INDEX 



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Fatigue causing sprain, ii, 354. 

 Fats — in l)l()od and body, 1, 435: iii, 87; 

 ill food and digestion, i, 241, 246; 

 ill, S9, 96, 97, gti, 100. 

 Fattening uf animals— (see Conditioning). 

 Fatty disease of heart — degeneration 



and intikraiion, i, 467, 468-470. 

 Fatty liver and its treatment, i, 308. 

 Faults— see titles Conformation and de- 

 fects, Defective Action, Vices). 

 Feather— on Clydesdales, i, 192; Shires, 



i, i8r, 183; Suffblks, i, 197. 

 Features peculiar to a horse — special 



siniciure, iii, 484-497. 

 Febrifuges— (see Antipyretics). 

 Feeding— (see Food;. 

 Feelers on lips and nostrils, i, 5, g. 

 Feet- 

 Conformation, &c., i, 21, 22, 81, 82: ii, 

 199; compared with man, iii, 487- 

 490; for shoeing, iii, 433-438: horny 

 growths and pads, iii, 501-504, 506, 

 508; joints and ligaments, ii, 273, 

 274: model of hoof, &c , ii, 491; 

 muscles, ii, 332, 333, 343, 345. 

 Evolution and fossil remains— five-toed 

 horses, &c.. iii, 2S6, 476-478, 4S9, 

 491, 511, 512, 513. 

 Grooming and healthy condition, iii, 67, 



68, 135-137, 139- 

 Putting into manger — correction, iii, 342. 

 Soundness and warranty, iii, 367, 372, 



378, 379) 386. 420, 421, 422. 

 Unnerving precautious, &c., iii, 161, 164, 



165. 

 [See also titles Hoof, Pastern, Shoes.) 

 Feet Diseases and Injuries- 

 Defective action causes, iic, ii, 396-402. 

 Deformities, contracted feet, &c., i, 81, 

 82, 89, 90; ii, 346, 347, 348, 393-395; 

 iii, 168, 439, 440; sprain liabihty, ii, 

 289. 

 Discharges caused by various diseases, 

 ". 373. 374. 379. 381, 383. 384. 42s, 

 426. 

 Disqualifying ailments for sires, ii, 302. 

 Fillings in crust— detection, iii, 386, 410. 

 Moss-litter effects, iii, 138, 139. 

 Poulticing directions, iii, 30, 31. 

 Pricks and wounds, ii, 210, 380, 381, 



385-387. 4'3. 414. 428. 

 Soundness and warranty — (see Feet). 

 Various diseases— fever in the feet, ii, 

 376-378: horn tumour, ii, 372 : sand 

 crack, ii, 365-367 ; shelly feet and 

 seedy toe, ii, 367-371; side bones, ii, 

 387- 

 [See also titles Canker, Corn, Cracked 

 heels, Lameness. Navicular dis- 

 ease. Quitter, Thrush, Villitis.] 

 FeetlOCk— meaning of term, i, 21 : iii, 501. 

 Fell pony— appearance and cross, i, 169, 

 171. 



Female genital organs — (see title 



Rejuo in';tion!. 



Femoral artery— formation, &c., i, 453. 



Femoro-tibial joint and ligaments, ii, 

 ^75-^77- 



Femur bone— conformation, i, 22, 83, 85: 

 ii, 201 ; fracture, ii, 226, 260: joints, 

 ii, 274, 275-277: muscle connections, 

 ". 339-341. 342, 343-345- 



Fences— jumping methods, iii. 201. 



Fenugreek— medicinal uses, iii. 15, 17. 



Fermentation — a cause of disease, i, 

 216, 221, 283; in stomach, i, 270 — 

 drugs for, ii, 485; influence of bac- 

 teria, i, 227. 



Ferments produced in digestion, 1, 234, 

 235, 244. 245. 



Fetlock and Fetlock-joint - 



Conformation and defects, i, 21, 75, 76, 

 70: li, 198, iqq: malformations, ii, 

 346, 347, 348; ergots, i, 18, 21: ii, 

 132. 133; iii. 478. 500-508: muscle 

 connections, ii, 332, 333, 343. 345- 



Fetlock and Fetlock-joint-[C(j«A) 



Diseases and injuries affecting, ii, 60, 

 220, 286, 301, 386; bandages and 

 poulticing, iii, 31, 38; fractures, ii, 

 251, 252; sloughing, iii, 103: sprains, 

 ii, 294, 295, 297, 29^, 355; wind-galls, 

 ii.355. 356- 

 Examination for soundness, iii, 377, 380. 

 Foot striking — due to defective action, 



ii. 396. 397; iii. 455. 456- 

 Knuckling over causes, &c., ii, 297, 298. 

 Operation of unnerving, iii, 161, 164. 



Fever — ailments due to, i, 254, 274, 468; 

 ii. 33» 56, 57. 3D4: drugs, &c., ii,45i; 

 iii, 7, 8, 15, 17, 18; food and appetite, 

 iii, 141; poisoning and pasturage 

 effects, iii, 48, 78: pulse indications, 

 iii, 147, 148. (See also titles Con- 

 tagious diseases. Infectious diseases. 

 Temperature; for special fever, see 

 it?, name.) 



Fever in the feet and its treatment, ii, 

 376-378; other causes and effects, i, 

 290; ii, 368, 369: iii, 109: unsound- 

 ness and warranty, iii, 422. 



Fibres— bone structure, ii, 208 ; muscle 

 structure, ii, 305. 306: rupture due 

 to sprain, ii, 292; nerve ribres [see 

 that title'. 



Fibrillse "f muscle, ii, 305. 



Fibrine of blood— in powder for sick 

 borse->, iii, 141. 



Fibrinogen in blood, i, 435, 436- 



FibrO-Cartilages -joints structure, ii, 

 195. 199. 263, 275; loose cartilages 

 around joints, ii, 284, 285. 



Fibroma and its treatment, ii, 155. 



Fibrous tissue, &c. ^aneurism causes, 

 i, 47S; joint disease, ii, 281; liver 

 capsule rupture, i, 309,310; sheath of 

 tendons, ii, 306; testicle structure, ii, 

 66, 67; wound-healing process, ii,405. 



Fibula— conformation, i, 23, 85; ii, 203, 

 208; muscles connection, ii, 343, 344. 



Fields — disinfection, iii, 156. (See also 

 Land, Pasturage.) 



Filaria causing disease, ii, 174, 175. 



Filled legs— causes, treatment, &c., ii, 

 364; iii, 39, 462, 463; drugs, iii, 6; 

 unsoundness, iii, 380. 



Fillings on foot— detection and fraud, 

 iii, 386, 410. 



Filters for rain-water, iii, 336. 



Fingers of man— comparison with foot 

 of horse, iii, 487-490, 500, 501. 



Fireplaces and fires — stable structure 



;ind ventilati'-iil, ui, 74, 332, 



"Fireway 249" — pedigree, i, 123. 



"Fireway " i West's and Read's)— records, 

 i, 116, 117. 



Firing— advantage;, methods, and instru- 

 ments, iii, 166, 167: for castration, 

 iii, 173, 174: spr.ains, ii, 294, 296, 

 297; various affections, ii, 218, 220, 

 291. 302, 359. 366, 38S: use of drugs, 

 ii, 483, 488; iii, 160. 



First-aid to sick and injured — articles 

 useful in, ii, 438, 439: bleeding and 

 its arrest, ii, 437-439: collapse, fallen 

 and runaway horses, ii, 440, 441; 

 horses in ditches, &C., ii, 439. 44°: 

 poisoning, iii, 44-46. 



First inter-phalangial articulation, ii, 



-'7? 



First pbalanx of fore-limb, ii, 198. 

 Fissure of spinal cord, i, 381, 382. 

 Fistula— causes and treatment, i, 261-263; 

 ii, 429, 430; disinfecting fluid for, ii, 

 4SS. 

 Fistulous wounds and their treatment 

 —poll evil, ii, 430-432: quittor on 

 coronet, and fistulous withers, ii, 

 378. 379, 432-43V. shoulders, ii, 435, 

 436— drugs for. ii, 449: iii. 2, 4. 

 i Fit condition— meaning of term, ii, 446- 

 ; Fits— chokin;; causing, i, 266; epileptic 

 and apoplectic fits, i, 410. 413; un- 

 I soundness and warranty, iii, 422. 



Five-toed animals— horse evolution, 



&c., iii, 286, 476-478, 489, 49t, 510, 



Five-year-olds— hunters work, iii, 309; 



teeth ...f, ui, 389, 390. 395, 398, 399. 

 Fixed joints — formation, ii, 279. 

 Flanders — heavy horse breeding, &c., i, 



173. 175. 176. 177, 178: iii, 539. 540- 

 Flank — conformation, i, 15, 17; disease 



effects, i, 17, 312, 320; muscles, li, 



335. 336. 



Flannel bandages— for muddy legs, iii, 



136; sick hordes warmth, iii, 143. 

 Flaps— ill stabledr.Tinage, iii, 329. 

 Fiat bones— description, &c., it, 177, 178. 

 Flat feet— shoeing, iii, 440, 448, 453, 454. 

 Flat-worms — in intestines, ii, 162, 172- 



174- 

 Flatulence— due to broken wind, ii, 13: 



indigestion, i, 273; liver disorders, i, 



303, 307 — drugs for, ii, 465, 466; iii, 



I, 2, 3, 7, 8. 



Flatulent colic and its treatment, i, 281- 



284; drugs, ii, 459, 485: iii, 6. 

 Fleam— use causing thrombosis, i, 475, 476. 

 Fleming's tincture of aconite— dose, iii, 



I I. 



Flemisb. horses — hackney and pack 

 horse breeding from, i, 115, 124 ; 

 Shires and Clydesdale crosses, i, 

 179, 186. 187, 18S, 189. 



Flesby head— appearance, &c., i, 37. 



Flexion movements in locomotion, iii, 



194, 4Sr>. 



Flexor muscles— action, &c., i. 19: ii, 



306; iii, 193, 491: bowed knees and 

 malformations due to, ii, 303, 304, 

 346. 



Flexor muscles— forms, &c.— brachii, 



ii, 195, 329, sprain of, ii, 292, 293: 

 brevis, iii, 492: metacarpi — internus, 

 niedius, and eyternus, ii, 330, 331; 

 metatarsi muscle, ii, 343, 344; sprain, 

 &c., ii, 299; pedis accessorius muscle, 

 ii, 345; pedis perforans muscle, ii, 

 331. 345: iii. ^93: pedis perforatus 

 muscle, ii, 331, 344. 



Flexor tendons (perforans and perfora- 

 tus)— forms, i, 20; ii, 331, 332; con- 

 formation of canon and fetlock, i, 75, 

 76, 77, 79; contraction causing de- 

 formity, li, 346: curb causes, ii, 300; 

 navicular fracture and disease effects, 

 ii, 252, 253, 390, 392; iii, 193; opera- 

 tion for division, iii, 168-171; pricks 

 and wounds aflfectiiig, ii, 385; sprain 

 of tendons, ii, 206; wind-gall causes, 

 ii. 355, 356; weight effects, ii, 78, 



Flies— horses infested with, ii, 163. 



Floating bones— form and uses, ii, 198: 

 iii. 487, 488. 



Floats for horse-transit, iii, 464. 



Flood, The— Chinese history on, iii, 517. 



Flooding in mares, ii, 87-89. 



Floors for stables, iii, 6q. 70, 326, 334, 

 ^37. 338; drainage, iii, 84, 86. 



Flowers of sulphur— uses, ii, 490. 



Fluid meaSUl'e for medicinal uses, iii, ii. 



Fluids— digestive juices, &c., i. 235. 245, 

 246 ; eye humours and disease, ii, 

 107, io8, 123; horse-sickness, ii, 56; 

 joint diseases and sprains, ii. 283, 

 297 : in muscles and tissues, ii, 27 ; 

 in ovary and womb, ii, 79, 91 ; 

 pleurisy symptoms, ii, 14, 16, 17: 

 skin, ii, 22; absorption and poisonous 

 action on skin of certain fluids and 

 micro-organisms, ii, 129-131, 406. 

 (See also title Discharges.) 



Fluke- worms— causing disease, i. 313. 

 315; ii, 162, 173, 174: generation of, 

 iii, 260, 480. 



Flushing of stable drains, iii, 86, 87, 329. 



"Flying Childers" — descent and his- 

 tory, iii. 539- 547- 



"Flying Fox"— iliust, of thoroughbred, 

 i, 112. 



