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INDEX 



Age of a horse— (Cou/.) 



Disease and fractures influence, i, 314, 

 218; ii, 223, 236, 279, 285. 



Longevity of breeds, i, 197, 198, 200, 

 206, 207. 



Medicinal doses according to, iii, 12. 



[See also title Old Horses.) 



Agents in sale of horses— warranty regu- 

 lations, &c., iii, 414-417. 



Agricultural or farm horses- 

 Breeds and their merits — Cleveland 

 bays, i, 128, J2g ; Clydesdales, i, 

 186, t88; East Friseland horses, i, 

 210; hackneys, i, 113, 114, 118; 

 Percherons, i, 205; Schleswig breed, 

 i, 2IO ; Shires, i, 172, i8i ; Suflblks, 

 i, 194, 197, 198, 199, 200. 

 Classification as heavy horses, j, 172. 

 Disease due to occupation, 1, 219. 

 Food— composition and amount, &c., iii, 

 89) 90, 347; indifferent feeding, i, 277. 

 History on non-use of the horse, iii, 521, 



524, 528, 529, 538. 

 Overgrowth of hoofs, iii, 436. 

 Royal interest in breeding, i, 173. 

 Working mares during suckling, i, 287. 

 [See also title Draught Horses.] 

 AilmeiltS classed as unsoundness and 



vices— hbt, &c , iii, 420-426. 

 Air and Atmosphere- 

 Air-pressure borne by horse and man, i, 



488. 

 Amount per horse, iii, 76, 78, 79; sick 



horses, iii, 142. 

 Breathing uses, i, 487, 493; after respira- 

 tion, i, 488, 493: changes in blood 

 due to air, i, 489-491; entrance into 

 lungs, i, 483, 484. 

 Composition of air, i, 487, 493: bacillus, 



i, 228; examination, iii, 132, 133. 

 Contamination due to stable and breath- 

 ing influences, iii, 76-78, 79. 

 Disease due to impure air, &c., i, 213, 



214, 216, 222, 478: ii, ii; iii, 152, 

 Ventilation of stables, &c., i, 495-497; 

 ii'. 329. 33>- 

 Air-cells— respiratory uses and formation, 



i, 486, 4S7; dilation, ii, 12. 

 Air-passages— drugs for, ii, 468-470; iii, 

 14; stimulant and soothing remedies, 

 ii, 470-472: irritation causing pneu- 

 monia, ii, 7. 

 Alse— coffin-bone, ii, 200; nostrils, i, 9. 

 Albumen — astringents coagulating, ii, 

 448, 454, 455 : presence in urine, 

 analysis. &c., i, 345; ii, 26-29, 31- 

 Albuminoids of body and in food, iii, 

 87, 8S, S9: digestibility, iii, 91, 92, 

 96, 98; heat influence, &c., iii, 100. 

 Alcohol — blood-vessels, effect on, ii, 462: 

 medicinal uses, ii, 451, 460: ill, 25; 

 poisoning and antidote, iii, 50, 52, 

 56, 57> 64. 

 Ale for mares after foaling, iii, 227. 

 Alfalfa causing poisoning, iii, 62. 

 Alfred the Great — horse-breeding, iii, 



536. 537- 

 AlgSS in water, iii, 127-129. 



Alimentary Canal — absorbent system 



connection, i, 425; progress of food 

 through, i, 246, 247 (see also Diges- 

 tion). 

 Alkaline in intestinal digestion, i, 245, 



246. 



Alkaline preparations— for digestion, 



ii, 4D7, 468; for kings, ii, 469. 



Alkalinity of the blood — drugs for re- 

 ducing, ii, 44S-450. 



Allah — creation and care of the horse, iii, 

 518, 533. 



AUantold sac— formation, iii, 251. 



Allantois membrane — formation, iii, 



250, 251. 

 Almaine horses— type, i, 175, 176, 177. 



Aloes— uses and doses, iii, i, 9: for show 

 horses, iii, 311; preparation and giv- 

 inj^ of ball, ii, 444, 445. 



Aloin— medicinal uses, iii, i; doses, iii, 9. 



Alteration of structures— explanation 



of term in warranty, iii, 419. 

 Alteratives as medicine— action and ex- 

 amples, ii, 12; kinds acting on tissue 

 change, ii, 452-454; mercury uses, 

 ii, 489 ; prescriptions for balls or 

 powders, ii, 15, 16; show horses, iii, 

 311- 



Alternate generation— process of, &c., 



iii, 259-261, 480. 

 Alum— medicinal uses, &C., ii, 439, 455, 



456: iii, I— dose, iii, 9: solution fur 



sores, i, 248. 

 Alumina — compounds used in medicine, 



i". 455. 456. 

 Aluminium— medicinal uses, ii, 454. 

 Alveoli— of lungs, i, 486; of teeth, ii, 186; 



effect of fractured teeth, i, 330. 



Amaurosis— causes and Hetectioii, ii, 122, 

 123; iii, 51. 



Amber tinge in eye, ii, 116, 117. 



Amble— form of motion, iii, 195, 197. 

 Ambulance— first aid directions, &c., ii, 



417. 4j'3, 441. 

 American boil— treatment, ii, 150, 151. 



American horse-pox or disease— nature, 

 ^;c,. ii, i4J. 150, 151. 



American horses — breeding and im- 



purtation, i. 153, 196, 207, 208; fossil 

 remains and history, iii, 510, 550; il- 

 lusts., iii, 314: training and treatment, 

 i, 336; iii, 313-316; water-supply, iii, 

 302 (see also I'rotters). 



American "pink-eye"— nature' ii, 31. 

 Ammonia and Ammonium— medicinal 



uses. 1. 2ii: h. 459, 469, 477; iii, 3, 

 7; doses, 9, 10; poisoning by and 

 antidote uses, iii, 52, 56, 57, 64. 



Amnion membrane— formation, iii, 250, 



251, 



Amoeba — formation, diseases due to, and 

 e\olution, ii, 161; iii, 258. 



Amphiarthrosis joints— form, &c., ii, 



263, 279. 



Amputation of penis, ii, 83, 85. 



Amyl, nitrite of— medicinal uses, ii, 



457. 4^3- 

 AmylolytiC action in digestion, i, 244. 

 Amylopsin in digestion, i, 246. 



Anaemia and its treatment, 8:c., i, 478- 



480; ii. 159; heart sounds in, i, 459. 

 Anaesthesia— local and general, ii, 479; 



rt.c(jvery means, ii, 440. 

 Ansesthetics and their uses, it, 459, 479; 



iii, 12, 160; for nervous system, ii, 



479-483- 

 Anaphrodisiacs— medicinal uses, iii, 12. 



Ancestors of the horse— fossil remains 



and origin, iii, 475, 509-513; from 

 five- to one-toed foot, iii, 489, 491 ; 

 head and teeth formation, iii, 492- 

 495; marks and colouring, iii, 497- 

 50a (see alsn titles Back-breeding, 

 Evolution, History of the Horse, 

 Pedigrees, Telegony). 



Anchitherium— fossil remains of, iit, 512. 



Anchylosis- causes, &c., ii, 281, 431. 



Ancient Britons — horses used by, i, 



'54. 17=. 179; ill. 535- 



Anconeus muscle— form, &c., ii, 330. 



AnderSCh'S ganglion on cranial nerve, 



i' 395- 

 Aneurism— causes and results, i, 471, 473, 



474. 477. 47S; ii. 174- 

 Angina pectoris in horses, i, 469; drugs 



lor, ii, 4r'3. 

 Angle of the ilium— fracture, ii, 256-259. 

 Animal body— composition of, iii, 87. 

 Animal matrix in bone, ii, 175. 

 Animal remains in earth's crust, iii, 471, 



472. 



Animal world -the horse and its posi- 



liuM in, ni, 471-513. 

 Animals Act —transit regulations, iii, 466, 



467. 



Animals and evolution, iii, 286, 287. 

 Aniseed— medicinal uses, ii, 474; iii, i; 



doses, iii, 9. 



Annular cartilage of ear, ii, 310. 



Anodynes and their uses, i, 290, 294, 313; 

 ii, 21; iii, 12. 



Antacids and their uses, ii, 449, 450; iii, 



12. 



Anterior aorta -form, &c., i, 448, 449. 

 Anterior crural nerve— form, i, 402. 

 Anterior deep pectoral muscle— 



ner\e to. and Jorm of, i, 399; ii, 327. 



Anterior extremity of body, i, 16. 

 Anterior gluteal nerves— formation,!, 



4'J3- 



Anterior ligament of hock, ii, 278. 



Anterior limb- [see Fore Limb). 



Anterior maxillary bones-form, ii, 



186 ; Iraciiire, ii, 242. 



Anterior mesenteric artery— diseases 



of, i, 471. 477; ii, 174; distribution 



of. i, 44«- 



Anterior radial artery— form, i. 449. 

 Anterior surface of head, i. 8-10. 

 Anterior tibial artery-form, i, 453. 

 Anterior tibial nerve-formation, &c., 



i. 404, 405- 



Anthelmintics and their uses, iii, 12, 13; 

 fur wurnis, ii, 465; iii, 16, 17; poison- 

 ing by vermin-killers, iii, 49, 53, 57, 

 58. 



Anthrax and its treatment, &c., ii, 41-43; 

 iii, 151 ; of gloss-anthrax, ii, 43. 44; 

 contagion and bacteria causing, i, 

 223, 224, 225, 226; food contamina- 

 tion, i, 221 ; horse sickness similarity, 

 ii. 54- 



Antidotes to poisoning— action and ex- 

 amples, iii, 45, 46; gastritis, i, 275; 

 mercury, want of antidote, ii, 489; 

 vomition difficulty preventing use of, 

 i, 275 (for special poison, see titles 

 Arsenic, Lead, &c.]. 



Antifebrin— medicinal uses, ii, 450. 



Antihydrotics— action and examples, iii, 



Antimony and its uses, ii, 453," 471, 472; 

 poisoning by, iii, 50. 



AntiperiOdics and their uses, iii, 13. 



Antipyretics or febrifuges — their uses, 

 .^cc. 11, 448, 450-452, 4S5; iii, 13. 



AntiP3Ti.n— medicinal uses, ii, 450. 



Antiseptics—action, lists, &c., ii, 420- 

 422, 483-488; iii, 13, 174; common 

 articles used, ii, 439; Lister's system, 

 ii, 407, 411: operations, iii, 162, 163, 

 171, i8t, 182, 185; uterine hemor- 

 rhage, ii, 89; wounds and ulcers, ii, 

 386, 407, 411, 420-422, 427. 



Antispasmodics and their uses, ii, 479; 



Antitoxic serum for tetanus, ii, 49. 



Ant i- vivisection Act — knowledge of 



druiis retarded by, ii, 443. 



Anus— formation and muscles, &c., i, 15, 

 229, 238: worms and bot-flies infest- 

 ing, ii, 169, 171, 



Aorta — construction and uses, i, 438, 442, 

 448, 449.. 451: diseases, i, 465, 471, 

 472; origin of other arteries, i, 448; 

 sounds connected with, i. 440, 460. 



Aortic arch— formation and disease, i, 

 451, 472- 



Aortic sigmoid— sound due to tension 



of, i, 440. 

 Aortic valves— disease, i, 465, 471, 472. 

 Aperient medicines— abuse of, ii, 442 



— (.see also Purgatives). 

 Aphrodisiacs and their uses, iii, 13. 

 Aphthae and its treatment, i, 250-252; 



drugs used, iii, 2, 3, 5. 



