CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Rise and Progress of the Ve- 

 terinary Art - - - 7 

 History of the Horse - 10 

 External Construction of the 



Horse - - - - 13 



On the Teeth - - - 15 



Feeding and Watering - 18 



Exercise - - - - 26 



Diseases of the Horse - 27 



Fevers - - - - 28 



Simple Fever - - - 28 



Symptomatic Fever - - 30 



Farcy and Glanders - 31 



Glanders - - - 34 



Farcy . - - - 40 



Staggers - - - 42 



Diseases of the Leg - - 52 



Splents - - - - 53 



Ringbone - - - 54 



Sp ivin, or Bone-spavin - 55 



Anchylosis, or stiff joint - 57 



Curbs . . - - 57 



Thorough-pin - - - 58 



Bog, and Blood-spavin - 58 



Wiudgalls - - -59 



Lameness in the Stifle - 60 



Spring-halt - - - 60 



Capped Hock - - - 60 



iVlallenders and Sallenders 61 



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Lameness in the Whirl-bone 6 1 

 Lameness in the Coffin-joint 61 

 Broken Knees - - - 62 

 Strains in the Back Sinews 63 

 Rupture of the Suspensory 



Ligaments - - - 63 



Lameness in the Shoulder - 64 

 Overreach - - - 65 



Warbles - - - - 66 



Gun-shot Wounds - -66 



Spasmodic Colic, or Gripe 70 

 Inflammation of the Bowels 73 

 Inflammation of the Kidnies 75 

 Inflammation of the Bladder 76 

 Distemper, or Influenza - 77 

 Mange - - - 83 



Epilepsy, or Fits - - 87 



Paralysis - - * 88 



Dyspepsia - " "90 



Hernia, or Rupture " "92 



Rheumatism - " "93 



Diarrhcea - " I ^^ 



Dysentery - ' . 9^ 



Strangles - .96 



Broken Wind - [ ' 103 



Roarinij - _ - 106 



Crib-biting - - - 107 



Locked Jaw - - - 108 



Jaundice - - - 112 



