INDEX 



567 



Blood diseases and dlaorder3-(C<»//.i 



Distribiilioii— disordered, ii. 457. 458- 

 Exercise and the causes of disease, i, si6. 

 HEemoglobimiria— analysis, &c.. ii, 26- 



29: treatment. &c., ii. 29-3': fracture 



confusion, ii, 237. 

 Purpura ha;morrliagica, ii. 24, 25, 145: 



bleeding nose a feature, i, 503. 

 Pus due to brain abscess, i, 409. 

 [See also Blood-poisoning, Pya:mia.] 

 BlOOd-flbrlne powders for sick horses, iii, 



Blood-letting— for apoplexy, 1, 412: brain 

 and staggers, i, 271, 407: enteritis, 1, 

 294; exhausted horses, ii, 6: eye-vein, 

 ii, 115: laminitis. ii. 337; plethora;, 

 i, 4S0, 481; pleurisy, ii, 15; tinantity 

 safe for. i, 433; thronibosis due to, 1, 

 473. 474, 475- 



Blood-poisonlng— 



Causes and efTects— bone diseases, ii,2ii: 

 castr.ttion. iii, 174; covering disease, 

 ii, 53; food. iii. loi: inversion of 

 rectum, i. 302; joint disease, ii, 284: 

 jugular vein abscesses, i, 477; kidney 

 disease, i. 34S; parturient fever, u, 

 97; pleurisy and pneumonia, ii, 7, 14: 

 skin eruptions, ii, 142, 143; strangles, 

 ii, 41; udder inflammation, ii, 97; 

 wounds and bacteria, ii, 406, 407, 

 414. 



Forms of septicemia or blood-poisoiung, 

 i, 481, 482. 



Quinine uses, ii, 451. 

 Blood-spots on skin, ii, 24, 25, 156, 158, 

 159. 



Blood-stained discharges - causes, 



&c., of foam at mouth. 11. 2131/001 

 discharge, ii. 21 1 ; uo^e. i. 499: ii, 24, 

 23S; poisoning, iii, 48; pneumonia, 

 ii, 8; skin, ii, 25. 

 Blood tonics— action, &c., ii. 447, 448- 



Blood-vessels- 

 Absorption of food— uses, i, 428. 

 As organs of circulation— structure, &c.. 

 i, 436. 441-443; chief vessels and 

 their distribution, i. 447-453 

 Causes or effect of broken vessels and 

 rupture, i, 343. 347. 4'2, 420; cracked 

 heels, ii. 424: fractures and sprains, 

 ii, 22S, 233, 255, 292: wounds, ii, 404, 

 408. 

 Drugs acting upon, ii, 454. 457. 462-464- 

 Nervous control of, i. 374- 

 Parasitic influences, i, 313: ii, I74- 

 Structure— in bladder, i. 337: bones, 11, 

 176, 177. 199, 200; brain and spine, 

 i. 378. 380; eyes, ii, 105, 106, 108; 

 hoof (model), ii, 49': intestines, 1, 

 236: kidneys, i, 335. 33*: l"'^''. '• 

 239 : lungs, i, 487 : mare, embryo , 

 and foetus, iii, 252, 254. 255: muscles, 

 ii, 305, 306; skin, ii, 126. 

 Weakness causing hemorrhage, i, 501. 

 Bloody urine— causes and treatment, i, 

 342, 343.. 344. 347. 348, 349, 350. 356; 

 ii. 475: iii, Go- 

 Blowing— causes and disease symptoms. 



i, 4S0; ii. 5. 19. 

 Blows as cause of disease, i, 220. 



Blue-green alg£e in water, iii, 127. 128. 



Blueness of membranes— causes, &c., ii, 

 470. 



Blue pill— medicinal uses, it, 488. 



Bluestone— medicinal uses, iii, 2. 



Bluetong— a form of horse-sickness, ii, 55. 



Board of Agriculture— epizootic lym- 

 phangitis, ii. 64. 65. 



Boats for horse-transit, iii, 463. 



Body— conformation and defects, i, 90. 91, 

 103; ii. i8o; head as unit of measure- 

 ment, i, 99-iot: height, weight, and 

 other proportions, i, 9'.. 92. 93-9,8. 

 99; nutrition and constitution, 111, 

 87; water constituents, iii, 119, 120, 

 124. 



BOg-spaVln and its treatment, ii, 216, 290, 1 

 291; other influences, ii, 278, 299, 

 357. 358; unsoundness and warranty, 

 ill, 384, 420, 421. 



Boiled barley— preparation, iii, 28. 



Boiled roots as invalid diet, iii, 27. 



Boiler— stable littings, iii, 322, 323. 332, 

 334. 337- 



Boils on skill, ii, T50, 151. 



Bolting of food — oats preparation, iii, 

 I07- 



Bolting vice-warranty, iii, 424- 



Bolus for physic balls, ii. 444: "i. '8. 



Bone-asll in the body, iii, 87. 



Bones- 

 Arab merits, 1, 202, 203. 

 Blood circulation means, ii, 176, 177. 

 Classification and number in a horse, ii, 



177. 178. 

 Composition and growth of bone, 11, 17s, 

 176, 178, 208; before birth, iii, 255, 

 292-294; after birth, iii, 294-298. 

 Diseases— food and water influences, iii, 

 103, 123, '24; joint disease origin, u, 

 280, 281; metacarpal periostitis or 

 sore shins, ii, 219, 220; necrosis .and 

 caries, ii, 212-214; osteo-porosis (big 

 head) or soft bones, ii, 214-216: ostitis 

 or inflammation, periostitis, ii, 208- 

 212; ring-bone and splint, ii, 205-208: 

 spavin, ii, 216-218. 

 Effects of epizootic lymphangitis, ii, 63: 

 fistulous withers, ii.433; rheumatism, 

 ii, 21; tuberculosis, ii, 51. 

 Model of hoof and limb bones, ii, 491. 

 Muscles and tendons attachment, i, 33- | 



35; ii, 306. 

 Odd- and even-toed animals, iii, 476, 477. 

 Phosphorus uses, ii, 490. 

 Protection of brain and spine from inj ury, 



ii 379. 380. 

 Structure— as levers, i, 33-35: of fore-leg, 

 i. 19. 20: ii, 192-197: hind-leg, 1. 23; 

 ii, 201-203; loins and hock, i. 15, 23; 

 ii, 203-205: pelvis, ii. 192: skeleton 

 division, ii, 176, 178: skull bones- 

 cranium, ii, 183-186; face, u, i85- 

 189: special features of horse struc- 

 ture, iii, 485-490 : thorax or chest 

 bones, ii. 1S9 — sternum or breast- 

 bone, ii, 190: ribs and costal carti- 

 lages, ii. 190. 191; vertebral column 

 and particular vertebra:, ii. 179-183. 

 [See .also titles Dislocations, Fractures 

 Joints, Ossification: also names of 

 bones, as Humerus, Os Hyoides, 

 Jaw, tec ] 

 Bone-spavin — form and treatment, ii, 

 216-21S: unsoundness and warranty, 

 iii. 385, 423- 

 Bony growths— causing disease, i, 214. 

 417, 421, 473; firing, iii, 167: i;i'- 

 soundness, iii, 366, 380 ; water in- 

 fluences, iii, 124. 

 Boots— for canker, ii, 382: defective action 

 and wounds, ii. 402. 414; poultice 

 boot, iii, 30: training trotters, iii, 315. 

 Borax-medicinal uses, ii, 449; iii, 2: for 



stings, iii, 61. 

 "Border Lass " — fractured sesamoid 



bones, ii. 250. 

 Boric or boracic acid- antiseptic uses, 

 ii, 421, 485: medicinal uses, lit, 2; 

 doses, iii, 9. 

 Bot-fly— infesting stomach, ii. 169. 170; 

 brain, ii, 175: tobacco destroying, 11, 

 481. 

 Bottles used in giving medicine, iii, 21. 

 Bourgelat's splint for fractures, ii, 247. 

 Bowed knees and legs — causes, mus- 

 cles, &c. . aO'ected. i, 74, 89: 11, 303- 

 305; sprain influence, ii, 289, 296. 

 Bowed tendon — defect and unsound- 

 ness, iii, 380, 

 Bowels— (see titles Intestines, Inflamma- 

 tion, Obstruction, Rupture). 

 Boxes- (see Loose Boxes). 



"BOZra"— Arab mare (illust.), i, 294. 



Brachial artery and veins— formation, 



1, 447. 449- operation, 111, 105. 



Brachial plexus of nerves— lormation, 



^^c, 1. 398-402. 

 Bracken for bedding, iii, 357- 

 Brackets for harness room, iii, 332. 



Brain- 

 Blood supply, i, 380. 

 Connection with spine, ii, 184. 

 Diseases— abscess and tumours, i, 408, 

 409, 414. 415; age influence, i, 218: 

 apoplexy, i, 412: cerebritis and men- 

 ingitis, i. 405-407: collar pressure 

 causing, i, 220: concussion, ii, 238: 

 embolism, i, 473: fractured bones 

 effect, ii, 234, 235, 238; indigestion 

 and staggers eflfect, 1, 268, 269, 271; 

 jugular vein (thrombosis) effect, i, 

 476: nervous system caiises, i, 405; 

 paralysis, i, 420: pulse iu, iii, 147; 

 thickening of membranes, i, 417. 

 Drugs aflecting, ii, 463, 482: iii, 2, 3. 

 Parasites. &c , infesting, ii, 163, 174, 175. 

 Protection from injury— bone formation, 



i, 379. 380. 

 Structure and functions, i, 8, 38, 39, 383- 

 386: arteries, i, 451, 452: capillaries, 

 i, 446: examination of fragment, 1, 

 378; fa:tus, iii, 257: ganglia, i, 383, 

 390; nerves, i, 385, 366, 39'-397. 494: 

 weight, i, 383. 

 Vital spot stopping breathing, i, 494. 

 [See also Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Crani- 

 um.] 

 Bran- as food, composition. &c., iii, 89, 

 99, 109, 350; disease due to, ii, 215: 

 physic given in, ii, 445. 

 Bran disease — treatment, ii, 137. 152. 

 Bran mashes— preparation, &c., iii, 26, 



109, 350. 

 Bran poultice— preparation, &c , iii, 29. 

 Brandy as a stimulant, i, 290: ii, 460. 

 Brass fittings in stables, iii, 324. 

 Bread poultices— uses, &c., iii, 28, 29. 

 Breakdown— due to fracture, ii, 251 : to 

 sprain of ligaments, &c.. li, 292. 354; 

 tiring ligaments, iii, 167 : unsound- 

 ness and warranty, iii. 421. 

 Breaking-cart for training trotters, iu. 



Breaking-ln— (see Training). 



Breast and breast-bone (sternum)— 



conformation and defects, 1, 16, 6i» 

 62, 64. 102; ii. 189, tgo: muscles and 

 connections, ii, 320, 321, 327, 334, 

 336 ; poulticing, iii, 32 ; ribs connec- 

 tion, ii. 191, 266, 267. 

 Breast collar for sore shoulders, ii, 436. 



Breast presentation in parturition, iii. 



Breathing - (see titles Respiration or 

 Breathing, Respiratory Diseases;. 



Breech presentations iu foaling, iii, 



276-270. 



Breeching -strap — undoing on fallen 

 horses, ii, 441. 



Breeding- 

 Aims and general requirements of a stud, 



iii, 205-208 ; foundation stock, &c., 



iii, 211-213. 

 Back -breeding, or throwing back to 



ancestors, iii, 211. 212, 213, 239-245, 



480, 497, 499. 513- 

 British early history, iii. 535-.54i: Tudor 



and subsequent periods, iii, 541-548. 

 Colour and skin markings— influences, 



iii, 497. 499- 

 Creation of the horse, and eariy history 



iii, 518, 522, 524, 525, 527, 531. 

 Crossing— good influences of, iii, 549. 



550- 



Development and impregnation of ovum, 

 growth of embryo, &c., iii, 245-257, 

 261-264, 289-294, 295, 298. 



Disqualifying ailments of sires, ii, 302. 



