INDEX. 



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PADDLES, the proper construction of, 174; 



points of, ib. 

 Saddle-backed, what, 172; galls, treatment of, 



175. 



Saddling of the colt, 253. 

 Sailor Boy, race won by, 36. 

 Sainfoin used as an article of food, 378 

 Sal ammoniac, the medical use of, 401 

 Saliva, its nature and use, 153. 

 Salivary glands, description of the, ib. 

 Sallenders, nature and treatment of, 291. 

 Sally Shannon, race won by, 37. 

 Sally Miller, match won by, 57 ; height of, 



65. 



Sally Walker, race won by, 38. 

 Salt", use of in veterinary practice, 415 ; value 



of, mingled in the food of animals, 377. 

 Sandal, Mr. Percivall's, 343. 

 Sandcrack, the situation of, 278 ; the nature 

 and treatment of, 311; most dangerous 

 when proceeding from tread, 312 ; liable to 

 return, unless the brittleness of the hoof is 

 remedied, 313; constitutes unsounaness, 

 394. 



Sarah Bladen, race won by, 38. 

 Sarah Washington, race won by, 38. 

 Sartorius muscle, description of the, 281. 

 Savin, dangerous, 226. 

 Scapula, description of the, 255. 

 Sclerotica, description of the, 87. 

 Scouring, general treatment of, 234. 

 Screwdriver, performances of, 57 ; height of, 



65. 



Secale eornutum, the effect of, 415. 

 Sedatives, a list of them, and their mode of 



action, 415. 

 Serratus major muscle, description of the, 



168, 255, 259. 

 Sessamoid bones, admirable use of in obviating 



concussion, 273 ; fracture of, 331. 



Setons, mode of introducing, 349 ; cases in 



which they are indicated, ib. ; comparison 



between them and rowels and blisters 350. 



Shakspeare, performance of, 57 ; height of, 



65. 



Shank-bone, the, 267. 

 Shark, his performances, 30, 36. 

 Shoe, the concave-seaied, cut of, 338; de- 

 scribed and recommended, 337 ; the man- 

 ner in which the old one should be taken 

 off, 334 ; the putting on of the shoe, 335 ; 

 it should be fitted to the foot, and not the 

 %ot to the shoe, ib. ; description of the 

 linder, 337; the unilateral, or one side 

 nailed shoe, 339 ; the bar shoe, 340 ; the 

 tip, 341 ; the hunting, 340 ; the jointed, or 

 expansion, 341. 



Shoeing, not necessarily productive of con- 

 traction, 307 ; preparation of the foot for, 

 333 the principles of, 334. 

 Shoulder, anatomical description of the, 255 ; 

 slanting direction of the, advantageous, 

 256, 257 ; when it should be oblique, and 

 when upright, 258 ; sprain of the, 255 ; 



Shoulder-blade, muscles or the, 2i>5 , whj 

 united to the chest by muscle alone ib. 

 lower bone of the, description of, 260 ; mus- 

 cles of the, 262, 263. 



Shying, the probable cause of, 91, 363 ; treat- 

 ment of, 364 ; on coming out of the stable, 

 description oi\ ib. 

 Side-line, description of the, 344. 

 Sight, the acute sense of, in the horse, 80. 

 Silver, the nitrate of, an excellent caustic 



402. 



Singeing, recommendation of, 383. 

 Sinuses in the foot, necessity of following 



them as far as they reach, 319 ; frontal, of 



the head, 72. 

 Sir Archy, indebted for his fame to American 



Turf Register, 25 ; regarded as the Godol- 



phin Arabian of America, ib. ' 



Sir Lovel, race won by, 37. 

 Sir Peter, match won by, 57 ; height of, 65. 

 Sir William, race won by, 37. 

 Sitfasts, treatment of, 174. 

 Skeleton of the horse, description of the, 68 



69. 

 Skin, anatomical description of the, 381 



function and uses of it, 381, 382 ; pores oi 



it, 385; when the animal is in health, is 



soft and elastic, 382. 

 Skull, anatomical description of the, 70 ; arch. 



ed form of the roof, 77 ; fracture of the, 93 



323. 



Slipping the collar, remedy for, 365, 366. 

 Smell, the sense and seat of, 124 ; very acute 



in the horse, ib. 



Snewing, Mr., his advocacy of clipping, 383 

 Soap, its use in veterinary practice, 416. 

 Soda, chloride of, its use in ulcers, 415 ; sut* 



phate of, ib. 

 Sole, the horny, description of, 298 ; descent 



of, ib. ; proper form of, ib. ; management 



of, in shoeing, ib. ; the sensible, 299; fell 



or leather, their use, 341. 

 Sore-throat, symptoms and treatment of, 193 

 Sorrow, (imp.), race won by, 37. 

 Soundness, consists in their being no disease 



or alteration of structure that does or is 



likely to impair the usefulness of the horse, 



390, 391 ; considered with reference to the 



principal causes of unsoundness, 391. 

 Spasmodic colic, nature and treatment of. 



232. 

 Spavin, blood, the nature and treatment of, 



1 88 ; is unsoundness, 394 ; bog, cause, na. 



ture and treatment of, 188, 189, 287 ; bone, 



288; why not always accompanied by 



lameness, 289 ; is unsoundness, 394. 

 Spavined horses, the kind of work they are 



capable of, 289. 

 Speedy-cut, account of, 269. 

 Sphenoid bone, description of the, 77. 

 Spinalis dorsi muscle, description of the, 173 

 Spine, description of the, 167; fracture of 



326. 

 Spirit cf the Times, remarks of> 30. 



lameness, method of ascertaining, ib.; frac- j Spleen, description of the, 231, 243. 

 ture of the. 326 I Splenius muscle, description of the, 158. 



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