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INDEX. 



Splint, nature and treatment of, 268, 278 ; 

 when constituting unsoundness, 395 ; bones, 

 description of the, 268. 



Sprain of the back sinews, treatment of, 269, 

 278; sometimes requires firing, 271; any 

 remaining thickening constitutes unsound- 

 ness, 395 ; sprain of the shoulder, 255. 



fitables, dark, an occasional cause of inflam- 

 mation of the eye, 119; hot and foul, a 

 frequent one of inflammation of the eye, 

 ib.; ditto, lungs, 367 ; ditto, glanders, 133, 

 134 ; should be large, compared with the 

 number of horses, 367 ; the management 

 of, too much neglected by the owner of the 

 horse, ib. ; the ceiling of, should be plaster- 

 ed, if there is a loft above, ib. ; should be so 

 contrived that the urine will run off, 369 ; 

 the stalls should not have too much decli- 

 vity, ib. ; should be sufficiently light, yet 

 without any glaring colour, 369, 370. 



Staggers, stomach, symptoms, cause, and 

 treatment of, 95, 96, 379 ; generally fatal, 

 96; producing blindness, 98; sometimes 

 epidemic, ib. ; mad, symptoms and treat- 

 ment, ib. 



Staling, profuse, cause and treatment of, 245. 



Stallion, description of the proper, for breed- 

 ing, 248 ; size and form of, prescribed by 

 Henry VIII., 22 ; contests between, 26. 



Starch, useful in superpurgation, 416. 



Stargazer, the, 159. 



Sternum, or breast-bone, description of the, 

 168,260. 



Stifle, description of the, 283 ; accidents and 

 diseases of the, 285. 



Stomach, description of the, 221, 222; very 

 small in the horse, 222 ; inflammation of 

 the, 223 ; pump recommended in apoplexy, 

 97. 



Stone in the bladder, symptoms and treatment 

 of, 246 ; kidney, ib. 



Stoppings, the best composition of, and their 

 great use, 416. 



Stranger, performance of, 38. 



Strangles, symptoms and treatment of, 154 ; 

 distinguished from glanders, 131 ; the im- 

 portance of blistering early in, 155. 



Strangury, produced by blistering, 347 ; treat- 

 ment of, ib. 



Strawberry horse, account of the, 386. 



Stringhalt, nature of, 107; is decidedly un- 

 soundness, 109, 395. 



Structure of the horse, importance of a know- 

 ledge of, 69. 



Strychnia, account of, 416. 



Stud-book, English, reliance to be placed on, 

 23. 



Stureshly, race won by, 37. 



Stylo-maxillaris muscle, description of the, 

 125. 



Sublingual gland, description of the, 154. 



Submaxillary glands, description of the, 153 ; 

 artery, description of the, 126. 



Sub-capulo hyoideus muscle, description of 

 the, 125. 



'ugar of lead, use of, 41S 



Sullivan, the Irish whisperer, anecdotes of hit 

 power over the horse, 354; the younger 

 did not inherit the power of his father, an- 

 ecdote of this, 355. 



Sulphate of copper, use of in veterinary prac- 

 tice, 406 ; iron, 409 ; magnesia, 412 ; zinc, 

 417. 



Sulphur, an excellent alterative and ingre- 

 dient in all applications for mange, 416. 



Surfeit, description and treatment of, 387 ; im- 

 portance of bleeding in, 388. 



Suspensory ligament, beautiful mechanism 

 of the, 275; rupture of the, 276; suspen- 

 sory muscle of the eye, description cf the, 

 92. 



Swallowing without grinding, 360. 



Swelled legs, cause and treatment of, 291 , 

 most frequently connected with debility, 

 292. 



Sweetbread, description of the, 231. 



Sympathetic nerves, description of the, 80. 



TAIL, anatomy of the, 167; fracture of the, 

 328; docking, 350 ; nicking, 351. 



Tar, its use in veterinary practice, 416. 



Tares, a nutritive and healthy food, 377. 



Tartar, cream of, 413. 



Tayloe, B. O., his views of the American turf, 

 23, 24, 32. 



Tears, the secretion and nature of the, 84 ; 

 how conveyed to the nose, ib. ; sometime* 

 shed by the horse from pain and grief, ib. 



Teeth, description of the, as connected with 

 age, 144; at birth, ib.; 2 months, ib.; 12 

 months, 145; 18 months, 146; the front 

 sometimes pushed out, that the next pair 

 may sooner appear, and the horse seem tc 

 be older than he is, 147 ; 3 years, 146 ; 3 

 years, 147 ; 4 years, ib. ; 4 years, 148 ; 

 5 years, ib. ; 6 years, ib. ; 7 years, 149 ; 

 8 years, ib. ; change of the, 146 ; enamel 

 of the, 145 ; irregular, inconvenience and 

 danger of, 151 ; mark of the, 145 ; frauds 

 practised with regard to the, 147 ; diseases 

 of the, 151. 



Temper denoted by the eye, 82 ; by the ear, 

 80. 



Temperature, sudden change of, injurious in 

 its effect, 367. 



Temporal bones, description of the, 74. 



Tendons of the leg, 267. 



Tetanus, symptoms, causes and treatment of 

 103. 



Thick wind, nature and treatment of, 212 

 214, 215; often found in round-chestec 

 horses, 213. 



Thigh and haunch bones, description of, 279 5 

 form of, 280 ; should be long and muscula- 

 ib. j description of the muscles of the insidy 

 of the upper bone of, ib. ; do. of the outside, 

 ib. ; mechanical calculation of their powr 

 281. 



Thompson's description of the bull, 54. 



Thorough-pin, the nature and treatment of? 

 285 ; is not unsoundness, 395. 



Thrush, nature and treatment of, 318; the 



