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INDEX. 



Beans, good for hardly worked horses, and 

 that have a tendency to purge, 376, 379 ; 

 should always be crushed, 376. 



Bearing -rein, the use and abuse of, 140. 



Bees- wing, race won by, 37. 



Beet, the nutritive matter in, 379. 



Belladonna, extract of, 403. 



Bendigo, race won by, 36. 



Bertrand, race won by, 38. 



Bethune, race won by, 36. 



Betsy Baker, performance of, 57 ; height of, 65. 



Biceps femoris, account of the, 282. 



Bile, account of the, 230, 231. 



Billy, performance of, 58. 



Bishoping the teeth, description of, 149. 



Biting, a bad habit, and how usually acquired, 

 357. 



Bit, the, often too sharp, 140 ; sometimes got 

 into the mouth, 358. 



Bitting of the colt, 252. 



Black horses, description and character of, 

 387. 



Black Joke, performance of, 59. 



Black Maria, races won by, 36, 37, 38. 



Blacknose, races won by, 37. 



Bladder, description of the, 245 ; inflamma- 

 tion of, symptoms and treatment, 246 ; 

 neck of, ib. ; stone in the, ib. 



Bleeding, be p t place for general, 189, 345 ; 

 directions for, 161, 189; from veins rather 

 than arteries, 161 ; finger should be on the 

 pulse during, ib. ; importance of, in inflam- 

 mation, ib. ; at the toe described, 190 ; com- 

 parison between the fleam and lancet, 189. 



Blindness, usual method of discovering, 89 ; 

 discovered by the pupil not dilating or con- 

 tracting, ib. ; of one eye, ib. 



Blistering all round at once, barbarity and 

 danger of, 347, 404 ; after firing, absurdity 

 and cruelty of, 346, 361. 



Blisters, best composition of, 346 ; the differ- 

 ent kinds and uses of, 76. ; best mode of 

 applying, ib. ; caution with regard to their 

 application, ib. ; the principle of their ac- 

 tion, 403 ; use of, in inflammation, 346 ; 

 comparison between them and rowels and 

 setons, 350. 



Blood, change in after bleeding, 190 ; changes 

 in during respiration, 179 ; coagulation of, 

 189; horses, very subject to contraction, 

 308; spavin, nature and treatment of, 188. 



Bloody urine, 245. 



Blue Dick, races won by, 38. 



Bog spavin, nature and treatment of, 1 89, 287, 

 288. 



Bole- Armenian, medical use of, 403. 



Bones, strength does not depend on the size 

 of, 28. 



Bone-spavin, nature and treatment of, 288. 



Bonny Boy, performance of, 58. 



Bonnets-o* Blue, race won by, 36. 



Boston, race won by, 39. 



Bots in the stomach, natural history of, 224; 

 not usually injurious, ib. 



Bowels, inflammation of the, 235. 



Brain, description of the, 78 ; its cortical arid 



cineritious composition, ib , the office of 

 each, 78, 79 ; compression of the, 76, 94 

 pressure on the, ib. : inflammation of the, 98 



Bran, as food for the horse, 376. 



Breaking in should commence in the second 

 winter, 251 ; description of its various 

 stages, ib. ; necessity of gentleness and pa- 

 tience in, 251, 252 ; of the farmer's horse, 

 251 ; of the hunter or hackney $6. 



Breast, muscles of the, 175. 



Breathing, the mechanism of, 179. 



Breeding, qualities of the mare of as much 

 importance as those of Jie horse, 248; the 

 peculiarity of form and constitution mhe 

 rited, ib. ; in-and-in, observations on, 26, 249 



Breeds, good effects of crossing them, 29 

 bad effects of ditto, ib. 



Broken down, what, 270. 



Broken knees, treatment of, 391 ; methed of 

 judging of the danger of, ib. ; when healed 

 not unsoundness, but the form and action 

 of the horse should be carefully examined, ib 



Broken wind, nature and treatment of, 213 

 influenced much, and often caused by the 

 manner of feeding, 215; how distinguished 

 from thick wind, ib. 



Brooklyn Maid, performance of, 57. 



Bronchial tubes, description of the, 166. 



Bronchitis, nature and treatment of, 205. 



Bronchocele, account of, 197. 



Bronchotomv, the operation of, 165. 



Brood mare, description of the, 248 ; should 

 not be too old, ib. ; treatment of, after co- 

 vering, 250 ; after foaJng, ib. 



Brown horses, description of, 387. 



Brown, Capt. Thomas, opinions of with re- 

 gard to climate, 32. 



Bryony, dangerous, 226. 



Buckeye, race won by, 37. 



Buccinator muscle, description of the, 125. 



Bull, the, Thompson's description of the, 54. 



CABBAGE, the nutritive matter in, 379. 



Caecum, description of the, 229. 



Cadmus, race won by, 37. 



Calamine powder, account of, 417. 



Calculi in the intestines, 238. 



Calkins, advantages and disadvantages of 



336 ; should be placed on both heels, ib. 

 Camden, race won by, 37. 

 Camphor, the medical use of, 403. 

 Canker of the foot, nature and treatment ofj 



320. 



Cannon, or shank-bone, description of the, 267 

 Cantharides, form the best blister, 225, 404 , 



given for the cure of glanders, 225, 404 

 Capillary vessels, the, 185. 

 Capivi, balsam of, 406. 

 Capped hock, nature and treatment o 278 



description of, 278, 290 ; although not al 



ways unsoundness there should be a special 



warranty against it, 391. 

 Capsicum Berries, their stimulating effect 



404. 

 Carbon of the blood got rid of in resoiratior 



206. 



