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INDEX. 



PACK I 



Chest, dropsy of the, 184 



Chest founder, description of, 171, 182 



Chestnut horses, varieties of, 37G 



Chestsr, races first established at, 27, 

 Chillal)y, friendship between him and a 



cat, 4S[ 



Chinese horse, description of the, IG, 



Cliinked in tiie chine, what, 165 1 



Ciiloride of lime, as a disinfectant, 394 



Chloride of soda, useful in ulcers, 400 

 Choroid coat of the eye, description and 



use of the, 91 



Chronic coug-h. nature and treatment of, 192 



Cliyle, tlie formation of, 203i 

 Ciliary processes of the eye, description 



of the, 92 

 Cineritious matter of the brain, nature I 

 and function of the, 75' 

 Circassian horse, description of the, 17l 

 Clicking-, cause and remedy of, 3411 

 Clipping, objections to, 375 

 Clips, when necessary, 317i 

 Clover, considered as an article of food, 357 1 

 Clysters, the composition and great use- | 

 fulness of, 388 j 

 Clysters, directions as to the administra- 

 tion of, 389 i 

 Clydesdale horse described, 42 

 Coaches, calculation of tlie power of 

 horses in drawing, according to 

 their speed, 417 

 Coaches, loaded h;g-h, run lighter, espe- 

 cially in rapid travelling, 448 

 Coaches, safety, lieavy draught of, 448 

 Coach horse, description of the, 35 

 Coach horse, best breed of, 36 

 Coat, fine, connected by the groom with 



a heated stable, 346 

 Coat, fine, persons much too solicitous 



to procure it, 374 

 Cochlea of the ear, description and use 



of the, 83 



Cocktail horse, mode of docking, 329 



Ccecum, description of the, 203, 204 



Coffin-bone, description of the, 2S6 



Coftin-bone, lamella; or leaves of, 296 



Cold, common, treatment of, 188 



Colic, spasmodic, treatment of, 205 

 Collar, llie best method of attaching the 



traces to the horse, 423 

 Collar, proper adaptation of the, to the 



shoulder, 223 



Colon, description of the, 203, 204 



Colour of the skin, remarks on the, 375 



C(jlt, early treatment of the, 35 



Complexus major described, 119, 154, 165 



Complexus minor described, 119, 156 

 Concave seated shoe, the, described and 



recommended, 311 



Corestoga horses, description of tlie, 22 



C .r.ical and flat wheels compared, 437 



Conical wheels, absurdity of, 438 

 Conical wheels, strange degree of fric- 

 tion and dragging with them, 

 Conical wheels, afford <rreat resistance, 



and destroy the road, 

 Conical wheels are, in fact, travelling 

 grindstones, 



438 



439 



439 



Conjunctiva, description of the, 89 



Conjunctiva, appearance of, how far a 



test of inflammation, -39 



Contraction of the foot, nature of, 29'-J 



Contraction of the foot, peculiarity of 



the lamencs^produccd by, 296 



Contraction of the foot, how far connect- 

 ed with'the navicular disease, 298 

 Contraction of the foot, is not the neces- 

 sary consequence of shoeing, 293 

 Contraction of the foot, produced by 



neglect of paring, 294 



Contraction of the foot, produced by 



wearing the shoes too long, 294 



Contraction of the foot, produced by 



want of natural moisture, 294 



Contraction of tlie foot, produced by the 



removal of the bars, 295 



Contraction of the foot, produced by in- 

 flammation, 295 

 Contraction of the foot, produced by un- 

 equal exercise without preparat'n, 29i5 

 Contraction not so much produced by 



litter as imagined, 293 



Contraction, the cause, rather than the 



consequence, of thrush, 295 



Contraction, best mode of treating, 297 



Contraction rarely permanently cured, 297 

 Contraction does not necessarily imply 



unsoundness, 293 



Contraction, although not necessarily 

 unsoundness, should have a spe- 

 cial warranty against it, 362 

 Contraction, blood horses very liable to 296 

 Convexity of the eye, the proper, not suf- 

 ficiently attended to, 93 

 Copper, combinations of, used in vete- 

 rinary practice, 339 

 Corded veins, what, 129 

 Cordials, use and abuse of, in the horse, 389 

 Cornea, description of the, 90 

 Cornea, inodc of examining the, 91 

 Cornea, its prominence or flatness, 90 

 Cornea, should be perfectly transparent, 90 

 Corns, nature and treatment of, 305 

 Corns, caused by cutting away the bars, 305 

 Corns, caused by not paring out the foot 



between the crust and bars, 306 



Corns, caused by pressure, 305 



Corns, very difficult to cure, 306 



Corns, constitute unsoundness, 363 



Coronary ligament described, 281 



Coronary ligament, the crust produced 



principally from, 231 



Coronary ring described, 281, 282 



Coronet, the, described, 231 



Corrosive sublimate, treatment under 



poison by, "^00 



Corrosive sublimate, the best tonic for 



farcy, 130, 139 



Cossack horse, description of the, 18 



Cossack horse, beaten in a race by Eng- 

 lish blood horses, 18 

 Cough, nature and treatment of, 188 

 Cough, constitutes unsoundness, 362 

 Cough, chronic, nature and treatment of, 192 

 Cow hocks, description of, 274 

 Cozakee horse, description of the_ 15 



