GENERAL INDEX- 



At;iioN of the hacknpy described, 30 



Action, higli, not essential in hackney, 31 

 .Ethiop's mineral, an alterative, 396^ 



Age, natural, of the horse, 146 



Age of the horse, as indicated by teeth, 137' 

 Age, other indications of, 146 



Age, how ascertained before 8 years, 137 

 Ag-e, " " after 8 years, 145 



Air, a supply of pure, necessary for the 



health of the horse, 345 



All abroad, what, as applied to the horse, 235 

 Aloes, Barbadoes, far preferable to Cape, 3S1 

 Aloes, the best physic, 211 



Aloes, description of different kinds of, 381 

 Aloes, principal adulterations of, 333 



Aloes, solution, its composition and use, 383 

 Alteratives, the best, 372, 383 



Alteratives, nature and effect of, 383 



Alum, use of in restraining purging, 383 

 Alum, solution of, good wash for grease, 383 

 Alum, burnt, a stimulant and mild caus- 

 tic for wounds, 384 

 American horse, description of the, 21 

 Ammonia, given in flatulent colic. 384 

 Ammonia, chloride of, its medicinal use, 384 

 Ammonia, carbonate of, " " 384 

 Annnonia, vapour of, extracted plenti- 

 fully from dung and urine, 384 

 Ammonia, vapour of, most injurious to 



the eyes and lungs, 115, 384 



Anchylosis of bones, what, 165 



Anderson's, Dr. account of the Galloway, 58 

 Animal power, compared with that of the 



steam-engine, 405 



Animal power, its advantage, except in 



velocity, over mehanical, 408 



Animals, zoological divisions of, 61 



Anodyne, opium the only one to be de- 

 pended on, 384 

 Ant^a-spinatug muscle described, 234 

 Anticor, nature and treatment of, 171 

 Antimonial powder, a good febrifuge, 384 

 Antimony, black sulphtuet of, method of 



detecting its adulterations, 384 



Antiinony, black sulphuret of, used as 



an alterative and diaphoretic, 384 



Antimony, chloride of, one of the best 



liquid caustics, 385 



Antimony, tartarized, used as a nauseam, 



<iiaphoretic and worm medicine, 384 

 Antispasmodics, nature of, 3S5[ 



Apoplexy, nature and treatment of, l02 



Aqueous fluid placed in the labyrinth of 



the ear, 82 



Aqueous humour of the eye described, 93 

 Arab breed introduced by James I. 28 



Arabia, not original country of the horse, 4 

 Arabia, few good horses there, even in 



the seventh century, 4,11 



Arabian horse, history of the, 11 



\rabian horse, described by Bp. Hcbcr, 12 

 Arabian horse, comparison between the, 



and the Barb, 9 



Arabian horse, introduced into Scotland, 24 

 Arabian horse, general form of, 12 



Arabian horse, qualities of, 12 



Arabian horse, scanty nourishment of, 15 

 Araliian horse, treatment of, 12, 13 



Arabian horse, varieties of, 11 



Arabs, attachment of, to their horses, 13 



Arabs value their mares more than their 



horses, 34 



Arched form of the skull, advantage of, 75 

 Arm, description of the, 236 



Arm, action of, explained on the princi- 

 ple of the lever, 236, 233 

 Arm, extensor muscles of the, 237 

 Arm, flexor muscles of the, 239 

 Arm, full and s^velling, advantage of, 240 

 Arm, should be muscular and long, 239 

 Arsenic, medical use of, 385 

 Arsenic, treatment vinder poison by, 200 

 Arteries, description of the, 172 

 Arteries, terminations of, 178 

 Arteries, improper to bleed from, 157 

 Arteries of the arm described, 265 

 Arteries of the face, 119 

 Arteries of the neck, 157 

 Arteries of the shoulder, 265 

 Arteries inside of the thigh, 264 

 Arteries outside of the thigh, 264 

 Astringent medicines, the principal, 385 

 Athelstan, his attention to the improve- 

 ment of the horse, 23 

 Atlas, anatomy of the, 152 

 Attechi, an Arabian breed of the, 11 

 Axle, friction of the, dependent on the 



material employed, 434 



Axle, the diameter being diminished, 



lessens the friction, 434 



Azoph, Tattary horses traced to the siege 



of 5 



