481 



Slipping the halter, remedy for, 383. 



Smell, tlie sense and seat of, 101 ; very 

 acute in the horse, ib. 



Snap, 2. 



Soap, its use in veterinary practice, 466. 



Soda, chloride of, its use in ulcers, 465 ; 

 sulphate of, ib. 



Sole, the horny, description of, 297 ; 

 descent of, 298 ; proper form of, ib. ; 

 management of, in shoeing, ib. ; the 

 sensible, 298 ; felt or leather, their use. 

 353. 



Bore-throat, symptoms and treatment 

 of, 171. 



Soundness, consists in there being no 

 disease or alteration of structure that I 

 does or is likely to impair the useful- j 

 ness of the horse, 420 ; considered i 

 with reference to the principal causes 

 of unsoundness, 421. 



Spasmodic colic, nature and ti-eatment 

 of, 215. 



Spavin, blood, the nature and treatment | 

 of, 165 ; is unsoundness, 428 ; bog, j 

 I cause, nature and treatment of, 164, j 

 165, 281 ; bone, 283 ; why not always 

 accompanied by lameness, ib. ; is un- 

 soundaess, 428. 



Spavined horses, the kind of work they 

 are capable of, 284. 



Speedy-cut, account of, 257. 



Sphenoid bone, description of the, 55. 



Spine, description of the, 145, 146 ; 

 fracture of, 336. 



Spleen, description of the, 213, 230. 



Splenius muscle, description of the, 

 138. 



Splint, nature and treatraenF of, 256, 

 270 ; wdien constituting unsoundness, 

 429 ; bones, description of the, 256. 



Sprain of the back sinews, treatment of 

 258, 270 ; sometimes requires firing, 

 260 ; any remaining thickening consti- 

 tutes unsoundness, 429 ; sprain of the 

 shoulder, 246. 



Stables, dark, an occasional cause of in- 

 flammation of the eye, 95 ; hot and 

 foul, a frequent one of inflammation 

 of the eye, ib. ; ditto, lungs, 385 ; 

 ditto, glanders, 112, 113 ; should be 

 large, compared with the number of 

 horses, ib. ; the management of, too 

 much neglected by the owner of the 

 horse, ib. ; the ceiling of should be 

 pla.-stered, if there is a loft above, ib. ; 

 should be so contrived that the urine 

 will run off, 388 ; the stalls should 

 not have too much declivity, ib. ; 

 should be sufficiently light, yet with- 

 out any glaring color, 388, 389. 



Staggers, stomach, symptoms, cause, and 

 treatment of 70, 71, 401 ; generally 

 fatal, 71 ; producing blindness, 73 ; 

 sometimes epidemic, ib. ; mad, symp- 

 toms and treatment, 74. qi 



Staling, profuse, cause and treatment of, 

 233. 



Stallion, description of the proper, foi 

 breeding, 237. 



Starch, useful in superpurgation, 466. 



Stargazer, the, 139. 



Sternum, or breast-bone, description of 

 the, 147, 251. 



Stifle, description of the, 275 ; accidents 

 and diseases of the, ib. 



Stomach, description of the, 206, 207 ; 

 very small in the horse, 207 ; inflam- 

 mation of the, 207, 208 ; pump recom- 

 mended in apoplexy, 72. 



Stone in the bladder, symptoms and 

 ♦^r^atment of, 235 ; kidney, ib. 



Stoppings, the best composition of, and 

 their great use, 466. 



Strangles, symptoms and treatment of, 

 133 ; distinguished from glanders, 

 109 ; the importance of blistering 

 early in, 134. 



Strangury, produced by blistering, 363 ; 

 treatment of, 364. 



Strawberry horse, account of the, 412 



Stringhalt, nature of, 83 ; is decidedly 

 unsoundness, 83, 429. 



Structure of the horse, importance of a 

 knowledi^e of, 46. 



Strychnia, account of, 467. 



Styio-maxillaris muscle, description of 

 the, 102. 



Sublingual gland, description of the, 

 133. 



Submaxillary glands, description of the, 

 133 ; artery, description of the, 103. 



Sub-scapulo hyoideus muscle, descrip- 

 tion of the, 103. 



Sugar of lead, use of, 459. 



Sulphate of copper, use of in veteri- 

 nary practice, 449 ; ii'on, 454 ; mag- 

 nesia, 460 ; zinc, 468. 



Sulphur, an excellent alterative and in- 

 gredient in all applications for mange, 

 467. 



Surfeit, description and treatment of, 

 415 ; importance of bleeding in, 416. 



Suspensory ligament, beautiful mechan- 

 ism of the, 265 ; rupture of the, ib. ; 

 suspensory muscle of the eye, descrip- 

 tion of the, 67. 



Swallowing without grinding, 377. 



Swelled legs, cause and ti'eatment of, 

 287 ; most frequently connected with 

 debility, ib. 



Sweetbread, description of the, 213. 



Sympathetic nerves, description of the, 

 '58. 



Tail, anatomy of the, 145 ; fracture of 

 the, 337 ; docking, 367 ; nicking, 368. 



Tar, its use in veterinary practice, 467. 



Tares, a nutritive and healthy food, 

 399. 



Tartar, cream of, 463. 



