INDEX 



609 



Water-(C(?«/.) 



Swimming in water, &c.— diseases due 



to, i, 292: ii, 14, 45- 

 Treatment of indigestion and gastritis, i. 



273, 276: pneumonia, ii, 9. 

 Urine constituent, &c., i, 337. 338. 342- 

 "Water bath— for physic, ii. 445- 



Water bladders— on skin, ii, 137. 

 Water-pots -stable fittings, iii, 327, 32S, 



3-^7- 



Water wasll— for neurosis, ii, 156. 



WaterhOUSe'S system of stable ventila- 

 tion, iii, 33'- 



Weak fore-legs-appearance, i, 66. 



Weak points -breeding precautions, iii, 

 213. 



Weak ulcers— form and treatment, ii, 

 427. 



Weakness due to heart disease, i, 465. 



Weaning of foals, iii. 225, 226; American 

 trotters, iii, 3r4, 



Wear— change of teeth due to, iii, 399, 

 401, 402. 



Weather as cause of disease, i, 213, 222, 



Weaving as a vice, i, 413-415; i". 140: 



warranty, iii, 424. 

 Wedge-heel shoe for sprain of back 



sinews, ii, 354, 355- 

 "Wedgwood " — Suflfolk measurements, 



.^<--.. i, 197- 

 Weed dlsease-isee Lymphangitis). 

 Weed killers— poisoning by, 111, 48, 49. 

 Weeds causing water contamination, iii, 



129, 



Weight of a horse- conformation and 



distribution— tables, &c., i, ?;-93. 



locomotion and distribution, iii, 191, 



194: lever action and functions of 



limbs, i, 33, 34. 67: standing position, 



iii, 191: weight for hunters, i, 135. 



143; saddle horses, i, 149: Suffolks, 



i, 200. 



Weights for various drugs, &c., iii, 11, 12. 



Weights in training show horses, iii, 312. 



"Well let down" thigh conformation, 



i. 85. 

 "Well ribbed up" conformation, i, 56, 



148. 

 Well-water-purity and analysis, &c., 



iii, 122, 124, 126. 

 Welsh pony— origin, appearance, &c., i, 



166. 

 Westmoreland ppny- origin, appear- 

 ance, <s:c.. i, 167. I 

 Wetting of food to induce appetite, iii. 94- ' 

 Weymouth bridle-type of, iii, 358, 359- 

 Whalebone probe for lithotomy, i, 363. 

 What to do in cases of poisoning, iii, 



44. 45- 

 "What's Wanted" (2332) — pedigree, 



&c.. 1. 176. 

 Wheals on skin, ii, 136. 

 Wheat— as food, composition, &C., i, 242, 

 243; iii, 89, 109, 349; poisoning 

 caused by dressing, iii, 49. 



Wheat- straw— as food, ill. 8g, 97, 99, 



112, 354; for bedding, iii, 354. 



Wheezing due to bronchitis and asthma, 

 ii, 2, Ti. 



Tyilip—dislocation treatment, ii, 352; eye 

 injury, ii, m; training uses, iii, 301, 

 315- 



Whip-rack— fittings, iii, 332. 



Whip-worm— in intestines, ii, 171. 



Whisky— accidents and stimulant uses, 

 ii, 440, 460: for colic, i, 281, ex- 

 hausted horses, ii, 6, mares after 

 foaling, iii, 227 : pneumonia and 

 pleurisy, ii, 9, 16. 



Whistling— (see Roaring and Whistling). 



Whistling by grooms during grooming, 

 iii. 1;=;. 



White arsenic— medicinal uses, 11, 453- I 



White corpuscles of blood— composi- 

 tion, ^:c., i, 432. 434. 44^; changes 

 due to disease, ii, 24. 



White horses— origin, breeding, &c., i, 



206, 207. 



White line across eye due to injury, 



ii. 111. 

 White line of abdomen — form, &c., 



1". 335- 



White markings on Su(T»>lks, i, 196. 



White of the eye-see Sclerotic). 

 White spots on eye— disease signs, iii, 



36Q, 370. 

 White substance of Schwann -nerve 



strucHir-.-, 1. 379. 



White substance of spine and brain, 



i, 381, 3S-^ 383. 385, 387- 



"White Turk"— history, iii. 544. 



White worm in intestines, ii, 170, 171. 



" Whites " in mares, ii, 92— drugs, iii, 5, 8. 



Whitewash— as an antidote, iii, 51: for 

 stable walls, iii, 338. 



Width— conformation and deterniination, 

 i, 98, of chest, i, 66, of croup, i, 58, 59. 



Wild horses — Arabian history on, iii, 518; 

 fossil remains of Mongolian horse, 

 iii, 513; natural food, i, 241: rarity 

 of, iii, 496. 



Will power of a horse, i, 388, 390; mus- 

 cles control, ii*, 305. 



"William the Conqueror" (2343)- 



pedigree, &c., i, 1S5. 

 Williams, Prof., on various diseases, 



&.C.. i, 321, 417, 459. 4^9'- "* 2^1 27j 



29, 39, 152, 289. 

 Willow bark— medicinal uses, ii, 452. 

 Wilson pony— breeding, appearance, and 



prict:s. 1, 156, 161, 170. 171- 

 WilSOn*S muscle of urethra, ii, 73- 



Winan's trotters (illusts.). iii, 314. 



Wind and the ventilation of stables, iii, 

 72, 73- 



Wind of horse— examination of sound- 

 ness, ni. 385. 



Wind-galls — forms and treatment, ii, 

 355-357; unsoundness and warranty, 

 iii, 381, 421. 



Wind-sucking— causes and treatment, i, 

 413-415: ii,__466; iii, 140, 343: un- 

 soundness, iii, 140. 



Winded animals — treatment in field, 

 &c.,ii, 6. 



Windows— stable structure and ventila- 

 liun, Iii. 70, 71-74. 76, 8c, 81, 330, 



33 1 ■ 



uscles 



Windpipe or Trachea- 

 Formation and uses, i, 13, 4S5 



connected, ii, 319, 321. 

 Injections— (seelntra-trachealinjections). 

 Mustard plasters on, iii, 33. 

 Treatment in disease. &c. — laryngitis 

 and tracheotomy, i, 509: roaring and 

 tube insertion, i, 511, 512; tongue 

 inflammation and opening, i, 253; 

 ulceration effects and appearance, ii, 

 10. 34- 



Windsor stud— foundation, i, 110. 



Wings of coffin-bone, ii, 200. 



Winser'S gllllies and trap for stable 

 drainage, iii, 85, 330. 



Winter-green— medicinal uses, ii, 452. 



\l^ixe— for wound-stitchlng, ii, 4". 413: 

 injuries due to, ii, 386, 413. 



Wisps of straw for grooming, iii, 134- 



Witch-hazel- medicinal uses, ii, 463. 



Withers- 

 Conformation and forms, i, 13. 52755; 

 defects compensation, i, 102; height 

 influences and measurement tables, 

 &c., i, 92, 93-95; »|. 288. 294-297; 

 muscle connections, i, 53; ii, 322. 

 Diseases. &c., affecting— boils and ulcers, 

 ii. 15a, 151. 426; fistulous withers, ii, 

 432-434; ringworm and mange, ii, 

 164, 167; wrung withers, i, 220; iii, 1. 



Withers— fCfJw/.) 



Fractures in region of, ii, 236. 

 Poulticing, ill, 31, 32. 

 Rate of growth after birth, iii, 295-298. 

 Wolves' teeth— formation, &c., i, 332; 



iii. 389. 390. 494- 

 Womb- (see Uterus or Womb). 

 Wood — mangers and infection by, iii, 154, 

 155; pavements causing fractures, ii, 

 224, 256, stable stalls and walls, &c., 

 iii, 324, 325. 

 Woollen bandages- uses, &c., iii, 36. 



Word of mouth— warranty regulations, 

 &.C., iii, 405, 407-409, 413, 426. 



Work— food regulation, 8:c., during, iii, 

 93i 94. 99i 100; selection of horses 

 for particular work, iii, 339. 340; 

 treatment of pregnant mares, iii, 217, 

 264, of show horses, iii, 311; training 

 of horses, iii, 302, of thoroughbreds, 

 iii, 304-306, of trotters, iii, 315, 316. 



Working power- food influence, iii, 99, 

 100, 



Worms - 



Description and forms of, ii. 159, 162, 



169-175; generation, Iii, 260. 261. 

 Drugs, ii, 453. 465, 466, 481; iii, 6; ball 

 and powder prescriptions, iii, 16, 17: 

 abuse of arsenic. Hi. 48. 

 Liver, stomach, and intestines— worms 



infesting, i, 313-315: ii. 169-174. 

 Symptoms or causes of anaemia, i, 479; 

 arteries and vein di>;eases, i, 471; 

 cough, ii, 18; eye, ii, 175: indiges- 

 tion, i, 273: seedy toe, ii, 370, 371; 

 spinal paralysis, i, 421; tetanus, ii, 

 45- 

 [See also Fluke-worms, Tape-worms, 

 8:c. : for special worm see its title.] 

 Wounded animals— first aid, &c., ii, 



437-441- 

 Wounds and their Treatment- 

 Antiseptics and drug^ for, ii, 420, 421, 

 456, 485, 486, 488, 489; iii, 2, 3, 4, 6, 



7,8. 



Arrest of bleeding and general treatment, 

 ii, 408-410, 415. 



Closing and cleansing, ii, 410, 438— dis- 

 infection of instruments used, ii, 415; 

 first-aid, 11,437-439; stitches, needles, 

 &c., ii, 416-419. 



Feet wounds— danger and cleansing, ii, 

 380, 381. 



Forms of Incised, lacerated, contused, 

 punctured, and poisoned wounds, ii, 

 402, 403; special treatment for, ii, 

 4 1 0-4 r 4. 



Healing — natural processes, ii, 404-407. 



Symptoms or causes of disease— blood- 

 poisoning, i, 482; epizootic lymphan- 

 gitis, ii. 59, 60, 62; fractured ribs, ii, 

 254; joint diseases, ii, 279, 280, 28a, 

 283, 287, 288; liver inflammation, i, 

 306: speedy cutting, ii, 401: vaginitis 

 and vagina wounds, ii, 91, 92, 9^; 

 tetanus and danger of dressing, li, 

 45. 46, 47- 



[See also titles Broken knees. Cracked 

 heels, Fistula, Fistulous wounds, 

 Qulttor, Sinus. Ulcers.] 



Wrist of horse and man— comparison, 



iii, 485, 4S6, 489. 



Written warranties — forms, &c., iii, 



405. 4'3. 426. 

 Wrung withers or shoulders— cause and 



drugs, i, 220; iii, i. 



"Wykeham Mabel" and foal (illust.), 



iii, 268. 



X 



Xeroderma -ski II disease, ii, 153. 

 Xiphoid cartilage— of breast-bone, ii, 



190, 



Xiphoid region— conlormation, i, 91. 



