472 



Biceps femoris, account of the, 274. 



Bile, account of the, 213. 



Bishopingthe teeth, description of, 128. 



Biting, a had hahit, and how usually ac- 

 quired, 372. 



Bit, the, often too sharp, 118; sometimes 

 got into the mouth, 372. 



Biting of the colt, 242. 



Black horses, description and character 

 of, 414. 



Blaze, 19. 



Bladder, description of the, 234; inflam- 

 mation of symptoms and treatment, 

 ib. ; neck of ib. ; stone in the, 235. 



Bleeding, best place f©r general, 166, 

 361; directions for, 140, 166; from 

 veins rather than arteries, 140; finger 

 should be on the pulse during, 360 ; 

 importance of, in inflammation, ib. ; 

 at the toe described, 168; comparison 

 between the fleam and lancet, 166, 167. 



Blindness, usual method of discovering, 

 64 ; discovered by the pupil not dila- 

 ting or contracting, ib. ; of one eye, 

 ib. 



Blistering all round at once, barbarity 

 and danger of, 363, 445 ; after firing, 

 absurdity and cruelty of, 362. 



Blisters, best composition of, 3P2 ; the 

 different kinds and uses of, ib. ; best 

 mode of applying, ib. ; caution with 

 regard to their application, ib. ; the 

 principle of their action, 443 ; use of, 

 in inflammation, 362 ; comparison be- 

 tween them and rowels and setons, 

 366, 367. 



Blood, change in after bleeding, 167 ; 

 changes in during respiration, 156 ; 

 coagulation of, 189 ; horses, very sub- 

 ject to contraction, 309 ; spavin, na- 

 ture and treatment of, 164. 



Bloody urine, 233. 



Bog spavin, nature and treatment of, 

 164, 281, 282, 287. _ 



Bole- Armenian, medical use of, 444. 



Bones, strength does not depend on the 

 size of, 28. 



Bone-spavin, nature and treatment of, 

 £83. 



Bots in the stomach, natural history of, 

 208, 209 ; not usually injurious, 209. 



Bowels, inflammation of the, 220. 



Brain, description of the, 55 ; its cortical 

 and cineritious composition, 56 ; the 

 office of eacl), ib. ; compression of the, 

 56, 69 ; pressure on the, 69 ; inflamma- 

 tion of the, 74. 



Bran, as food for the horse, 397. 



Breaking in should commence in the 

 second winter, 240 ; description of its 

 various stages, 240, 241 ; necessity of 

 gentleness and patience in. ib. ; of the 

 farmer's horse, ib. ; of the hunter or 

 iiackney, ib. 

 Breast, muscles of the, 152. 



Breathing, the mechanism of, 154, 



Breeding, qualities of the mare of bj 

 much importance as those of the horse, 

 237 ; the peculiarity of form and con- 

 stitution inherited, ib. ; in-and-in. ob- 

 servaiions on, 26, 238. 



Breeds, good effects of crossing them, 

 29 ; bad effects of ditto, ib. 



Broken down, what. 259. 



Broken knees, treatment of, 254 ; method 

 of judging of the danger of ib. ; when 

 healed, not unsoundness, but the form 

 and action of the horse should be care- 

 fully examined, 421, 



Broken-wind, nature and ti'eatment of, 

 196 ; influenced much, and often 

 caused by the manner of feeding, 

 198 ; how distinguished from thick- 

 wind, ib. 



Bronchial tubes, description of the, 144 



Bronchitis, nature and treatment of, 184 



Bronchocele, account of, 174. 



Bronchotomy, the operation of, 165, 



Brood mare, description of the, 237 

 should not be too old, ib. ; treatment 

 of, after covering, 238 ; after foalmg, 

 239. 



Brown horses, description of, 387, 



Buccinator muscle, description of the, 

 103. 



CAECUM, description of the, 211. 

 Calamine powder, account of. 417, 

 Calculi in the intestines, 226. 

 Calkins, advantages and disadvantages 



of 346 ; should be placed on both 



heels, ib. 

 Camphor, the medical use of, 444. 

 Canadian horse, character of, 29 ; cross 



with American horse, 29. 

 Canker of the foot, nature and treatment 

 . of, 330. 

 Cannon, or shank-bone, description of 



the 256. 

 Cantharides, from the best blister, 445 » 



given for the cure of glanders, ib. 

 Capillary vessels, the, 159, 

 Capivi, balsam of, 448. 

 Capped hock, nature and treatment of, 



270, 285, 286; although not always 



unsoundness there should be a special 



warranty against it, 421. 

 Capsicum Berries, their stimulating ef- 

 fect, 445. 

 Carbonate of blood got rid of in respira 



tion. 

 Carbonate of iron, a mild tonic, 454. 

 Carraways, a good aromatic, 445. 

 Carrots, excellent effects of in disease, 



401, 

 Cartilages of the foot, description and 



action of the, 299 ; ossification of the 



331, 427 ; a cause of unsoundness, 4'~7 

 Caruncula lacrymalis, the, 93. 

 Cascarilla Bark, a tonic and aromatic, 445 



