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Index 



Strains of hock, 26. 

 of suspensory liga- 

 ments, 18, 22. 

 Strangles, 42. 

 Strangury, or suppression of 



urine, 42. 

 Stringhalt, 22. 



Stumbling, remarks on, 60. 

 Substitute for bran-mash, 66. 



for Holloway's 



ointment, 76. 

 Sugarcane, 75. 



Sulphate of copper or blue- 

 stone, 66. 



of zinc, 69. 



Sulphur, 71. 

 Superpurgation, 38. 

 Suppression of urine, 42. 

 Surfeit, 18. 



Suspensory Hgaments, de- 

 fined, 16. 



inj^iry to, 16. 



Suttoo, how to make, 71. 

 Swelled legs from grease, 20. 

 Sword cut, treatment for, 54. 



hints for officers about, 



9. 



T. 

 Tartar emetic, 71. 

 Tearing clothing, to prevent, 



60. 

 Technical terms explained, 77. 



Teeth show horse's age, 2. 



Tendons, callous, 22. 



Thermometer to indicate 

 health, 12. 



Thoroughpin, 26. 



Throat diseases, 42. 



Throwing a horse, mode of, 63. 



Thrush, 30. 



Thumb defined, 14. 



Ticks to be cut off, 53. 



Tonics, 71. 



Tongue diseases, 46. 



Tossing head up, 60. 



Totalisator described, 89. 



Tread described, 53. 



Tripping, remarks on, 60. 

 Trocar defined, 79. 

 Turnips for poultice, 70. 

 Turnip-tops bad for horses, 75, 

 Turpentine, 37, 39. 



oil of, 33. 



Twitch described, 79. 



U. 



Ulcer on eyeball, 46. 

 Ulcers, 20, 30. 



on penis, 30. 



Urine as sign of health, 11. 



bloody, 11, 42. 



causing eye disease, 74. 



profuse, 11, 42. 



suppressed, 11, 42. 



Use, mares when in, 12. 



V. 



Vagina, discharge from, 69. 



Vaseline to make hair grow, 68. 



Vegetable poisons, 56. 



Vernacular vocabulary, 80. 



Veterinary aid, officers en- 

 titled to, 9. 



opinion on buying, 1. 



Vice, remarks on, 60. 



Vicious horse to give dose to, 

 70. 



Vilitis, or crownscab, 24. 



Vinegar, how used, 71. 



Violent temper, signs of, 3. 



W. 



Warbles, cause and cure, 53. 



Warranted horse, when re- 

 turnable, 4. 



when not re- 

 turnable, 4. 



Warranty, form of, 4. 



Warts, 53. 



Washing horses is bad, 76. 



Wasp stings, 48. 



Water-dressing, 72. 



farcy, 40. 



hints on drinking, 74. 



Weaver defined, 79. 



