INDEX 



Abscess and tumours, how engendered, 110. 

 ■ , critical, treatment of, 113. 



Drawing poultice, 114. 



, deep-seated, danger of, 115. 



Acute founder, origin srnd treatment of, 209. 

 Age of horses, how to estimate the, 202. 

 Air, effects of, on the blood, 39. 



, confined or noxious, a cause of inflammatitti, 60. 



, the importance of keeping out a drai^ht or current o^ in stabies, "3^ 



— , cells, controversy concerning, 82. 

 Anatomy of the foot, 169. 

 Animal system, general observations on the, 54. 

 , definition of the term, 54. 



, how deranged, 55. 



, lesser parts of the, described, 56. 

 Anticor, prevalence of, in France, 142. 



, cause, symptoms, and method of curing, 142. 

 Alterative ball, 143. 

 Arabs, practice of the, in cases of lameness, 170^ 177. 

 Arteries and veins, their office, 41. 



Back, strain of the, cause and symptoms of, 197. 



, effects of, and remedies for, 198. 

 Back-raking, in cases of costiveness, method o^ 69. 

 Bile, excess and deficiency of, 50. 

 Bishoping, how to detect, 204. 

 Bladder, construction of the, 53. 



, diseases of the, 54, 104. 

 — — — — , inflammation of the, cause o^ 105. 



-, symptoms and remedy, 105. 



-, cases of stone found in the, 108. 



Bleeding, copious, in certain cases recommended, 74, 198. 

 — — — , dangerous, after continuance of inflammation, 74. 

 , of the employment of the fleam and blood-stick in, 207. 



, objections to the lancet, 208. 



-, local, remarks on, 208. 



— , modern method of, 208. 

 — , on pinning up the orifice after the operation o^ 309. 

 rules to be observed in, 209. 



Blind-gut, its uses, 46. 



blistering, to divert inflammation, considered, 75. 



