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INDEX. 



Bleeding, 434 ; from the nose, 481 ; of 

 the lungs, 482 ; of the mouth, 482 ; 

 of the stomach, 482; inflammation 

 of the vein, when performed, 436. 



BlinJne.'!?, 385. 



Blink Bonny (English thorough-bred), 

 62. 



Blistering. 439. 



Blisters. 453. 



Blood, the, 273; circulation of the, 

 274. 



Blood-vessels of the chest and nose, 

 diseases of the, 349. 



Bog-spavin, 313. 



Bone, diseases of, 297 ; structure of, 

 248; fracture of the canna, 310; 

 strain of the round, 322. 



Bone-S])avin, 302. 



Bones, number of, composing the skele- 

 ton, '252. 



Bornou, the horses of, 32. 



Boston (thorough-bred), 103. 



Boston Blue, 508, 600. 



Bots, 355. 



Bowels, calculi in the, 365 ; inflamma- 

 tion of the, 357, 488. 



Boxes in stables, 157. 



Break, or trevis, the, 434. 



Breaking, Karey's principles and prac- 

 tice of, 128 ; for the saddle, ordinary 

 method, 141 ; Baucher's method; 145 ; 

 to harness, 151. 



Breaking down, 321. 



Breathing, physiology of, 277. 



Breed of race-horses, object of encour- 

 aging the, 58. 



Breeding, principles of, 99, 018 et seq. ; 

 rules for, 633. 



Bree.ling-back, 617. 



British iiorse, the original, 17. 



Broken back, 476. 



Broken knee, 324. 



Broken wind, 346. 



Bronchitis, .329. 



Brood mare, the, 117; general manage- 

 ment of, 122. 



Buck eye, 387. 



Burns, 477. 



Bursa} mucosae, anatomy of, 271 ; in- 

 flammation in, 314. 



Butterfly (English thorough-bred), 61. 



Calculi, in the bowels, 365; urinary, 



373. 

 Canadian horse, the, 47, 604, 605. 

 Canker, 403. 



Canna bone, fractures of, 310. 

 Canniicks (see Canadian ho-se), 604. 

 Canter, the, 89 ; mode of starting into 



», 238. 



Capped elbow, 316; hock, 315. 



Capulet (see Capped Elbow). 



Caries, 298 ; of the jaw, 307. 



Cart-horse, the Vermont, 55. 



Cartilage, 266 ; diseases of, 312, 



Cartilages, ossiBcation of the lateral, 

 301. 



Clay family, the, 612. 



Casting, 432. 



Castration, 440. 



Cataract, 386. 



Catarrh, 327. 



Catch, insuring a, 634. 



Catchpit, the, 163. 



Caustics, 454. 



Cauteries (see Caustics). 



Cayuga Chief, 608. 



Chapped Heels, 394. 



Characteristics, of the horse, 18. 



Charges, 455. 



Chest, diseases of the blood-vessels of, 

 349 ; water on the, 345. 



Chloroform, administration of, 431. 



Choking, 479. 



Choking distemper (see Fevers). 



Chyle, the, 280. 



Circulation of the blood, 275. 



Clipping, 189. 



Clothes, tearing off the, 204. 



Clubs, trotting, establishment of, 508, 

 600. 



Clysters, 445. 



Coach-house, 174. 



Coat of the thorough-bred, 75. 



Coffin-joint, strains of the, 318. 



Cold, 327. 



Colic, 360; flatulent, 361, 488; spas- 

 modic, 361, 487. 



Color, of the Arab horse, 37 ; of the 

 thorough-bred, 75. 



Colt, breaking of the, 12S. 



Conestoga draught-horse, the, 55. 



Confining the horse, methods of, 432. 



Congestion of the lungs, 339, 483. 



Constitutional diseases, 417. 



Consumption, 346. 



Contagious diseases, 491. 



Contraction of the foot, 409; of the 

 heels, 429. 



Convulsions, 375, 376. 



Cordials, 456. 



Corns, 397. 



Coronary frog-band, the, 293. 



Coronary substance, anatomy of the, 

 293. 



Corrosive sublimate, treatment of ef- 

 fects of, 353. 



Cough, chronic, 331. 



Counter-irritants, 454. 



Coup de soleil, 382. 



