INDEX 



591 



Nutrient artery in bones, ii, 176. 



Nutrition of body— definition, and use 

 uf {■Hid, lii. S7. 102: value of various 

 foods, ill, gb-ioi; embryo and foetus, 

 iii, 252, 253, 257; health maintenance, 

 iii, 66; medicines affecting blood, 

 &c , ii, 446-452; alteratives, ii, 452; 

 ulcers due to defect of, ii, 426. 



Nutritive value of various foods— tables, 

 i\:c., iii, go-ioi, 102. 



NUX vomica— medicinal uses, ii, 475, 

 47S: iii, 6— doses, iii, 10, 11; poison- 

 ing by, iii, 57. 



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Oak bark-medicinal uses, ii, 455; iii, 10; 

 as anlidute, iii, 51. 



Oat-hair concretions— forms, i, 300. 



Oatmeal-and-water as food, iii, 28. 



Oatmeal gruel - preparation. &c., iii. 27. 



Oat-straw — as food, iii, 354; for bedding, 

 iii. 354 



Oats as food— amount and advantages, 

 i. 24T. 243; iii, 93. 107, 346, 347: 

 chewing, i, 233; composition, iii, 89, 

 97. 9S, 99: digestibility. &c., iii, 90, 

 9i> 97. 99. "S, iig, indigestion re- 

 strictions, i, 273: diseases due to, i, 

 221; ii. 42; iii, 104; hay and oats as 

 sole diet, iii, 343, 346: heat and force 

 influences, iii, 100, 101; special diet 

 for horses in training, iii, 303, 304, 

 pregnant mares, iii, 265, 266, 285, 

 trotters. 316. 



Obesity - breediiig and sterility influenced 

 by, lii, 21 5, 216, 237. 



Objective sjonptoms of disease, iii, 145. 



Oblique fracture— form, &c., ii, 221, 

 223; of various bones, ii, 226, 249, 

 254. 260 



Oblique muscles of eye, ii. 104. 



Oblique pasterns— form, &c., i. So. 



Oblique processes of spinal column, ii, 

 iSo. 182. 



ObliqUUS abdominis extemus and in- 

 ternus nuiscks — forms, &c , ii, 336. 



Obliquus capitis superior and inferior 

 muscles — forms, 8:c.. ii, 319, 320. 



Observation — power in evolution, iii, 

 479; slory of Zadig and the lost ani- 

 mals, iii, 473-475. 



Obstruction— choking and gullet, i, 265, 

 266; circulation, due to diseases of 

 arteries, &c., i, 471-478; dilation of 

 stomach, colic, and constipation 

 causei, i, 277. 282. 284; eye tears, ii, 

 114; foaling difficulties, iii, 271-274; 

 heart valves. S:c , i, 463, 465, 466; ii, 

 5. 10: intestinal obstruction, i, 296- 

 298, due to "stone" and worms, i, 

 300; ii, 171; liver, causing dropsy, i, 

 311; nasal, causing roaring, i. 511; 

 sliin, ii, 127; .sterility causes, iii. 229; 

 urine and urethral passage, &c., i, 

 301, 350, 357; use of catheter — pre- 

 cautions, iii, 178. {See also Foreign 

 bodies.) 



Obturator artery— formation, i, 452. 

 Obturator extemus and internus 



muscles fumis. &c., ii, 342. 



Obturator foramen of pelvis, ii, 192. 

 Obturator nerve -formation, i, 403. 

 Occipital artery— formation, &c., i,45T. 



Occipital condyles and the support of 

 h'jnd and neck. ii. i8r, 184, 267. 



Occipital crest nf head, i, 4. 

 Occipital or occiput bone-form, &c., 



ii, 104; fracitiire, ii. 234. 



Occipito - atloid articulation — form , 



&c , ii. 267-2^9. 



Occipito - Styloid muscle — form, &c., 



ii. ^14 

 Occult spavin— form of disease, ii, 216: 



unsniindness. iii. 385. 

 Occupation a cause of disease, i, 218. 



Odd hocks— defect, iii, 384. 



Odd-toed animals — horse-origin, &c., 



iii, 470, 511. 



Odontoid process of axis, ii, i8i, 263, 



268, 2^0. 



(Edema — of brain or choroid plexus, i, 

 414-416; eyes due to horse-sickness, 

 ii. 56; larynx, i, 507; legs, ii, 364; 

 iii, 7; opium uses, ii, 480; sheath, ii, 

 85; ul.:t'rs and granulations due to, 

 li, 427. 



(Esophageal nerve-formation, i, 396. 



OEsophagUS— formation, 8;c., i. i6, 229; 



dilation causing vomiting, i, 268. 

 (Estrus equi and hsemorrhoidalis 



infesting digestive syaiem, &c., ii, 

 169. 170. 



Offers — early uses of o.ven, &c., i, 173. 



Off-side— e.\planaiion of term, i, 3. 



Offspring reverting back in breeding — 

 iscc Mack breeding). 



Oidiura albicans -a cause of " thrush ", 

 i. 250. 



Oil-cake as food, iii, 89, 94. 



Oil globules of liver, i, 239, 309. 



Oils— digestive processes and emulsifica- 

 tion. i, 241, 24s, 246; iii, 91,97; food 

 properties, &c., i, 241, 242, 243; 

 medicinal uses and do^es, i, 297, 303, 

 304: iii, 6, 10; vitriol for glossy skin, 

 i, 248; ii. 453. 



Ointments — application, &c., iii, 42; for 

 ringworm, ii, 165. 



Old horses — dilation of stomach, 1, 276; 

 drop-.y. i, 312; hernia, i, 322; inver- 

 sion of rectum and uterus, i, 301; ii, 

 100; intestinal obstruction, i, 296; 

 liver inflammation, i, 307; cedema of 

 sheath, ii, 84; parturition difficulty, 

 iii, 272, 273: teeth and age test, iii, 

 401. 



"Old Traveller" — breeding history, i, 

 128. 



Oldenburgh horse- appearance. &c., i, 



208. 



Oleate of zinc and mercury, medi- 

 cinal uses, ii, 456, 4^8. 



Olecranon process of ulna, ii, 196 : 

 fracture, ii, 245; muscles attached 

 to, ii. 330, 331- 



Olfactory nerves and bulbs— form and 

 uses, i, 385, 3yi, 484; bones con- 

 nected witli, ii, 186, i88. 



Olympic games— inauguration, and uses 

 of burses at, iii, 522. 



Omenta of stomach, i, 235; hernia causes, 

 i, ^^i6. 319. 



One-toed animals — horse-origin from, 

 iii, 511. 512. 



Opacity of eye— disease symptoms, ii, 

 loS, 115. 119, 120; examination for, 

 iii, 368, 369. 



Open surface drains for stables, iii, 



84-86: cutters, iii, 329. 



Opening the heels— in shoeing, lii, 441. 

 Operations— 



Antiseptics and drugs used, ii, 483, 484, 

 486, 487, 488; iii. 3, 4, 156, 157, 160; 

 restorative in ammonia, ii, 459. (See 

 also tide Anaisthetics.) 



Control of horses and means of restraint, 

 iii, 156-160. 



Deformed limbs and contracted tendons, 

 iii, 168-171. 



Depriving certain part of sensation — un- 

 nerving methods, iii, 161-166. 



Foaling — malpreseiitations, iii, 272-282; 

 mechanical aids, iii, 282-284; ^^e of 

 force, iii, 284. 



Lameness and foot diseases, iii, 166, 167. 



Shoes and shoeing— (see that title). 



Table for, iii, 160. 



Urine removal, iii, 177-180. 



[See also titles Ana;stheti's, Castration, 

 Catheter, Cautery, Firing, Litho- 

 tomy, Neurotomy, Ovariotomy, 

 "Stone", Tenotomy.] 



" Ophelia " — hackney mare (illust.), i, 

 306. 



Ophthalmia — forms and treatment, ii, 

 114, 116-118; hereditary, iii, 215; 

 unsoundness — examination and war- 

 ranty, iii, 368, 422. 



Ophthalmic nerve and branches— 



fornK'ti'iii, ^;c , i, 393. 



Ophthalmoscope— use of, ii, 109. 119, 



1.^0, I'jj, 123. 

 Opisthotonos tetanus— form of, ii, 47. 



Opium — medicinal uses and effects, ii. 

 470. 47'. 472;.474, 475, 476, 479^ j". 

 5, 6— doses, iii, lo, ii; colic and in- 

 testinal disorders, i, 280, 289, 292, 

 294, 297 ; hernia, i, 323 ; poisoning 

 by, iii, 55. 



Optic nerves— formation and uses. i. 385, 

 391, 392, eye structure, li, 105, 107; 

 examination and disease, ii, 110, 122, 

 123; iii, 368. 



Optic thalami of brain, i, 383, 384, 390. 



Optical appliances for examination of 

 eye, ii, 109-111, 119 ; difficulty in 

 usiniij, ii, 109. 



Oral evidence and warranty regulations, 

 ui, 405, 407-409, 413, 426. 



Orbicularis oris— form of muscle, ii, 



307. 309 

 Orbicularis palpebrarum muscle of 



eyelid, ii, 30S. 

 Orbit — cavity formation, i, 11; ii, 183, 187; 

 eye anatomy, ii, 103, 



Orbital arch and process— formation, 



i, 11; ii, 184; fracture affecting, ii, 



23S- 



Orbital maxillary nerves— formation, 



i. 393- 

 Orchitis and it-> treatment, ii, 86. 

 Organic aci(?S and food digestion, i, 243. 



Organic bodies— constitution of, iii, 87. 



Organic life— nervous system of, i, 374. 



Organic matter in bone, ii, 175. 

 Organisms [Germs, Microbes, &c.) — 



Air— before and after respiration, i, 487; 

 composition and pollution in stables, 

 &c., iii, 77, 78, 131, 132. 



Antiseptics, disinfectants, and drugs de- 

 stroying, ii, 420, 4=12, 483, 484, 4S8: 

 iii, 2, 3, 13— table showing strength, 

 ii, 486, 487. 



Causes of disease, i, 214, 216, 223, 224; 

 ii, 160: iii, 78, 102-104, 124-126; in- 

 fectious diseases, iii, 150-152. 



Digestion and food— forms infesting, i, 

 216; ii, 169-175; iii, 102-104; uses in 

 intestinal digestion, i, 246. 



Diseases due to — anthrax, ii, 41, 42, 43; 

 aphth.x, i. 250; covering disease, ii, 

 52; dysentery, i. 290; epizootic lym- 

 phangitis, ii, 59, 60, 61; glanders and 

 farcy, ii, 34, 35, 37: joint diseases, 

 ii, 280, 287, 288: liver, i. 306, 313- 

 315; South African horse-sickness, 

 ii, 54; strangles, ii, 40; tetanus, ii, 

 46; tuberculosis, ii, 50, 51; ulcers, ii, 

 426: womb and parturient fever, ii, 

 90, 97. 



Distinction of parasites, ii, 159, 160. 



Generation and evolution — growth, &c., 

 iii. 258, 286, 479-484; alternate gene- 

 ration, iii, 259-261; spontaneous 

 generation, i, 225. 



Hygienic destruction of, iii, 65. 



Staining for examination, ii, 54, 60. 



Water composition and pollution, iii, 126- 

 129, 132; disease influence, iii, 124- 

 126. 



Wounds infested by, ii, 406, 407, 411, 412, 

 413. 414- 



[See also titles Bacteria, Parasites ; for 

 special organism, see its title.] 

 Organs having no obvious use— evolution 



and other influences, iii, 509. 

 Orifices of stomach and intestines, i. 234, 

 235, 238— rupture, i, 315. 



