads, how affected by different wheels, 

 550 ; how influencing the proper breadth 

 of the wheels, 560 ; the great extent to 

 which they affect the draught, 561 ; soft 

 and yielding, far more disadvantageous 

 than rough ones, ib. ; slight alterations 

 in their level advantageous, ib. ; hard- 

 ness, the grand desideratum in, ib. ; 

 should be nearly flat, ib. ; necessity of 

 constant repairs and attention to them, 

 562 ; calculation of the degree by which 

 the resistance is increased by bad ones, ib. 



Roan horses, account of, 480. 



Roaring, the nature of, 254, 279 ; curious 

 history of, 255 ; constitutes unsoundness, 

 487 ; from tight reining, 256; from 

 buckling in crib-biting, 256 ; treatment 

 of, 257. 



Rollers, calculation of the draught of, 541 ; 

 how probably first invented or brought 

 into use, ib. ; comparison of their power 

 with that of wheels, 545; mechanism 

 and principle of, 543 ; particular circum- 

 stances in which their use is advanta- 

 geous, ib. ; the weight moves with double 

 the velocity of them, and therefore fresh 

 rollers must be supplied in front, 543 ; 

 the immense block of marble at St. Pe- 

 tersburg, description of its being moved 

 on them, ib. 



Rolling, danger of, and remedy for, 452. 



Roman nose in the horse, what, 169. 



Rome, the ancient races at, 15. 



Round-bone, the, can scarcely be dislocated, 

 357. 



Rowels, manner of inserting, and their 

 operation, 515 ; comparison between 

 them, blisters, and setoris, 437. 



Running away, method of restraining, 448. 



Rupture, treatment of, 308 ; of the sus- 

 pensory ligament, 252. 



Russian horse, account of the, 48. 



Rye-grass considered as an article of food, 

 470. 



