INDEX 



595 



Poultices and Poulticing— (O;//.) 



Poisoning treatment, iii, 60. 

 Various diseases— cracked heels, ji, 425: 

 enteritis, i, 294; gastritis, i, 275; 

 hEemo-globinuria, ii, 29; intestinal 

 obstruction, i, 297; kidney disease, i, 

 349; laminitis, ii, 378; laryngitis, i, 

 509; paralysis, i, 422, 423: parotid 

 glands, i, 260; penis, sheath, and 

 testicle, ii, 83, 87; pleurisy, ii, 16; 

 strangles, ii, 41; throat, i, 256, 258; 

 thrombosis, i, 477; udder, ii, go, 97; 

 urine retention, i, 352; ventral her- 

 nia, i, 325. 



POUpaxt's ligament — formation, &c., 

 ii. 3?o. 



Powdered galls — medicinal uses, ii, 455. 



Powders as medicine— prescriptions, iii, 

 16, 17; blood-librine powders, iii, 

 141; use of arsenic, dangers, ii, 453. 



Power — food inflnence, iii. 99, 100: muscles 

 and lever action in relation to power, 

 i, 31-34: height influence, i, 94; loss 

 of power (see Paralysis;. 



Precipitated powders, chalk, &c.— 



[ncitiLin.il use-^. ii, 48S, 490; iii, 3. 



Precursory symptoms of disease— 



dehniiion, iii, T44. 



Predisposing causes of disease— cias- 



siticatiuii and detinition, &c,. i, 214, 

 215; variuus intlucnccs. i, 2i5-2iS- 



Predisposing causes of fractures, ii, 



222-224. 



Pregnancy — (see title Parturition and 

 Pregnancy). 



Prehension, muscles of— description, 



ii, 307. 



Prehistoric horses— evolution, iii, 286. 



Premature births — causes and treat- 

 ment, care of foals, &c., iii, 221, 222, 



267-269, 

 Premises — disinfection after infectious 

 diseases, iii, 154-156. 



Premolar teeth- structure, iii, 494. 

 Premonitory symptoms of disease— 



defuiiiion, iii, 144. 



Preparation of food— (see Food— feed- 

 ing, also Invalid food). 



Prepotency in breeding, need of, iii, 212. 



Prepuce -(see Sheath). 



Prescriptions— (see title Medicines and 

 brum's , 



Present types of horses— descent and 



position, iii, 471-484, 



Preservation of green foods-silage 



method, iii. 1 15-1 iS. 



PreSSUre^air, borne by horse and man, 

 i, 488; bandaging care, iii, 36: cause 

 of disease, i, 220, 311. of fractured 

 spine, i, 235, 236: hemorrhage treat- 

 ment, i, 502; "pits on pressure", use 

 of term, ii, 364; shoes causing in- 

 juries, iii, 448, 449, 453. 



Pricked ears— muscles in play, ii, 311. 



Pricks— of feet, ii, 385-387, canker and 

 sinus due to, ii, 381, 428; punctured 

 wounds, ii, 403. 



Primary adhesion method of wound- 



healin;.;. ii, 404, 



Primary teeth— >ee Milk teeth). 

 Primeval horses— (see Fossil). 

 "Prince of Wales'* (673)— Clydesdale 



breeding from, i, 191, 



Private persons — position as to war- 

 r.inties, iii, 414-419. 



Prize horses— see Show horses). 



Prohang fur treatment of choking, 1, 267. 



Processes— of cranium and face bones, ii, 

 184, 185, 186; fore-limb bones, ii, 

 193, 200; lacteal system, i, 427; 

 nerve-fibres, i. 379: trunk articula- 

 tions, ii, 263; vertebral column — 

 spinous and transverse processes. Ii, 

 170, 180. 181, 182. 



Profile of head -conformations, i, 39-42. 



Profuse staling and its treatment, i, 

 346; nut-gall uses, ii, 455. 



Prognosis of disease— definition, i, 214: 



skin diseases, li, 139. 

 Prognostic symptoms of disease, iii, 



144. 

 Proliferous cysts- form of, ii, 102. 



Prophylaxis of disease— hygiene effect, 

 ni, to- 



Propulsion — ventilation by, iii, 75. 



Prostate gland and portion of urethra, 

 ii, 71: enlargement, &c., i, 551, 357; 

 use of catheter, iii, 179. 



ProtagOn of nerve tissue, i. 387. 



ProteidS— foods and digestive action, i, 

 241, 246; in body, iii, 87. 



ProtOhippus— fossil remains and horse 

 origm, iii, 312. 513. 



Protoplasm— of nervous system, i, 373, 

 378, 387; development of life from, iii, 

 479, 482, 483, 484, 509; undifferenti- 

 ated — formation, in, 479. 484, 509. 



Protozoa — description and generation, ii. 

 161; iii, 259; disease due to. ii, 52; 

 evolution of man from, iii, 483, 484. 



PrOtOZOon— evolution of man from, iii, 

 4S3, 484. 



Protrusion of cornea, ii, 115, 116. 



Proud flesh— antiseptics and drugs re- 

 moving, &€., ii, 449, 485, 48S; iii, 2. 

 8; due to bone disease, ii, 214; 

 larynx and roaring, i, 512 ; sand 

 crack, ii, 366: stone in bladder, i, 358; 

 ulcers, ii, 427; wounds, ii, 406. (See 

 also Growths.) 



Provender— I see Food). 



Provender room— structure, &c., iii, 320- 



324. 333- 

 Prurigo and its treatment, ii, 149: drugs, 



iii, 7. 

 Pruritus— nature, and neurosis form, ii. 



140, 156; drugs, iii, i, 2; stamping 



due to. iii, 341, 

 PrUSSiC acid -medicinal uses, iii, 7, 9. 

 Psammoma tumours in brain, i, 415. 

 Pseudo-farcy— horse-pox mistaken for, 



ii. 142 



Psoas magnus and parvus muscles 



— fnrrn, ^^c, ii, 324, 325- 

 Psoriasis and its treatment, ii, 152: drugs. 



iii, i; hereditary influence, ii, 139, 



140. 

 Psoroptes on skin causing mange, ii, 166. 

 PsorOSperms infesting the skin, ii, 163. 

 Pterygoid bones of face, ii, 188. 

 Pterygoid muscle— nerve of, i, 394. 

 Pterygoid processes of sphenoid bone, 



11, \'6=,. 



Pterygoideus internus and exter- 



nUS tiirins of muscle--, ii. 509, 310. 



Pterygo-pharyngeus muscle — form, 



\c..ii. 315. 

 Ptomaine poisoning in horses, ni, 46. 



Ptyalin in digestion, i, 234, 244. 

 Ptyalism and its treatment, i, 258. 



Pubio-femoral ligament of hip-joint, 



ii. ^75- 



Pubio-femoral muscles — forms, &c., 

 ii. 325- 



Pubis— formation, ii, 192; fracture, ii, 256, 

 257 ; muscles connections, ii, 336, 

 341. 342' 



Pudic artery— formation, i, 452. 



Puffing in saleofhorses— illegality, iii, 416. 



Pulleys for slinging, iii, 40, 41. 



Pulling up suddenly a cause of fractured 

 ulna, ii, 245. 



Pulmonary affections — apoplexy af- 

 fecting heart, i, 457; confusion be- 

 tween congestion and inflammation, 

 ii, 469; congestion and plethora, i, 

 481; ii, 5, 6, 7; ii. 460: draughts for, 

 caution, ii, 9: drugs and mustard 

 uses, ii, 460, 463. 469, 471; hemor- 

 rhage symptom";, ii, 10: cedema of 

 sheath, ii, 84; sick-box bedding and 

 temperature, &c.. iii, 24. (See also 

 titles Asthma, Bronchitis, Lungs, 

 Pneumonia, &c. ) 



Pulmonary arteries, veins, and 



valves — formation and uses, i, 437, 

 438, 442, 448, 487; obstruction of 

 valves, i, 466 : sound due to action 

 of, i, 440. 



Pulmonary heart— form, &c., i, 437. 



Pulmonary plexus— formation, i, 396. 



PiUse— 



Description and forms in health and dis- 

 ease, i, 440, 443: iii, 146-148; con- 

 ditions causing pulselessness, i, 494. 

 Drugs and stimulants, li, 460, 462. 

 Heart disease detection, &c., i, 454, 458, 



462, 463, 464, 467, 470. 

 Poisoning symptoms, iii. 47, 54, 57, 64. 

 Symptoms in various diseases— anaemia, 

 i, 479; blood-poisoning, i, 4S1; bron- 

 chitis, ii. 2; congestion of long**, ii, 

 5, 6; horse-sickness, ii. 56; influen7a, 

 ii, 32: pleurisy, ii, 15; rheumatism, 

 ii, 20; thrombosis, i, 474: uterine 

 hemorrhage, ii, 83; womb disorders, 

 ii. 00, 98, loi. 



Pumiced foot — unsoundness and war- 

 ranty, iii, 422. 



Pump water causing disease, iii, 130. 



Pumped-OUt horses — treatment, ii, 6; 



Punches, Suffolk — appearance, &c., i, 

 195. 198, 199, 200. 



Punching for wind testing, iii, 386. 



Puncture for bone disease, ii, 208, for 

 lymphangitis, ii, 23, for pus in gut- 

 tural pouches, i, 506. 



Punctured lungs or chest — causes 



and (.■Heels. 1, 4'ii; ii, 10, 254, 255, 



Punctured wounds and their treatment, 

 ii. 403, 413. 



Pupil of eye — conformation, i, 11; ii, 106, 

 107; diseases and examination, ii, 

 no, 122, 123, 124; drugs affecting, 

 ii, 481; iii, 2, 14; soundness tests, iii, 

 369- 



Purchase of horse— w.irranty and ex- 

 amination for soundness (see those 

 titles . 



Purgatives or Aperients- 

 Action and examples, ii, 465, 471, 491; 



iii, 14 — drastic purgatives, ii, 465. 

 Foals at birth, iii, 220, 224. 

 Poisoning treatment, iii, 51, 52, 53; re- 

 strictions, iii, 53, 54, 56, 59, 60, 63, 

 64. 

 Preparation and prescriptions for balls 

 and draughts, ii, 444-446; iii, 16, 18. 



Purpura hsemorrhagica and its treat- 

 ment, ii, 24. 25: aftection of skin, ii, 

 136, 145. 156: diseases due to, i, 503, 

 507; ii, 280: drugs used, ii, 448, 451, 

 487; iii, 3, 6. 



Purse — structure, &c., i, 17; ii, 67, 68. 



Pus or Matter- 

 As cause of disease, i. 224. 



Astringents effect on. ii, 454. 



Diseases affected with— bone diseases, 

 ii, 209, 211: bowel obstruction, i, 

 296; brain abscess, i, 409; corn, ii, 

 375: epilepsy, i, 411; epizootic lym- 

 phangitis, ii, 62; eye inflammation, 

 ii> I'S: guttural pouches, i, 504-507; 

 fistulous withers, ii, 433, 434; joint 

 diseases, ii, 280, 282, 283, 287: liver 

 inflammation, i, 306; milk secretion, 

 ii, 95, 96; nasal catarrh, i, 499, 500; 

 poll evil, ii, 430. 431 ; pyeemia or 

 blood-poisoning, i, 409, 481; quittor, 

 i'l 379. 380, 381; roaring, i, 511; 

 sand crack, ii, 366; skin affections, 

 ii, 137, 147: strangles, ii, 40, 41; 

 throat inflammation, i, 255; throin- 

 bosis. i, 476; urine composition, i, 

 344. 349- 



Shoes causing pus in foot, iii, 453, 454. 



Sinuses for escape of, ii, 428. 



Wound-healing agency, ii, 406, 412. 



[See also titles Abscesses, Fistula, 

 Tumours.] 



