INDEX. 



470 



Opacity of the eye, the nature and 

 treatment of, 94. 



Operations, description of the most im- 

 portant, 359. 



Ophthahiiia, 94. 



Opium, its great value in veterinary 

 practice, 461 ; adulterations of it, 

 462. 



Orbicularis muscle of the eye, descrip- 

 tion of it, 67. 



Orbit of the eye. fracture of, 68. 



Os femoris, account of, 275. 



Ossification of the cartilages; cause and 

 trcLtment of, 332. 



Over-reach, the nature and treatment of, 

 319, 380 ; often producing sandcrack 

 or quittor, 380. 



Ozena, account of, 105. 



Pachydermata, an order of animals, 

 44. 



Pack-wax, or ligamentum colli, descrip- 

 tion of the, 53, 136. 



Palate, description of the, 143. 



Palm-oil, the b6st substance for making 

 up balls, 462. 



Palsy, the causes and treatment of, 84. 



Pancreas, description of the, 230. 



Paps or barbs, 133. 



Parietal bones, description of the, 51. 



Paring out of the foot for shoeing, direc- 

 tions for, 343 ; neglect of, a cause of 

 contraction, 309. 



Parotid gland, description of the, and its 

 diseases, 103, 133. 



Pastern, upper, fracture of, 340 ; lower, 

 fracture of, 341; description of the, 

 263, 267 ; bones of the, ib. ; cut of the, 

 ib. ; proper obliquity of the, 264. 



Patella or stifle bone, description of the, 

 275 ; fracture of, 339. 



Pawing, remedy for, 331. 



Payment of the smallest sum completes 

 the purchase of a horse, 431. 



Peas, sometimes used as food, but should 

 be crushed, 398. 



Pectineus muscle, the, 273. 



Pectorales muscles, description of the, 

 251. 



Pedigrees of American trotters, 40. 



Pelvis, fracture of the, 337. 



Pericardium, description of the, 155. 



Perspiration, insensible, no medicines 

 will certainly increase it. 410. 



Pharynx, anatomy of the, 135. 



Phrenitis, 74. 



Phthisis pulmonalis, description of, 199. 



Physic balls, methodof compounding the 

 best, 442; should never be given in 

 inflammation of the lungs, 154. 



Pliysicking, rules for, 224. 



Pia mater, description of the, 56. 



Pied horse, account of the, 412. 



Pigraentura nigrum, account of the, 63. 



Piper, description of the, 198. 



I Pit of the eye,the,indicative of the age,4a 



Pitch, its use for charges and plastera 

 462. 



Pleura, description of the, 154. 



Pleurisy, the nature and treatment of. 

 154, 200. 



Pneumonia, the nature and treatment of, 

 186. 



Poll-evil, the cause and treatment of, 13« 

 importance of the free escape of tht 

 matter, 137. 



Postea spinatus muscle, description of 

 the, 251. 



Potash, the compound of, 462. 



Potatoes, considered as an article of 

 i food, 401. 



j Poultices, their various compositions, 

 ! manner of acting, and great use, 463. 

 j Powders, comparison between them and 

 balls, 464. 



Pressure on the brain, effect of, 69. 



Prick, in the toot, treatment of, 324 ; in- 

 jurious method of removing the horn 

 in searching for, 326. 



Pulse, the natural standard of the, 158 ; 

 varieties of the, ib. ; importance of at- 

 tention to the, ib. ; the most conveni- 

 ent place to feel it, ib. ; the finger on 

 the pulse during the bleeding, 159. 



Pumiced feet, description and treatment 

 of, 305 ; do not admit of cure, 306 ; 

 constitute unsoundness, 427. 



Pupil of the eye, des.iription of the, 64, 

 the mode of discovering blindness in 

 it, ib. 



Purchase, to complete the, there must be 

 a memorandum, or payment of some 

 sum, however small. 431. 



Purging, violent, treavcaent of, 222, 223. 



Quarters of the hone, description of 

 the, 272 ; importance- of their muscu-, 

 larity and depth, ib. , foot, description 

 of, 293 ; the inner, cr ast thinner and 

 weaker at, 295 ; foUj of lowering the 

 crust, ib. 



duidding the food, ca^se of, 381 ; un- 

 soundness while it lasts, 427. 



duinine, the sulphate of, 443. 



Cluittor, the nature and treatment of, 

 321 ; the treatment of'te^J long and dif 

 ficult, exercising the patience both of 

 the practitioner and owner. 322, 323 ; 

 is unsoundness, 428. 



Rabies, symptoms of, 76. 



Race-horse, English, pedigree of, 17 ; 

 excels the Arabian, 18 ; form of, 19 j 

 examples of, 19, 20. 21. 



Racers may beget trotters, 40. 



Racks, no openings should be allowed 

 above them, 386. 



Radius, description of the, 252. 



Ragged-hipped, what, 272 ; no impedi- 

 ment to action, ib 



