(toe-neck, unsightlmess and inconvenience 

 of, 160 



Exchanges of horses stand on the same ground 

 as sales, 397. 



Exercise, directions for, 371 ; the necessity 

 of regular, ib. ; want of, producing grease, 

 294 ; more injury done by the want of it 

 than by the hardest work, 372. 



Expansion shoe, description and use of the, 

 341 



Extensor pedis muscle, description of the, 

 284. 



Eye, description of the, 82 ; cut of the, 86 ; 

 fracture of the orbit of the, 93; healthy 

 appearance of the, 85 ; diseases of the, 116 ; 

 inflammation of, common, 117; ditto, spe- 

 cific, ib. ; ditto, causes, 118; ditto, medical 

 treatment of, 118, 119; ditto, untractable 

 nature of, 119, 120; ditto, consequences 

 of, 119 ; ditto, marks of recent, 393 ; ditto, 

 constitutes unsoundness, ib. ; ditto, heredi- 

 tary, 119 ; method and importance of exa- 

 mining it, 87, 90; indicative of the temper, 

 82 ; the pit above, indicative of the age, 71 ; 

 muscles of the, 92. 



Eyebrows, substitute for, 83. 



Eyelashes, description of, 83 ; folly of singe- 

 ing them, 84. 



Eyelid, description of, 83, 84. 



Eyelids, diseases of the, 116. 



Exostosis on the orbit of the eye, 94. 



FACE, description of the, 122; cut of the mus- 

 cles, nerves, and blood-vessels of, 125. 



Falling in of the foot, what, 304. 



False quarter, nature and treatment of, 313. 



Fanny Wyatt, race won by, 39. 



Farcy, a disease of the absorbents of the skin, 

 136, 137; connected with glanders, 136; 

 both generated and infectious, 138; symp- 

 toms of, 137; treatment of, 138; buds, 

 what, 137 ; the effect of cantharides in, 

 138, 13S ; diniodide of copper, 138. 



Fashion, performance of, 39 ; the winner of 

 the race of races, 33. 



Feather-weight, a, 42. 



Feeding, high, connected with grease, 294; 

 regular periods of, necessity of attending 

 to, 379; manner of, has much influence on 

 broken wind, 214. 



Feet, the general management of, 380 ; atten- 

 tion to, and stopping at night, recommend- 

 ed, ib. 



Felt soles, description and use of, 341. 



Femur, fracture of the, 329. 



Fetlock, description of the, 275. 



Fever, idiopathic or pure, 187; symptoms of, 

 ib. ; symptomatic, 188. 



Fibula, description of the, 283. 



Filly by Imp. Trustee, race won by, 37. 



Firing, the principle on which resorted to, 

 347 ; mode of applying, ib. ; should not 

 penetrate the skin, 349 ; absurdity and 

 cruelty of blistering after, ib. ; horse should 

 not be used for some months after, ib. 



I'istula lacrymalis, 84; in the poll, 157. 



430 



Fits, symptoms, causes, and treatment of 

 109. 



Fleam and lancet, comparison between them. 

 189. 



Flexor of the arm, description of the, 263 

 metatarsi muscle, description of the, 284 

 pedis perforatus, the perforated muscle, de 

 scription of the, 203, 284 ; pedis perforans 

 the perforating muscle, description of the, 

 264, 269, 284. 



Flirtilla, race won by, 38. 



Flying Childers, the ne plus ultra of success 

 reached in his days, 29. 



Foal, earl} treatment of, 251 ; early handling 

 of, important, ib. ; importance of liberal 

 feeding of, ib. ; time for weaning, ib. 



Fomentations, theory and use of, 409. 



Food of the horse, observations on, 372 ; a list 

 of the usual articles of, 374 ; should be ap- 

 portioned to the work, 373. 



Foot, description of the, 295 ; diseases of the, 

 302 ; canker, 320 ; corns, 317 ; contraction^ 

 305; false quarter, 313; founder, acute, 

 302 ; chronic laminitis, 304 ; inflammation, 

 ib. ; navicular joint disease, 309 ; overreach, 

 312; prick, 315; pumiced, 304; quittor, 

 313; sandcrack, 311; thrush, 318; tread, 

 312 ; weakness, 321 ; wounds, 315 



Forceps, arterial, the use of, 190. 



Forehead, the different form of, in the ox and 

 horse, 78. 



Fone-legs, description of, 255; diseases of 

 them, 267 ; proper position of them, 278, 



Forge-water occasionally used, 409. 



Form, on the improvement of, 28. 



Founder, acute, symptoms, causes, and treat- 

 ment of, 302; chronic, nature and treat- 

 ment of, 304. 



Foxglove, strongly recommended in colds, 

 and all fevers, 407, 408. 



Fracture of the skull, treatment of, 93 ; gene, 

 ral observations on fractures, 322 ; of the 

 skull, 323; orbit of the eye, 324; nasal 

 bones, ib.; superior maxillary or upper jaw- 

 bone, 325; inferior ditto, ib.; spine, 326; 

 ribs, ib. ; pelvis, 327; tail, 328; limbs, ib.; 

 shoulder, ib. ; arm, ib. ; elbow, ib. ; femur, 

 329 ; patella, ib. ; tibia, ib. ; hock, 330 ; leg, 

 ib. ; sessamoid bones, 331; pastern, ib, ; 

 lower pastern, 332 ; coffin bone, 333 ; navi- 

 cular bone, ib. 



Frog, horny, description of the, 299 ; sensible, 

 description of the, 299, 301 ; ditto, action 

 and use of the, 299 ; pressure, question of 

 the, ib.; proper paring of, for shoeing, ib. 

 diseases of the, ib. 



Frontal bones, description of the, 70; sinuses, 

 description of the, 73 ; ditto, perforated to 

 detect glanders, ib. 



Furze, considered as an article of food, ^78. 



GALLATIN, race won by, 37. 



Gall, account of the, 231 ; bladder, the horae 



has none, ib. 

 Gall-stones, 243. 

 Gazan, race won by. 37, 



