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INDEX. 



Wax used in charges and plasters, 417. 



Weakness o f the foot, what, 321. 



Weaving indicating an irritable temper, and 

 no cure for it, 366. 



Whalebone, performance of, 57, 59; height 

 of, 65. 



Wheat, considered as food for the horse, 375, 

 379 ; inconvenience and danger of it, 375. 



Wheezer, description of the, 215; is unsound, 

 392. 



Whisperer, the anecdotes of his power over 

 the horse, 354. 



Whistler, description of the, 215; is unsound, 

 392. 



White lead, use of, 411 ; vitriol, its use in ve- 

 terinary practice, 417. 



Wind, broken, nature and treatment of, 213 ; 

 galls, description and treatment of, 271, 

 278 ; ditto, unsoundness when they cause 

 lameness, or are likely to do so, 395 ; thick, 

 suture and treatment of, 212. 



Windpipe, description of the, 164; should b* 



prominent and loose, 165. 

 Wind-sucking, nature of, and remedy for, 



362. 

 Withers, description of the, 158, 173 ; high, 



advantage of, ib. ; fistulous, treatment of, 



174. 

 Worms, different kinds, arid treatment o 



239. 

 Wounds in the feet, treatment of, 315. 



YANKEE SAL, performance of, 58. 



Yeliows, symptoms and treatment of the, 242 



Yew, the leaves of, poisonous, 226. 



ZINC, its use in medicine, 417. 

 Zoological classification of the horse, 67. 

 Zygomatic arch, reason of the strong con- 



struction of the, 75. 

 Zygomaticus muscle, description of the. 



