INDEX. 



ABY 



ABYSSINIAN horse, the, 18 



"- Acetabulum, description of the, 382 



Acetic acid, its properties, 474 



Aconitum, tincture and extract of, 477 



Action of the hackney described, 87; high, not 

 indispensable in the hackney, 88 



Adeps, properties of, 476 



iEthiop's mineral, an alterative, 489 



Age, natural, of the horse, 229 ; of the horse 

 :is indicated by tlie teeth, 222; other indica- 

 tions of, 206 



Air, a supply of pure, necessary for the health 

 of the horse, 122; air in the heart, 302 



Alcohol, its medicinal properties, 476 



Alfred, his attention to the improvement of 

 the horse, 55 



Aloes, Barbadoes, far preferable to Cape, 476; 

 description of the different kinds of, 476; 

 principal adulterations of, 477; tincture of, 

 its composition and use, 477 



Alteratives, the best, 478; nature and efPect, 

 478 



Alum, the use of, in restraining purging, 478; 

 solution of a good wash for grease, 478; 

 burnt, a stimulant and caustic for wounds, 

 478 



Amaurosis, or gutta screna, nature and treat- 

 ment of, 194 



American horse, description of the, 41 



Ammonia, given in flatulent colic, 478; vapour 

 of, plentifully extricated from dung and 

 urine, most injurious to the eyes and lungs, 

 478 



Anchylosis of bones, what, 249 



Anderson, Dr., his account of the Galloway, 

 103 



Animal poisons, an account of, 499 



Animal power compared with that of the 

 steam-engine, 529; its advantage over n.e- 

 chanical, except where velocity is required, 

 532 



Animals, zoological divisions of, 139 



Anise-seed, its properties, 478 



Antea-spinatus muscle, description of the, 143 



Antimonial powder, a good febrifuge, 479 



Antimony, black sesqui-sulphuret of, method of 

 detecting its adulterations, 479 ; used as an 

 alterative, 479; tartarized,used as a nauseant 

 diaphoretic and worm medicine, 479 



BAL 



Antispasmodics, nature of, 479 

 Apoplexy, nature and treatment of, 171 

 Aqueous fluid, an, why placed in the labyrinth 

 of the ear, 155; humour of the eye, descrip- 

 tion of the, 163 

 Arab breed, the, introduced by James I., 64 

 Arabia, not the original country of the horse, 

 22 ; few good horses there even in the seventh 

 century, 23 

 Arabian horse, history of the, 22; Bishop 

 Heber's description of, 26; comparison be- 

 tween, and the Barb, 24; general form of, 

 24; qualities of, 24; scanty nourishment of, 

 27; treatment of, 27; varieties of, 25 

 Arabs, attachment of, to their horses, 26; 

 value their mares more than their horses, 27 

 Arched form of the skull, advantage of, 150 

 Arm, description of the, 364; action of, ex- 

 plained on the principle of the lever, 361, 

 364; extensor muscles of the, 365 ; flexor 

 muscles of the, 365; full and swelling, ad- 

 vantage of, 366; should be muscular and 

 long, 366; fracture of the, 450 

 Arsenic, treatment under poison by, 500 

 Arteries, description of the, 239, 303; of the 



arm, 364; of the face, 199; neck, 239 

 Asearis, account of the, 331 

 Ascot course, length of the, 74 

 Astragalus, account of the, 385 

 Athelstan, his attention to the improvement of 



the horse, 55 

 Atlas, anatomy of the, 236 

 Attechi, the, an Arabian breed, 23 

 Auscultation, the importance of, 266 

 Australian horse, description of the, 32 

 Axle, friction of the, dependent on the material 

 employed, 570 



"D ACK, general description of the, 249 ; pro- 

 •^ per form of the, 249; long and short, 



comparative advantages of, 249; anatomy of 



the, 249 ; muscles of the, 252 

 Backing, of the colt, 505; a bad habit of the 



horse, usual origin of it, 505 

 Back-sinews, sprain of the, 372; thickening of 



the, constituting unsoundness, 252 

 Balls, the manner of giving, 479; the manner 



of making, 480 



