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INDEX 



PiUare of the diaphragm— position, 



is:c., ii, 337. 

 FlUions in riding— early uses, iii, 542. 

 Pills— adruinistration, iii, 19. 

 Pilocarpine — medicinal uses, ii, 473. 

 Pimento— medicinal uses, iii, 7, 10. 

 Pimples on skin, ii, 137; mange and other 



c;iuses, ii. 49, 62, 63, 167. 

 Pink eye— a form of influenza, ii, 31. 

 Pins fur closing wounds, ii, 417, 438. 

 Pipes for stable drainage, iii, 86, 329. 

 Pisiform of knee, ii, 193, 196, 197; muscle 



iii'^ertion, ii, 331. 



Pit ponies— size, iii, 496. 



Pitch for shoe-nails, iii, 445. 



Pitch-plaster— for fractures, ii, 260, 261: 

 for wind-galls, ii, 357; preparation, 

 &.C., iii, 43. 



Pits on pressure — use of term, ii, 364. 



Pitting of skin due to small pox, iii, 150. 



Pityriasis and Its treatment, ii, 152. 



Pivot joints— form, &c., ii, 263. 



Placenta — formation, iii, 251, 253; re- 

 moval, ii, 88; iii, 220, 270, 271. 



Plain and easy snaffle— type of, iii, 

 35S. 359- 



Plans for stable stniLture, iii, 320-323. 



Plantar arteries -form, i, 453; ii, 200. 

 Plantar foramina of coffin-bone, ii, 200. 

 Plantar nerves— formation, i, 403; ii, 



200; division and injury, ii, 392, 397; 

 operation, iii, 161-164, 



Plantar pads— formation, &c., iii, 503, 

 504, 506, 50S. 



Plant world— parasites from, ii, 161. 



Plants — as food, causing disease and 

 poison, i, 274; iii, 102, 104; medi- 

 cinal plants (illusts.), ii, 466, 470; 

 water purification and pollution, iii, 

 127-129. 



Plasma of blood — composition and 

 analysis, 1, 430, 431, 434, 435: air 

 changes, i, 489; eye nourishment, li, 

 105; wound-healing, ii, 405. 



Plaster for stable walls, iii, 326. 



Plaster of Paris— for fractures, ii, 232; 



preparation, &c., iii, 38. 

 Plasters — application and uses, iii, 42; 

 for fractures of various bones, ii, 232, 

 241, 245, 247, 260, 261; fur wounds, 

 ii, 419. {See also Mustard.) 



Plastic inflammations of the skin, ii, 



148, 149. 

 Platelets in blood, i, 432, 434. 



Pleistocene— fossil remains of horses, iii, 



Plenum system of ventilation, iii, 75. 

 Plethora and its treatment, i, 480. 

 Pleura of lungs, i, 4S4 ; diseases and 



puncture, ii, 1, 254, 255. 

 Pleurisy or pleuritiS and its treatment, 



ii, 14-17; fractured ribs complication, 



ii, 254, 255 ; mallein and mustard 



uses, ii, 39; iii, 6. 

 Pleuro-pneumonia— cause, and heart 



complication, i, 223, 462; use of 



teini, li, 1 



Pleurosthotonus tetanus — form of, 



li. 47. 

 Plexuses of nerves— formation, i, 398. 



Ploughing— sprain of muscles and shoul- 

 der-slip due to, ii, 293, 350. 



Plugging— of iliac arteries, ii, 237; of 

 nostrils, i, 504: of wounds, ii, 439. 



Plumbism and its treatment, iii, 51. 



Pneumogastric nerve— form, &c., i, 



?7(*, ■^77. 395. 396; ii, 458; disease, 

 &c.. i, 313, 510. 

 Pneumonia and its treatment, ii, 7-T0, 

 18; gangrenous and contagious forms, 

 ". 32, 33; fractured ribs effect, ii, 

 254. 255; influence of climate, i, 222; 

 mustard uses, iii, 6; various compli- 

 cations, i, 464; ii, 7, TO, 20, 24, 36, 356. 



Point of the elbow— fracture, ii, 245. 



Point of the haunch or hip, i, 15: ii, 



192; fracture, ii, 222, 223, 256, 257. 



Point of the hock— conformation, i, 23, 

 87; ii, 362: cow-hocks and capped 

 hock, i, 89; ii, 362; fracture, ii, 221, 

 26t, 262: muscles insertion, ii, 344; 

 soundness, iii. 383. 



Pointing of feet — in navicular disease, 

 ii, 392; soundness defect, iii, 367. 



Points ior feeling the pulse, iii, 146. 



Points of a horse— divisions and names, 

 i, 2-4 ; compensating points, i, loi- 

 103; various views, i, 13, 14, 21, 22. 



Poisons and Poisoning— 



A poison— natural instinct of animals to 

 avoid, and liability of owners, iii, 43, 

 56. 



Common symptoms, and what to do in 

 poisoning, iii, 43-46. 



Disease causes— chemical and specific, i, 

 221 - 223 ; microbes, bacteria, &c., 

 causing poison, i, 214, 227, 228; ii, 

 41, 42, 406, 407, 414; water, iii, 46. 



Diseases due to — dysentery, i, 291 ; enter- 

 itis, i, 292; gastritis, i, 274,275; par- 

 alysis, i, 420; parturient fever, ii. 98; 

 pyaemic arthritis, ii, 287 ; rheumatism, 

 ii, 20; tetanus, ii, 46, 47; tongue in- 

 flammation, i, Z52. 



Food and plants, iii, 46, 55. 56, 104-106; 

 cake food, iii, 115; hay, iii, 62; Indian 

 or dog-tooth pea, and vetches, iii, 58- 

 60. 



Forms of poisons, their treatment, and 

 antidotes — corrosive or irritant 

 poisons, iii, 46-54; narcotic poisons, 

 iii, 54-60. (For special poison, see its 

 name, as Arsenic, &c.} 



"Orme" case — tongue inflammation, i, 

 252. 



Overdose of chloral — recovery, ii, 477. 



Skin— absorption of poison, &c., ii, 129- 

 131 ; diseases due to, ii, 138, 739, 142, 

 143- 



Stings of wasps and insects, iii, 61. 



Urine composition, i, 335. 



Vomiiion — difficulty in producing, 1, 275; 

 iii, 44. 45. 47. 48. ^4 



Wounds — due to bacteria, &c., ii, 40:5, 

 406, 407, 414. 



[See also titles Antidotes, Blood-poison- 

 ing; for special poison, see its name, 

 as Arsenic, &c ] 

 Poland horses— early Scotch crosses, i, 



.87. 

 Poll, The— formation, 1,4; fracture, li, 234, 



235 : muscles attached to, ii, 319. 



Poll evil and its treatment, &c., ii, 430- 



432 ; drugs, iii. 2, 4 ; pus among 



muscles, ii, 428. 



Pollock's obstetric forceps— use, iii, 284. 



"PoloniUS" (4931)— hackney stallion [il- 



lu-^t.l, i, 180. 

 Polo ponies— Arabs as, i, 204: breeding, 



iii, 2S7- 

 POlypUS— heart afiTected with, i, 454: lar- 

 yn.\, i, 507 ; nose, due to lymphan- 

 gitis, ii, 63; examination for, iii, 371. 

 Polyuria and its treatment, &c., i, 346; 

 colour of urine, i, 343; use of nut- 

 gall, ii, 455. 

 Ponds as drinking water, iii, 124, 125, 126, 

 130. 2og. 



Ponies and Pony-breeding— 



Distinction as class, and of breeds, and 



group of varieties, i, 94, 153, 154, 158, 



162, 163. 

 Evolution influences, iii, 286, 287. 

 Foals — " sibbing " and other breeding 



principles, i, 155-157, 161. 

 Food and rearing land, i, 155, 156; iii, 



216; undesirabitity of grazing on 



common lands, i, 154, 157, 162, 163. 

 Founding a stud— advice on, i, 158-163; 



iii, 216. 

 Height and size restrictions, i, 94, 154, 



155, 158; iii, 496. 



Ponies and Pony-breeding— Co«/.) 



History on origin and size, iii, 496, 530, 

 535, 536. 538. 540- 



Mange and parasites on, ii, 168, 175. 



Stallion (illust. ), iii, 193. 



Teeth formation, iii, 390, 391, 400, 402. 



[For special breeds see Dartmoor, Ex- 

 moor, New Forest, Welsh, &c.] 

 Pons, The— of nervous system, i, 383. 



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

 Popliteal nerves— formation, i, 403. 404. 

 Pophteus muscle— form. &c-, ii, 345. 

 Poppy-heads- medicinal uses, ii, 474. 

 Porous bones due to disease, ii, 21 1, 214. 

 Portal vein -liver structure, i, 239. 

 Porte-cord in difficult parturition, iii, 276. 

 Porter-coloured water — composition 



and ,1-. i,irink, in, 130, 



Portio dura nerve-formation, i, 394. 

 Portland cement for stable floors, iii, 

 70, 326, 327. 



Position for stables, iii, 319, 320. 



Position of horse — influencing distri- 

 bution of body- weight, i, 91, 92; 

 soundness indications, iii. 366; stand- 

 ing, trotting, *^c. (see Locumotion). 



Position of horse in the animal world, 

 111. 471-4S4- 



Positive symptoms of disease, iii, 145. 



Posterior bowel— see Rectum). 



Posterior crico-arytenoid muscle — 



forin, ^;c.. ii, 317. 



Posterior deep pectoral muscle— 



furrii, ^.c , ii, ^_'7. 



Posterior extremity of body, i, 15, 



16. 22, 23. 

 Posterior gluteal nerves — formation, 



i, 403- 

 Posterior ligamentand joints structure. 



Posterior palatine nerve— formation, 



Posterior presentations in foaling, iii. 



Posterior radial artery— form. i. 449. 

 Posterior surface uf head, i, 12. 

 Posterior tibial artery— form, i, 453. 

 Posterior tibial nerve- form, i. 404. 

 Post horses — 1:1 iiish uses, iii, 541; 



Riiin.fii uses, iii. 5jri. 528. 



Post-mortem appearances— after an- 



thra.x, ii, 42, 43; blood due to pur- 

 pura, ii, 24; bone diseases, ii, 216; 

 congestion of lungs, ii.7: dislocation 

 of patella, ii, 352; eye diseases, ii, 

 117. 119: fractured skull and sesa- 

 moid bones, ii, 234, 251; hemo- 

 globinuria and tissues, ii, 27; horse- 

 sickness, ii, 57; loose cartilages in 

 joints, ii, 284; poisoning, iii, 54, 55, 

 57, 105; tetanus, ii, 48; tuberculosis, 

 ii. 51. 52. 



Post-mortem examinations — restric- 

 tions .IS lo partiirn.-iil fever, ii, 09, 



Post sphincter muscle-form, &c., ii, 



73- 7v 

 Potash and potassium — medicinal, 

 Sec, uses, ii, 421. 44S. 449, 477, 486; 

 iii, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8— doses of various 

 preparations, iii, 9, 10 ; poisoning 

 and antidote, iii, 45, 53. 



Potassio - tartrate of antimony — 



dose, iii, 10. 

 Potatoes — composition antl use as food, 



iii, 89, 115; digestibility, iii, 91, 92, 



97; disorders due to, i, 282, 2S7; 



invalid diet, iii, 27; poisonous nature, 



iii. 104, 115. 

 Poultice-boot— form, &c., iii, 30. 



Poultices and Poulticing— 



Application and preparation, iii, 28-31, 

 33; to various parts of body, iii, 31, 

 32. 



Blood-vessels affected by, ii, 462. 



Pneumonia treatment— question of ex- 

 ternal applications, ii, 9. 



