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INDEX 



Balling "iron" and "gun" for giving 



physic, iii, 20 

 Balls of physic— faith in, ii, 442: for 

 hitler tonics, ii, 466: for condition- 

 ing, ii, 445. 446 ; preparation and 

 administration, ii, 444-446: lit, 19- 

 21; prescriptions, iii, 15, i6; use of 

 arsenic tn, ii, 453. 



Balsams of Peru and Tolu— medicinal 



use';, ii, 469. 471. 



Balsams of sulphur, &c.— uses, ii, 474. 

 Bamboo .1^ lodder, iii, 26. 

 Bandages - 



Accidents— useful articles in, ii, 438, 439. 



Application and preparation, ill, 36-38. 



Bone diseases treatment, ii, 206, 208, 218. 



Fractures— fore-leg, ii, 2-?r-233: humerus, 

 ii, 244, 245: jaw, ii, 242; knees, ii, 

 247, 423: metacarpal bones, ij, 249; 

 pastern, ii, 250; radius, ii, 247. 



Horses tearing — correction, iii, 341. 



Hunters and muddy legs, iii, 136, 310. 



Sick horses warmth, iii, 143. 



Sprains, wounds, &c., ii, 220, 291, 296, 

 357. 386, 418. 



[See also Poultices.] 



Barbary horses— origin and history of 



the "Barb", iii, 525, 528,531-535; 



British thoroughbreds, crosses, &c. , 



ii'. 538. 539, 544, 546, 549, 550. 



Bare patches of skin — formation of 



cliestnuts. &c., iii, 504, 506. 

 Bar-iron — prepared for shoeing, iii, 445, 

 Barley as food — composition and pre- 

 paration, i, 243; iii, 89, 107; digesti- 

 bility, &c , iii, 97, 99, 348 ; invalid 

 diet, iii, 2S. 

 "Barley Harvest" family of Cleveland 

 bay--, i, 129. 



Barley straw— as food, iii, 112: forbed- 

 iliiig, iii. 355- 



Barley-water— as antidote, iii, 45. 

 Barrenness— (see Sterility). 



Bars of foot— com on, and cutting of 

 bars, ii, 374, 394: iii, 435, 44:; struc- 

 ture, iii, 434. 



Bars of jaw — abuse by burning, 1, 254; 

 structure, disease, &c , i, 6; iii, 494; 

 parrot mouth effect, i, 332. 



Barton - G-iUette clipping - machine, iii, 

 ■37- 



Bartrum's tethering apparatus— use, &c., 

 iii. 465, 466. 



Basilar process of occiput bone, ii, 184. 

 Bastard strangles in old horses, ii, 40. 



Bay colour — Arabs, i, 205: Morgans, i. 

 207; SufTulks, i, 105. 196: origin of 

 "dappling", iii, 49S (see also Cleve- 

 land Bays). 



Beak of ulna — formation, ii, ig6. 



Beans — composition and use as food, iii, 

 8q, 112-114. 3-15. 349: digestibility, 

 iii, 90, gi, 97, 99: diseases due to, ii, 

 15S. 



Bean-Straw as food, iii, 88. 



Bearing-rein— abuse and use, iii. 359; 



diseases due to, i, 511; ii, 430. 

 Beat of heart— medicines aiding, ii, 458, 



462: testing pulse, iii, 146-148. 

 Bedding— eating by horses, iii, 130, 208, 



265, 341; infectious diseases, iii, 154; 



materials used, iii, 138. 139, 354- 



357: pregnant mares, iii, 208, 265; 



sick-box, iii, 24 

 Bed-sores— prevention, ii, 237. 

 Bees— poisoning by stings of, &C., ii, 414; 



iii, 61. 

 Bees'-wax— fracture uses, ii, 241. 

 Beetroot— as invalid diet, iii, 27. 



BelgiC stallions—breeding from, i, 178. 

 Belladonna — medicinal uses, ii, 473, 474, 



475, 4S0, 481: iii, 2: doses, iii, 10, 11; 



for lungs and congh, ii, 470, 471, 472; 



for other diseases, i, 280, 294. 297, 



347» 35°: t" reduce temperature, ii, 



451 : poisoning by, iii, 55. 



Belly— (see title Abdomen). 



Benzoic acid — medicinal uses, iii, 2, 9. 



Benzoin — medicinal uses, ii, 469, 471. 



Bicarbonate^medicinal uses of potash, 

 ii, 448, 472: potassium, iii, 2— doses, 

 iii, 9: of soda, ii, 449, 450, 472; 

 sodium, iii, 2 — ^doses, iii, 9. 



Biceps femoris muscle— form, &c , ii, 



340; fracture and dislocation effects, 

 it. 245. 351 

 Biceps of man— flexor brachii muscle 

 furni, ii, 329. 



Bichloride of mercury— uses, ii, 488. 

 Bicipital groove - form, &c., ii, 194, 



iut, 3J9: Sprain effect, ii, 293. 

 Bicuspid valve of heart, i. 438. 



Big head disease — symptoms, &c., ii, 



214-216, 

 Bile and bile-ducts — drugs affecting, 



ii, 465; iii, 13; formation and diges- 

 tive uses, i, 240, 245, 246: liver dis- 

 orders due to, i, 303, 304, 305, 306, 

 307: parasitic influences, i, 313, 314: 

 secretion causing constipation, i, 284 ; 

 urine affected by. i, 343. 



Bilious temperament -disease disposi- 

 tion, i. 21S. 



Biniodide of mercury— uses, ii, 421, 

 4S8. 489. 



Bioplasm of parasites, ii, 161. 



Birthdays— age and teetli tests, iii, 393. 



Births— -^ee Foals, Parturition^. 



BishOplng of teeth, iii, 393. 



Bismuth— medicinal uses, i, 289: ii, 457. 



Bistoury for lithotomy. Sec, i, 362, 380. 



Bites — rabies due to, ii, 44. 



Biting — vice and warranty, iii, 424. 



Bits — care and kinds of, iii, 357-359; dis- 

 eases and troubles due to, i, 151, 152, 

 248, 252, 258; ii, 209, 213; jumping 

 influence, iii, 202 ; use in horse- 

 training, iii, 301, 302 — hunters, iii, 

 307, 308, 309, 311. 312— trotters, iii, 

 314. 



Bitter tonics for stomach, ii, 466, 478, 



Black antimony and sulphur — medi- 

 cinal uses, iii, 15, 16. 



Black horses — early types and origin, i, 

 178; iii. 543. 



Blackleg disease— inoculation, iii, 151. 



Black pepper— medicinal uses, iii, 2, g. 



Black spots on eye— causes, 8:c., ii, 117: 



iii, -','■''9. 

 "Black Vulcan"— price and honours, i, 



185. 



Bladder— 



Conformation, nerves and urinary uses, 

 '» 333. 33f'.i 337: female, ii, 74, 76; 

 embryo, iii, 251. 



Disorders of. and affecting bladder — 

 bloody urine due to hemi)rrhage. i, 

 347: fistula, ii, 429; inflammation, 

 i, 349: inversiun. i. 371-373; irrita- 

 tion, i, 344; retention of urine, i, 352: 

 rupture, i, 343: spinal myelitis caus- 

 ing distention, i, 419: tumours, 1, 

 357: ulceration, i, 366: vesiculae 

 seminales, ii, 68; stone in the bladder 

 (see tliat title I. 



Drugs acting upon, ii, 473-475, 481. 



Emptying by catheter, washing-out. S:c., 

 i. 352. 3^5: ii. 29, 30; iii, 178-180. 



Unsoiuidness and warranty, iii, 423. 

 Bladders on ^kin, ii, 137. 

 Bladder-worms causing disease, i, 313, 



Blade-bone — (see Scapula). 

 Blanket stitch for wotmd-healing, ii, 416. 

 Blanket weed in water, iii, 127. 

 Blastodermic membrane in breeding, 



iii, 249, 250. 

 Blawtong— a form of horse-sickness, ii, 55, 

 Blaze— appearance and origin, iii, 495, 499. 

 Bleeders— on skin, ii, 158, 159. 



Bleeding or Hemorrhage- 

 Accidents and first aid, ii, 437-439. 



Bloody urine and its causes, i, 347, 348. 



Drugs for. ii, 448. 454. 456, 462, 463, 

 464, 468 : iii, 6. 7, 8, 14. 



Due to— apoplexy, i, 412: brain and frac- 

 ture, i, 407; ii, 234; dysentery, i, 290; 

 face sinuses and fracture, ii, 239; 

 liver and heart, rupture, i, 309. 310, 

 470; nose, i, 501, 503: poisoning, iii, 

 53; skin bleeding, ii, 158, 159; warts, 

 ii. '54. 155; weak bluod-vessels, &c., 

 i. 501, 502. 



Flooding in mares, ii. S7-89. 



Lungs and respiratory organs, i, 501-503; 

 ii, 10. 



Operation precautions, iii, 162. 166, 174, 

 183. 



Prevention of death by -structure of 

 arteries and veins, &c., i, 443, 445. 



Wounds and their treatment, ii, 402, 

 408-410. 



[See also title Blood, Blood-letting.J 

 Blepharitis ciliaris of eyelid, ii, :i4. 

 Blepharophimosis of the eyelids, ii, 114. 

 Blindness— 



Causes — bone tumours, i, 417 ; cataract, 

 ii. 121: eye-teeth, i, 3'^2 ; iii, 389, 

 494 ; lead poisoning, iii, 51 ; optic 

 nerve, &c., ii, 117, 122, 123. 



Detection and tests, ii, 122, 123; ear 

 movements, i, 43. 



Moon-blindness, ii, 116-118; heredity of, 

 ii, 121. 



Possibility of restoration of sight, ii, 121. 



Unsoundness and warranty, iii, 421. 

 Blistering — directions and preparations, 

 ii. 48S, 490; iii, 5, 38-40, 167; after 

 tenotomy, iii, 170; for hard mouth, 

 i, 248: fractures and dislocations, ii, 

 250, 252, 348, 353; joints and sprains, 

 ii, 283, 291, 293, 294, 296, 297, 298, 

 200, 355: trotters, iii, 316: villitis due 

 to, ii, 383. 

 Blisters — gloss - anthrax and dourine 

 symptoms, ii. 44, 53 ; on lips and 

 skin, i, 247 ; ii, 137. 

 Blood- 

 Air changes in, due to respiration, i, 

 489-491. 



Bone nourishment, ii, 176, 777, 209. 



Circulation — heart and blood - vessels' 

 agency, i, 436, 441; mare and foetus, 

 iii, 252, 254: lungs, i, 487: prevention 

 of death by hemorrhage, i, 443, 445: 

 pulse and blood-pressure, i, 443-445; 

 testis supply, ii, 66 (see also Arteries 

 and Veins, Blood-vessels). 



Composition, coagulation, &c. , i, 430-436. 



Drugs. &c., acting upon, ii, 446; iii, 7; 

 blood tonics, ii, 447, 448; cooling 

 medicines, ii, 450-452 ; to reduce 

 alkalinity and volume of blood, ii, 

 448-450, 471. (.See also lilies Bleed- 

 ing, Blood-vessels.) 



Nervous system — blood supply and regu- 

 lation, i, 374, 380. 



Parasites and other organisms— influence 

 oil i. 3^3: i'j 41. 42, 52, 97, i66, 172, 

 174, 287. 



Pressure in circulation, I, 444, 445, 495. 



Quantity in horse, i, 431, 433, 445. 



Respiratory process effect, i, 483, 4S7, 

 489-491. 



Skin influences, and diseases due to, ii, 

 130, 131, 138, 139. 



[See also titles Bleeding or Hemorrhage, 

 Blood Diseases, Blood-letting, Blood- 

 poisoning, Blood-vessels.] 



Blood-clot — healing uoinids, ii, 405. 



Blood diseases and disorders- 

 Anaemia and plethoia, i, 47S-4S1. 

 Causing — arthritis, ii, 285: dropsy, i, 311, 

 312: lymphangitis, ii, 22: skin affec- 

 tions, ii, i-iB, 139, 145; ulcers, ii, 427; 

 tetanus effects, ii, 48. 



