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INDEX. 



Nostrila the (iieinbranc of, important in 



ascertaining- disease, 120 



Nostrils, importance of expanded, 118 



Not lying' down, the consequence of and 



cure for, 341 



Nutriment, the quantity of, contained in 



dilTerent articles of food, 359 



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Oats, the usual food of horses, 353 



Oats, should be old, heavy, dry, sweet, 354 

 Oats, kiln-dried, injurious to liorses, 354 

 Oats, proper quantity of, for a horse, 355 



Oats, bruised preferable to whole, 353 



Oatmeal, excellent for g-ruel, and some- 

 times used as a poultice, 355 

 Obelisk at Rome, the curious method of 



moving it, 431 



Occipital bone, description of the, 72 



(Esophagus, description of the, 162 



O'Kelly, Col., anecdotes of, and Eclipse, 47 

 Old Marsk, tlie sire of many of the new 



foresters, 58 



Olive oil, as a purgative, 212, 397 



Omentum; description of the, 214 



Opacity of the eye, treatment of, 116 



Operations, description of the most im- 

 portant, 320 

 Opium, valuable in veterinary practice, 397 

 Opium, adulterations of, 397 

 Orbicularis muscle of the eye, descrip- 

 tion of the, 85,119 

 Orbicularis oris muscle described, 120, 131 

 Orbit of the eye, fracture of, 101 

 Ossification of the cartilages, cause and 



treatment of, 310 



Ouseley, Sir Gore, his account of the 



ruins of Persepolis, 3 



Over-physicking, treatment of, 209 



Over-reach, nature and treatment of, 301, 341 

 Over-reach, often producing sandcrack 



or quittor, 301 



Ox^ g-en of the air unites with the carbon 



of tlic blood in respiration, 181 



Pace, effect of, in straining the horse, 37 

 Paohydermata, an order of animals, 62 

 Pack-horse, description of the, 59 

 Pack-wax, description of the, 73, 153 

 Palate, description of the, 133 

 Palate, bleeding-place in the, 133 

 Palatine artery, description of the, 134 

 Palm oil, the best substance for balls, 393 

 Palsy, causes and treatment of, 109 

 Pancreas, description of the, 214 

 Panniculus carnosus muscle described, 370 

 Parietal bones, description of the, 70 

 Paring out of the foot for shoeing, direc- 

 tions for, 314 

 P»ring out of the foot, neglect of, cause 



of contraction, 294 



Parkinson on Live Stock, extracts from, 60 

 Parotid gland, description of the, and 



its diseases, 120, 143 

 Parthenon, description of the chariots 



on tlie frieze of the. 433 

 Pasterns, description of the, 243, 253| 



Pasterns, bones of the, 2.53 



Pasterns, cut of the, 249, 254 



Pasterns, proper obliquity of the, 31, 52, 251 

 Fatella, or stifle-bone, description of tlic, 252 

 Pawing, remedy for, 312 



Payment of the smallest sum, completes 



the purchase, 366 



Peas, sometimes used as food, but should 



be crushed, 356 



Pectorales muscles, 154, 163, 170, 224 



Pericardium, description of the, 171 



Peronseus muscle, description of the, 261 

 Persian horse, description of tlie, 16 



Persian horse, celebrated before the Ara- 

 bian was known, 16 

 Persian horse, management of, 16 

 Persian race, description of a, 17 

 Perspiration, insensible, no medicines 



will certainly increase it, 373 



Peter the Great, the immense block of 

 marble, constituting the pedestal 

 of his statue, how moved, 430 



Pharynx, anatomy of the, 151 



Physic ball, method of compounding 



the best, 382 



Physic ball, should never be given in 



inflammation of tlie lungs, 382 



Physic, half-doses of, objectionable, 382 

 Picil horses, account of, 376 



Pigincntium nigrum, account of the, 91 



Piper, description of the, 196 



Pit of the eye, indicative of the age, 67 



Pitch, its use for charges and plasters, 398 

 Pithing, a hiunane method of destroy- 

 ing animals, 153 

 Pleura, description of the, 171 

 Pleurisy, nature and treatment of, 183 

 Pneumonia, nature and treatment of, 182 

 Poisons, account of the most frequent, 200 

 Poll-evil, cause and treatment of, 152 

 Poll-evil, importance of the free escape 



of the matter, 153 



Pony, varieties of the, 53 



Popleta;us muscle, description of the, 264 

 Porter's, Sir R. Ker, account of the Per- 

 sian horse, 16 

 Post, the first establishment of the, 36 

 Post-chaises, grasshopper springs, ad- 

 vantageously adopted in, 447, 443 

 Postea spinatus muscle described, 234 

 Potatoes, as an article of food, 358 

 Poultices, various compositions of, man- 

 ner of acting and great use, 176, 393 

 Powders compared with balls, 399 

 Power of draught in the horse illustrated, 37 

 Power of draught in the horse calculated, 403 

 Power of draught in the horse compared 



with that of the human being, 411 

 Power of draught in the horse compared 



with tliat of a steam-engine, 405 



Power of the horse on common roads, 407 

 Power of the horse on bad roads, 409 



Power of the horse dependent on his 



weight and muscular force. 411 



Power of the horse, how diminisned in 



towing a boat on a canal. 414 



Power of the horse, greater wh m ckise 



to his work. 414 



