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INDEX. 



Splint, nature and treatment of, 268, 278 ; 

 when constituting unsoundness, 395 ; bones, 

 description of the, 268. 



Sprain of the back sinews, treatment of, 269, 

 278; sometimes requires firing, 271; any 

 remaining tliickening constitutes unsound- 

 ness, 395 ; sprain of the shoulder, 255. 



Stables, dark, an occasional cause of inilam- 

 nialion of the eye, 119; hot and foul, a 

 frequent one of inflammation of the eye, 

 ib.; ditto, lungs, 367 ; ditto, glanders, 133, 

 134; should be large, compared with tlie 

 number of horses, 367 ; the management 

 of, too much neglected by the owner of the 

 horse, j7(. ; the ceiling of, should be plaster- 

 cd, if there is a loft above, ib. ; should be so 

 contrived that the urine will run off, 369 ; 

 the stalls should not have too much decli- 

 vity, ib. ; should be sufficiently light, yet 

 without any glaring colour, 369, 370. 



Staggers, stomacli, symptoms, cause, and 

 treatment of, 95, 96, 379 ; generally fatal, 

 96; producing blindness, 98; sometimes 

 epidemic, ib. ; mad, symptoms and treat- 

 ment, ifr. 



Staling, profuse, cause and treatment of, 245. 



Stallion, description of the proper, for breed- 

 ing, 248 ; size and form of, prescribed by 

 Henry VIII., 22; contests between, 26. 



Starch, useful in superpurgation, 416. 



Stargazer, the, 159. 



Sternum, or breast-bone, description of the, 

 168,260. 



Stifle, description of the, 283 ; accidents and 

 diseases of the, 285. 



Stomach, description of the, 221, 222; very 

 small in the horse, 222 ; inflammation of 

 the, 223 ; pump recommended in apoplexy, 

 97. 



Stone in the bladder, symptoms and treatment 

 of, 246 ; kidney, ib. 



Stoppings, the best composition of, and their 

 great use, 416. 



Stranger, performance of, 38. 



Strangles, symptoms and treatment of, 154 ; 

 distinguished from glanders, 131 ; the im- 

 portance of blistering early in, 155. 



Strangury, produced by blistering, 347 ; treat- 

 ment of, ib. 



Strawberry horse, account of the, 386. 



Stringhalt, nature of, 107; is decidedly un- 

 soundness, 109, 395. 



Structure of the horse, importance of a know- 

 ledge of, 69. 



Strychnia, account of, 416. 



Stud-book, English, reliance to be placed on, 



Stureshly, race won by, 37. 



Stylo-maxillaris muscle, description of the, 



125. 

 Sublingual gland, description of the, 154. 

 Submaxillary glands, description of the, 153; 



artery, description of the, 126. 

 Sub-scapulo hyoideus muscle, description of 



the, 125. 

 Sugar of lead, use of, 412. 



Sullivan, the Irish whisperer, anecdotes of his 

 power over the horse, 354 ; the younger, 

 did not inherit the power of his father, an* 

 ecdote of this, 355. 



Sulphate of copper, use of in veterinary prao 

 tice, 406 ; iron, 409 ; magnesia, 412 ; zinc, 

 417. 



Sulphur, an excellent alterative and ingre- 

 dient in all applications for mange, 416. 



Surfeit, description and treatment of, 387 ; im- 

 portance of bleeding in, 388. 



Suspensory ligament, beautiful mechanism 

 of the, 275; rupture of the, 276; suspen- 

 sory muscle of the eye, description of the, 

 92. 



Swallowing without grinding, 360. 



Swelled legs, cause and treatment of, 291 ; 

 most frequently connected with debility, 

 292. 



Sweetbread, description of the, 231. 



Sympathetic nerves, description of the, 80. 



Tail, anatomy of the, 167; fracture of the, 

 328; docking, 350 ; nicking, 351. 



Tar, its use in veterinary practice, 416. 



Tares, a nutritive and healthy food, 377. 



Tartar, cream of, 413. 



Tayloe, B. O., his views of the American turf| 

 23, 24, 32. 



Tears, the secretion and nature of the, 84 ; 

 how conveyed to the nose, ib, ; sometimes 

 shed by the horse from pain and grief, ib. 



Teeth, description of the, as connected with 

 age, 144 ; at birth, ib. ; 2 months, ib. ; 12 

 months, 145; 18 months, 146; the front 

 sometimes pushed out, that the next pair 

 may sooner appear, and the horse seem to 

 be older than he is, 147 ; 3 years, 146; 3J 

 years, 147; 4 years, ib.; 4i years, 148; 

 5 years, ib.; 6 years, ib.; 7 years, 149; 

 8 years, ib,; change of the, 146; enamel 

 of the, 145; irregular, inconvenience and 

 danger of, 151 ; mark of the, 145; frauds 

 practised with regard to the, 147 ; diseases 

 of the, 151. 



Temper denoted by the eye, 82 ; by the ear, 

 80. 



Temperature, sudden change of, injurious in 

 its effect, 367. 



Temporal bones, description of the, 74. 



Tendons of the leg, 267. 



Tetanus, symptoms, causes and treatment o£ 

 103. 



Thick wind, nature and treatment of, 212 

 214, 215; often found in round-chesteu 

 horses, 213. 



Thigh and haunch bones, description of, 279 ; 

 form of, 260 ; should be long and muscula' 

 ib. ; description of the muscles of the inside 

 of the upper bone of, ib. ; do. of the outside, 

 ib. ; mechanical calculation of their power 

 28J. 



Thompson's description of the bull, 54. 



Thorough-pin, the nature and treatment of, 

 285 ; is not unsoundness, 395. 



Thrush, nature and treatment of, 318 j the 



