INDEX 



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^OMnd—{Cofit.) I 



Heart's action in health and disease, i, 

 440, 454, 459i 460, 463, 465, 467, 469, 

 470— anaemia, i, 459, 479. ' 



Nerves sensible to, i, 383, 387. i 



Sound for lithotripsy, i, 368. 



Soundness — ailments disqualifying, i, 

 414; li. 302; iii. 140— Hst of diseases, 

 iii, 420-423, 425, 426; definitions of 

 "sound" and "unsound", iii, 419, 

 425 : future unsoundness and law, 

 iii. 409, 412. 420; high blowers' sound 

 condition, ii, 19, iii, 140; sight con- 

 dition, ii, 109: thoroughbreds.!, 113; 

 training considerations, iii, 301; un- 

 nerving precautions, iii, 164, 165. 

 (See also titles Examination, War- 

 ranty.) 



Soup for sick horses, &c., iii, 94, 141. 



Sour silage— preparation, &c., iii, 117. 



Soutli African horse sickness — 



causes, and modes of infection, ^c, 

 ii, 53-55; prevention, ii. 5S; symp- 

 toms. foVms, and treatment, ii, 55-58. 



South African war— horse-disease ap- 

 pearance during, ii, 59. 



SOUth's rational shoe for speedy cut- 

 ters, ii, 401. 



Spanish-fly— poisoning by, iii. 60. 



Spanish horses— history and crosses, i, 

 187; iii, 528, 530, 533, 534, 535. 536. 

 538, 546. 



Spasmodic colic and treatment, i, 278- 

 281; rupture and heart pains mis- 

 taken for, i, 205. 469; drugs, iii, 6. 



Spasms— air passages, drugs relieving, li. 

 472: iii, 3. asphyxia, i, 495; dia- 

 phragm, i, 312; larynx, i, 507, 512; ii, 

 17, 18: heart and drugs, i, 469; ii, 

 461, 463; rabies, ii, 45: tetanus, ii, 

 45, 46, 47, 48; warranty as to, iii, 

 423- 



Spavin— forms and treatment, ii, 216-218; 

 290, 291 ; curb form, ii, 300; drug for, 

 iii, 8: firing, iii, 167; ligament affected, 

 ii,278; neurectomy operation, iii, 165; 

 sprain effects, ii, 299; unsoundness 

 and warranty, ii. 302; iii, 367, 384, 

 385, 420, 421, 423. 



Spavin-punch for firing, iii, 167. 



Special features in structure of a horse, 



Iii, 484-497. 

 Special warranty— form, &c., iii, 407. 

 "Speciality " (1562) — Cleveland bay, 

 pedigree and illust. . i, 128, 258. 



Specific diseases and fevers— causes 



of diNcase, i, 214, 222, 223; ii, 471: 

 driig-^, iii. 1, 6; skin eruptions due to, 

 li, 140-142: ulcers infective, ii, 427. 



Specific drugs used in veterinary prac- 

 tice, ii. 442, 490- 



Specks on eye due to cataract, ii, 119, 



Speed and pace in locomotion, iii, 192- 



194; conformation affecting, i, 62, 72, 

 78, 85, 86; muscles in relation to, i, 

 31, 32, 34; qualifications and training 

 of hackneys, Arabs, and harness 

 horses, i. 117, 118, 201, 203: iii, 313; 

 thoroughbreds and trotters, iii, 305, 

 3"4 

 Speedy cutting as defective action, ii, 

 400-402. 



Spermatic arteries and vein— form, 



ts:c., i, 452: ii, 66; hemorrhage in 



ca-^lration, iii, 174. 

 Spermatic cord— anatomy, ii, 67: eti- 



lari^ed glands, i. 17; hernia, &c., i, 



318, 320, 321. (See also Castration ) 

 Spermatic fiuid— (see Seminal fluid). 

 Spermatozoa — contact with ovum, iii, 



248: artificial insemination, iii, 231- 



234- 

 Sperm-cell— impregnation of ovum, iii, 



245, 246, 248, 298. 

 Sphenoid hone— form, ii, 185; fracture, 



li, 234. 



Spheno-palatlne nerve— form, i, 393. 



Sphincter muscles— formation, &c., i. 



15. 238, 337: >'. 73. 75; paralysis, i, 



419, 421; soundness, iii, 373. 

 SphygmOgraph — for testing pulse, iii, 



146. 147, 14S. 

 Spices— f'>r conditioning, ii, 446; inducing 



appetite, ill, 94- 



Spinal accessory nerve — origin and 



fiMin, i. 376. 



386, 396. 



Spinal Diseases and Injuries- 

 Broken or fractured vertebra;, ii, 235- 



237; distinction from disease or 



sprain. &c., ii, 237, 298; setting 



difficulty, ii, 228. 

 Dislocation, concussion, and sprained 



back, i, 421; ii, 236, 237, 298. 

 Drugs used, ii, 463, 477, 483; iii, 2, 3. 

 Meningitis or inflammation of membranes 



of cord, i, 418; cerebro-spinal form, 



i, 423-425- 

 Myelitis or inflammation of cord itself, i. 



41B. I 



Nervous diseases effects, i, 405. 

 Paralysis and its causes, i, 421; ii, 236, , 



237- 

 Parasites in spinal canal of ponies, ii, 



175- 

 Poulticing the baclt, iii, 32. 

 Protection of cord from injuries, i, 379, 



380. 

 Soft bones due to osteo-porosis, ii, 216. 

 Tetanus effects, ii, 47. 



Spinalis colli muscle— form, ii, 319 



Spine ^Vertebral Column and Back— 



Arteries and blood supply, i, 380, 449, 

 451, 452- 



Bones (vertebrse) and conformation of 

 back, i, 3, 13, 14, 15. 55-58. 380-382: 

 ii, i79-i8'^: compensation for defects, 

 i, 102; spinal canal, i, 382; ii, 179. 



Cord or marrow^composition and func- 

 tions, i, 378, 3S0-382, 388, 389: ii, 179. 



Diseases and injuries — (see title Spinal 

 Diseases and Injuries). 



Embryo and fcetus growth, iii, 250, 255, 

 257- 



Eruptions, &c., on back — bolls and 

 ulcers, ii. 150, 151, 426 ; fistulous 

 withers, ii, 433, 434; ringworm, ii, 

 .64. 



Joints and ligaments of vertebras, ii, 263, 

 279 : rib connections, ii, 266, 267 ; 

 stifle-joint, ii, 276, 277; trunk, ii, 

 263-265. 



Length measurements, i, 06, 97. 



Muscles and connections — back and 

 loins, ii, 322-324, 336; fore-limbs, ii, 

 328; ribs, ii, 334; neck attachments, 

 ii, 318-320. 

 Nerves— forms and functions, i. 380-382, 

 397. 398: lumbo- sacral plexus, i, 

 402-405: reflex movements, &c., i, 

 388, 3B9: sympathetic ganglia, i, 374, 

 375- 

 Processes of vertebrae —formation, ii, 1 79. 

 180, 181, 182; muscle connections, ii, 

 318, 324. 



Spine Of scapula bone— form, ii, 193. 



Spirilla of bacteria — form, i, 227. 



Spirits of camphor— uses, ii, 460. 

 Spirits of nitrous ether — uses and 



doses, ill, 7. 10, 

 Spirits as stiinnlants. li, 460; in accidents, 



&c.. ii, 430, 440. 

 Spiroptera infesting stomach, ii, 169. 



Splanchnic nerves-forms, i, 376, 377. 



Spleen— nerves and arteries, i, 377, 448; 



skin <liseases due to, ii, 139; tuber- 



CllIo^is affecting, ii, 51. 

 Splenic artery— formation, i, 452. 



splenic fever- (see Anthrax). 

 Splenic plexus— formation, i, 377. 

 SpleniUS muscle and connections, ii, 



318, 3IQ. 

 Splint bones- (see Metacarpal bones). 



Splinters of wood — in eye, ii, 112: 

 tongue, i, 252; wounds, ii, 409, 412, 

 4»3 



Splints— bone disease, ii, 206-208— drugs, 

 iii, s, 8; other causes and forms, i, 

 20, 219: ii, 210, 211, 301: operation 

 and firing for, iii, 164, 167; unsound- 

 ness and warranty, iii, 366, 377, 412, 

 420. 



Splints for fractures, ii, 232, 233, 247; 



various bones, ii, 244, 245, 247, 249, 

 250. 



Split pasterns- form. Xc, ii. 249. 250. 



Split -Up quarters and thigh — ap- 

 pearance, i, 60, 85. 



Sponges — disinfection, ii, 415: feeding 

 foals by, i, 252; water pollution, iii. 



Spongy bones due to disease, ii, 211, 216. 

 Spongy tissue in bone, ii, 176, 777. 

 Spontaneous epilepsy-form of, i, 410. 

 Spontaneous generation of microbes, 



i. 225 

 Spoons ii-sed -IS medicine measures, iii, 12. 



Sporadic disease— definition, i, 213. 

 Sporocyst- formation of, iii, 260. 

 SporOZOa — forms and diseases due to, ii, 



161, 169. 

 Sports— early history on, iii, 522, 526. 527. 

 Spots — on aorta, i, 472; eyes and sound- 

 ness, ii, 56, 117, 119, 120: iii, 369, 

 370: facial "blaze", &c.: iii, 495; 

 lips and mouth, i, 247, 249: special 

 markings, iii, 497-500. (See also 

 titles Blood-spots, Skin diseases.) 

 Sprains — Joints. Tendons, Ligaments, 

 and Muscles — 

 As cause of disease, &c.. i. 220: of an- 

 eurism, i, 477; bone-spavin, ii, 218; 

 dislocation, 11, 349; joint diseases, li, 

 279, 281, 282, 286; thrombosis, i. 474. 

 Definition, and question of sprain or 



strain, ii, 291, 292. 

 Drugs used, ii, 480; iii, i, 3, 5, 7, 8. 

 Examination for soundness, iii, 380. 

 First-aid directions, ii, 439. 

 General causes and symptoms, ii. 289, 

 290; galloping, iii, 199; hereditary, 

 iii, 215. 

 Particular sprains — back sinews or 

 "breakdown"', ii, 354; check and 

 suspensory ligaments, ii, 251, 252, 

 294, 2q5; fetlock joint, ii, 298; flexor 

 muscles, ii, 292, 299: perforans and 

 perforatus tendons, ii, 296; radial 

 ligament, ii, 294; sprained back, ii, 

 298. 

 Plasters or charges for, iii, 43. 

 [See also Bog-spa vin,Bowedknees, Curb.} 

 Sprays for nasal catarrh, i, 500. 

 Spring hook for hobbles, iii, 160. 

 Spring- wa ter-analy sis, iii. 122. 

 Sprinter and thoroughbred condition, iii, 



306. 

 Sprung heels in shoeing, iii, 448. 

 SCLUamse and squamous inflammations of 

 skin, ii, 137, 152, 



Squamous eczema— form of, ii, 148. 

 Squamous temporal bone— form, and 



nui'^cles from, ii. 184, 311. 

 Squills — medicinal uses, ii, 469: iii, 15, 17. 



Stable equilibrium of a horse, i, 30. 

 Stablemen — apartments structure, iii, 



321. 322, 323. 

 Stable Management— 

 Accidents— first aid, ii, 437. 

 Complete supervision— importance of. iii, 



339-341- 

 Diseases of stabled horses — bowel and 

 liver, i, 285, 287, 308; due to damp 

 premises, i, i, 7, 12, 20; poll evil 

 prevention, ii, 432. 

 Fastening of horses, iii, 328, 465. 

 Hygienic treatment of coat, feel, &c., 

 iii, 133-140. 



