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INDEX. 



Wax used in charges and plasters, 417, 



Weakness of the foot, what, 321. 



Weaving^ ind'icating an irritable temper, and 



no cure for it, 366. 

 Whalebone, performance of, 57, 59 ; height 



of, 65. 

 Wheat, considered as food for the horse, 375, 



379 ; inconvenience and danger of it, 375. 

 Wheezer, description of the, 215; is unsound, 



392. 

 Whisperer, the anecdotes of his power over 



the horse, 354. 

 Whistler, description of the, 215 ; is unsound, 



392. 

 White lead, use of, 411 ; vitriol, its use in ve- 



terinarj practice, 417. 

 Wind, broken, nature and treatment of, 213; 



galls, description and treatment of, 271, 



278 ; ditto, unsoundness when they cause 



lameness, or are likely to do so, 395 ; thick, 



nature and treatment of, 212. 



Windpipe, description of the, 164; should be 



prominent and loose, 165. 

 Wind-sucking, nature of, and remedy for, 



362. 

 Withers, description of the, 158, 173; high, 



advantage of, ib. ; fistulous, treatment of, 



174. 

 Worms, different kinds, and treatment of, 



239. 

 Wounds in the feet, treatment of, 315. 



Yankee Sal, performance of, 58. 



Yellows, symptoms and treatment of the, 242. 



Yew, the leaves of, poisonous, 226. 



Zinc, its use in medicine, 417. 



Zoological classification of the horse, 67. 



Zygomatic arch, reason of the strong con- 

 struction of the, 75. 



Zygomaticus muscle, description of the, 

 125. 



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