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Finally, the most valuable precaution, and in the writer's opinion 

 the most economical, is to take the advice of a veterinary surgeon 

 as early as possible when the owner has any doubt as to the serious- 

 ness of a case. It will give the patient the best possible chance of 

 recovery at the minimum cost. One finds in the country that far 

 too often the fire engine is sent for after the house is burnt down ; 

 i.e., the veterinary surgeon is only summoned as a last resort, 

 when it is too late for him to be able to give any assistance, and no 

 satisfaction is given to anybody. 



Index to Diseases, &c., in Chapter V 



Blood-sucking flies, 321. 



Bets, 224. 



Broken knee, 212. 



Bruised sole, 248. 



Brushing, cutting, or interfer- 

 ing, 251. 



Bumped knee— broken knee, 

 211. 



Burnt sole, 251. 



Capped elbow, 214. 



Capped hock, 215. 



Care of the foal, 231. 



Cataract, 197. 



Catarrh, or common cold, 201. 



Chorioptic or leg mange, 223. 



Clips, 246. 



Colic, 206. 



Constipation, 243. 



Corns, 248. 



Cracked heels and mud fever, 



ai6. 

 Curby hocks, 196. 



Diarrhoea, 243. 



Feeding and exercise during 



pregnancy, 228. 

 Flatulent colic, 208. 

 Foaling, 227. 

 Forging or clicking, 252. 



Grease, 218. 



Haemorrhage of the womb, 

 238. 



Hereditary diseases, 167. 

 Hints to horse owners, 256. 



Inflammation of the feet, 237. 

 Inflammation of the navel, 



240. 

 Inflammation of the udder, 



238. 

 Inflammation of the vagina, 



236. 

 Inflammation of the womb, 



235- 

 Injuries from nails, 254. 

 Inversion of the womb, 239. 



Lameness, 219. 

 Large white worms, 325. 

 Leucorrhcea, 237. 

 Lice, 221. 



Mange, 222. 



Nails, 246. 



Natural foaling, 229. 



Navicular disease, 183. 



Overgrown feet, 247. 

 Overreach, 253. 



Palisade worms, 225. 

 Parasites, 220. 

 Pregnancy, 227. 

 Preparation of foaling box, 



228. 

 Preparation of the foal, 244. 

 Psoroptic mange, 223. 



Quittor, 249. 



Red or wire worms, 226. 

 Retention of the afterbinh 



234- 

 Rheumatism, 198. 

 Ringbone, 177. 

 Roaring and whistling, 168. 



Sarcoptic mange, 332. 



Shivering, 173. 



Shoe, The, 245. 



Shoeing, 243. 



Sidebone, 179. 



Some accidents and diseases 



accompanying foaling, 233. 

 Sore chine, 213. 

 Sore shoulders — sore backs, 



213. 

 Sore throat, 203. 

 Spavin, 193. 

 Speedy cut, 252. 

 Splint, 189. 

 Strangles, 205. 

 Stringhalt, 175. 



Thrush, 218. 



Tread or tramp, 253. 



Tuberculosis, 201. 



Unsound feet, 186. 



Whip or seat worms, 225. 

 White scour, 242. 

 Worms, 224. 

 Wounds, 2ia 



