INDEX. 



437 



Carbonate of iron, a mild tonic, 409. 



Carraways, a good aromatic, 404. 



Carrots, excellent effects of in disease, 378 ; 

 the nutritive matter in, 379. 



Cartilages of the foot, description and action 

 of the, 300; ossification of the, 321, 394; a 

 cause of unsoundness, 394. 



Caruncula lacrymalis, the, 117. 



Cascarilla Bark, a tonic and aromatic, 404. 



Cassandra, race won by, 36. 



Castlcy, Mr., on restiveness in the horse, 353. 



Castor-oil, not a purgative for the horse, 404. 



Castration, method of, 254 ; proper period for, 

 ib. ; the operation by torsion, ih. 



Cataract in the eye, nature of, 90 ; cannot be 

 operated on in the horse, ib. ; method of 

 examination for, ib. ; the occasional appear- 

 ance and disappearance of, 120. 



Catarrh, description and treatment of, 192 ; 

 distinguished from glanders, 193 ; distin- 

 guished from inflammation of the lungs, 

 192 ; epidemic, 197. 



Catarrhal fever, nature and treatment of, 

 192. 



Catechu, a good astringent, method of giving, 

 and adulterations of, 404. 



Catheter, description of one, 247. 



Cato, performances of, 57 ; height of, 65. 



Caustic, an account of the best, 405. 



Cawl, description of the, 231. 



Cenlreville Trotting course, 63. 



Cerebellum, description of the, 78. 



Cerebrum, description of the, 78. 



Chalk, its medicinal u.se in the horse, 4U5, 



Chaff, attention should be p^iid to the good- 

 ness of the ingredients, 373 ; best composi- 

 tion of, ib.; when given to the hard-worked 

 horse, much time is saved for repose, ib. ; 

 quantity of necessary for different kinds of 

 horses, ih. 



Chamomile, a mild tonic, 405 



Chancellor, performances of, J9. 



Channel of the jaws, what, 144. 



Charcoal, useful in a poultice, and as an anti- 

 septic, 405. 



Charges, composition and use of, 405. 



Charlotte Temple, performances of, 57; height 

 of, 65. 



Chest, anatomy of the, 167 ; proper form of 

 the, 168, 169; cut of the, 107 ; the import- 

 ance of depth of, 167; nnrrow and rounded, 

 compiirison between, 169; the broad chest, 

 170; founder, description f)r, 175. 



Chestnut horses, varieties of, 387. 



Chinked in the chine, what, 172. 



Chloride of lime, an excc'iicnt disinfectant, 

 412; of soda, useful in unliealthy ulcers, 

 415. 



Chorea, 109. 



Choroid coat of the eye, description and use 

 of the, 87. 



Chyle, the formation of, 229. 



Ciliiry processes of the eye, description of 

 the, 89. 



Cincritous matter of the brain, nature and 

 function of the, 79. 

 37 « 



Clara Howard, races won by, 37, 38. 



Clicking, cause and remedy of, 362. 



Clipping, recommendation of, 383. 



Clips, when necessary, 337, 



Clover, considered as an article of food, 378, 

 379. 



Clysters, the composition and great usefulness 

 of, 405 ; directions as to the administration 

 of, ib. 



Coat, fine, persons much too solicitous to pro 

 cure it, 371. 



Cocktail horse, mode of docking, 351. 



Coffin-bone, description of the, 300 ; the la- 

 mellte, or leaves of, ib, ; fracture of, 383. 



Coffin-joint, sprain of, 277. 



Cold, common, description and treatment of, 

 192. 



Colic, flatulent, account of, 234 ; spasmodic, 

 description and treatment of, 232. 



Colocynth, is poisonous, 226. 



Colon, description of the, 229, 230. 



Colour, remarks on, 386. 



Colt, early treatment of the, 251 ; mules, death 

 of, 454, 455. 



Columbus, performances of, 57; height of, 65. 



Complexus major, description of the, 159; 

 minor, description of the, 160. 



Concave-seated shoe, the, described and re- 

 commended, 337. 



Confidence, performances of, 57 ; height, 65. 



Conium maculalum, poisonous, 226. 



Conjunctiva, description of the, 87 ; appear- 

 ance of, how far a test of inflammation, ib. 



Consumption, account of, 215. 



Contraction of the foot, nature of, 305, 391 ; 

 the peculiarity of the lameness produced 

 by, 308 ; how far connected with the navi- 

 cular disease, 307 ; is not the necessary 

 consequence of shoeing, ib. ; produced by 

 neglect of paring, 306 ; wearing the shoes 

 too long, 305 ; want of natural moisture, 

 306 ; the removal of the bars, ib. ; not so 

 much produced by. litter as imagined, 307 ; 

 the cause rather than the consequence of 

 thrush, 305 ; best mode of treating, 308, 309 ; 

 rarely permanently cured, 309 ; does not 

 necessarily imply unsoundness, 391; al- 

 though not necessarily unsoundness, should 

 have a special warranty iigainst it, ib. ; blood 

 horses very subject to, 308. 



Convexity of the eye, the proper, not suffi- 

 ciently attended to, 87. 



Copiiibii, account of the resin, 406. 



Copper, the combinations of, used in veteri- 

 nary practice, 406. 



Corded veins, whut, 136. 



Cordials, the use and abuse of, in the horse, 

 406. 



Cornea, description of the, 87 ; mode of exa- 

 mining the, ih.; its prominence or flatness, 

 ib.; should be perfectly transparent, aft. 



Corns, tlie nature and treatment of, 317 ; pro- 

 duced by cutting away the bars, ib. ; not 

 paring out the foot between the crust and 

 !>ars, ib. ; pressure, ib. ; very difficult *o 

 cure, 318; constitute unsoundness, 391. 



