INDEX. 



455 



Broken wind, nature and treatment of, 194 

 Brokcri wind, influenced much, and of- 

 ten caused, by manner of feeding, 195 

 Broken wind, disting-uislicd from tliick, 194 

 Broncliitis, nature and treatment of, 189 

 Broncliotomy, the operation of, 1C2 

 Brood marc, description of the, 221 

 Brood mare, should not be too old, 221 

 Brood mare, treatment of, after cover, 222 

 Brood mare, treatment of, after foaling-, 223 

 Brown liorscs, description of, 377 

 Buccinator muscle, description of the, 119 

 Burleigh, Lord, liis opinion of limiting, 54 

 Busbequius, liis interesting account of 



tiie Turkish horse, 19 



Butyr ol antimony, best liquid caustic, 385 



Calculi in the intestines, 207 



Calkins, advantages of, and vice versa, 316 

 Calkins, should be placed on both heels, 316 

 Calinuck horse, description of the, 18 



Calomel, use of, in veterinary practice, 396 

 Camphor, medical use of, 386 



Canadian horse, description of the, 21 



Canals, advantages of, and vice yersa, 424 

 Catials, small power requisite for trans- 

 mission of goods by them, 424 

 Canal-boat, calculation of draught of, 425 

 Canal-boat, might be more easily drawn 



by dirtercnt application of power, 425 

 Canker of the foot, nature and treatment, 309 

 Cannon, or shank-bone, described, 243 



Canter, action of the horse during, 413 



Cantharides form the best blister, 386 



Cantharides given to cure glanders, 387 



Capillary vessels, the, 174 



Cappadocian horses sent to Arabia, 4 



Capped hock, nature and treatment of, 255 

 Capped hock, description of, 268 



Capped hock, not always unsoundness, 

 yet there should be a special war- 

 ranty against it, 261 

 Carbon of the blood got rid of in respira- 

 tion, " 131 

 Carbonate of iron, a mild tonic, 394 

 ■ Carraways, a good aromatic, 337 

 Carriage-horses, produced by crossing 



the Suffolk with a hunter, 39 



Carriages, wheel, first introduction of, 35 

 Carriages, two and four-w.heoled, com- 

 parison between, 443 

 Carriages, light, longitudinal elasticity 

 in the hanging or springs, objec- 

 tionable, 445 

 Carriages, disadvantage of C springs in, 445 

 Carriages, hung on straps or springs in 



the time of Homer, 432 



Carrots, excellent effects of, in various 

 diseases, 192, 195, 213, 



Cart, two-wheeled, computation of the 



friction of, 

 Carts, two-wheeled, perform proportion- 

 ably more work than waggons. 

 Carts two-wheeled, easier loaded, and do 



not so much injure (he roads, 

 Cans, two-wheeled, rcciuire 'letter horses 



and more attendants, 443j| 



p«or. 

 Carts, itvo-wfieeled, sooner knock up the 



horse, injuring him by the sliccka 



of the shafts, 443 



Carts, two-wheeled, superior to wagsj-ons 



for short distances on good roads, 444 

 Carts, with two horses, disadvantage of, 444 

 Carts, have less draught than waggons, 



reason why, 445 



Cartilages of the foot, description and 



action of the, 288 



Cartilages of the foot, ossification of the, 310 

 Castley, Mr., on restifncss of the horse, 33i 

 Castor-oil, not a purgative, 212, 387 



Castration, method of, 227 



Castration, proper period for, 226 



Cataract in the eye, nature df, 95, 111 



Cataract in the eye, cannot be operated 



on, in the horse, 95, 116 



Cataract in the eye, uiethoa of examina- 



ion for, 95 



Catarrh, description and treatment of, 188 

 Catarrh, distinguished from glanders, 123 

 Catarrh, distinguished from inflamma- 

 tion of the lungs, 183 

 Catarrhal fever, nature and treatment of, 189 

 Catarrhal fever, infectious, 191 

 Catarrhal fever, distinction between, and 



inflainmation of the lungs, 183 



Catechu, a good astringent, method of 



giving, and adulterations of, 387 



Caustic, an account of the bQ,st, 387 



Cavalry horse, description of the, 42 



Cavalry horse, anecdotes of the, 43 



Cawl, description of the, 214 



Cerebrum, description of tho, 75 



Chalk, its medical use in the horse, 380 



Chaff, attention should be paid to the 



goodness of the ingredients, 353 



Chaff, best composition of, 352 



Chaff, v/hen given to the hard-worked 



horse, much time saved for repose, 354 

 Chaff, quantity of, necessary for different 



kinds of horses, 353 



Chamomile, a mild tonic, 388 



Cliaiinel of the jaws, what. 137 



Charcoal, useful in a poultice, ana as an 



antiseptic, 38S 



Charges, composition and use of, 388 



Chariot, price of, in Solomon's time, 4 



Chariot, description of that of Priam, 432 

 Chariot of Juno described, 433 



Chariot on tlie frieze of the Parthenon, 



description of, 433 



Chariots, war, the ancient British, 22 



Chariots, war, used by Egyptians, 1,500 



years before the Christian era, 432 

 Chariots, war, at the siege of Troy, 432 



Cliariots, war, description of ancient, 432 

 Chariots, war, of the ancients, could not 



move with much velocity, 433 



Charles I. patronized racing, 28 



Chest, anatomy of the, 163 



Chest, proper form of the, 52, 163, 193 



Chest, importance of depth of the, 164 



Chest, narrow and rounded, compari.'^on 



botxvcen, 163, 193 



Chest, the round, often connected wr,h 



ihick wind 193 



