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INDEX 



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Colonel, portrait of, C6 ; account of his perfor- 

 mances, 77 



Colour, remarks on, 345 



Colt, early treatment of the, 112 ei seq. 



Coniplexus, major, description of the, 238; 

 minor, description of the, 238 



Concave-seated shoe, the, described and recom- 

 mended, 434 



Conestoga horses, description of the, 42 



Conical wheels, compared with flat ones, 559; 

 extreme absurdity of, 561 ; strange degree of 

 friction and dragging with them, 561 ; afford 

 great resistance and destroy the road, 561; 

 are in fact travelling grindstones, 562 



Conjunctiva, description of the, 161; appear- 

 ance of, how far a test of inflammation, 161 



Consumption, account of, 293; treatment of, 

 294 



Contraction of the foot, nature of, 587, 518; 

 the peculiarity of permanent lameness pro- 

 duced by, 410; how far connected with the 

 navicular disease, 412; is not the necessary 

 consequence of shoeing, 407; produced by 

 neglect of paring, 408 ; wearing the shoes too 

 long, 408; want of natural moisture, 409; 

 the removal of the bars, 410; not so much 

 produced by litter as imagined, 409 ; the 

 cause rather than the consequence of thrush, 

 410; best mode of treating, 411 ; rarely per- 

 manently cured, 411; does not necessarily 

 imply unsoundness, 518; although not neces- 

 sarily unsoundness, should have a special 

 warranty against it, 518; blood horses very 

 subject to, 410 



Convexity of the eye, the proper, not sufficiently 

 attended to, 161 



Copaiba, account of the resin, 484 



Copper, the combinations of, used in veterinary 

 practice, 484 



Corded veins, what, 212 



Cordials, the use and abuse of, in the horse, 484 



Cornea, description of the, 161; mode of ex- 

 amining the, 161; its prominence or flatness, 

 161; should be perfectly transparent, 161 



Corns, the nature and treatment of, 421; pro- 

 duced by cutting away the bars, 421; not 

 paring out the foot between the crust and 

 bars, 422; pressure, 422; very difficult to 

 cure, 422; constitute unsoundness, 518 



Coronary ligament, description of the, 397; the 

 crust principally produced from, 397; ring, 

 description of the, 397 



Coronet, description of the, 397 



Corrosive sublimate, treatment under poison by 

 500; a good tonic for farcy, 489, 500 



Corsican horse, account of the, 46 



Cortical substance of the brain, description and 

 fracture of, 151 



Cossack horse, description of the, 49; beaten 

 in a race by English blood horses, 49 



Cough, chronic nature and treatment of, 294; 

 constitutes unsoundness, 519; the occasional 

 difficulty with regard to this, 523 



Cow hocks, description of, 392 



Cradle, a safe restraint upon the horse when 

 blistered, 461 



Cramp, the nature and treatn-ent of, 183 



Cream-coloured horses, account of, 346 ; pecu- 

 liarity in their eyes, 163 

 Cream of tartar, a mild diuretic, 493 

 Creasote, its use in veterinary practice, 485 

 Crib-biting, description of, 511; causes and 

 cure, 512; injurious to the horse, 512; con- 

 stitutes unsoundness. 519 

 Cricket ball, the action of catching a, 538 

 Cricoid cartilage of the windpipe, the, 257 

 Cromwell, Oliver, his stud of race-horses, 64 

 Cropping off the ear, absurdity of, 154 

 Croton, the farina of, used as physic, 485 

 Crusaders, the improvement of the horse 



neglected by them, 58 

 Crust of the foot, description of the, 395; com- 

 position of the, 396; consisting within of 

 numerous horny plates, 398; proper degree 

 of it, slanting, 396; proper thickness of the, 

 396; brittleness of, remedy for, 398; the 

 cause of sandcrack, 413 

 Crystalline lens, description of the, 165 

 Cuboid bones, description of the, 385 

 Cuneiform bones, description of the, 385 

 Curbs, nature and treatment of, 387; heredi- 

 tary, 93; constitute unsoundness, 519 

 Cuticle, description of the, 342 

 Cutis, or true skin, account of the, 342 

 Cutting, cause and cure of, 380, constitutes 

 unsoundness, 519; away the foot, unfounded 

 prejudice against, 408 



"HANDRIFF, the nature of, 342 



-^ Darley Arabian, account of the, 68 



Dartmoor ponies, description and anecdote of, 



106 

 Deafness, 195 

 Deacon, Mr., his opinion on the forms of wheels, 



527, 563 

 Denham, Major, interesting account of the loss 



of his horse, 27 

 Depressor labii inferioris muscle, description of 



the, 200 

 Desert horses, account of the, 21 

 Diabetes, the nature and treatment of, 338 

 Diameter of wheels, the effect of increasing the, 



568 

 Diaphoretics, their nature and effects, 485 

 Diaphragm, description of the, 254; spasm of 



the, 263; rupture of, 264; its connection with 



respiration, 255 

 Digestion, the process of it described, 313 

 Digestive organs, anatomy and diseases of the, 



311 

 Digestives, their nature and use, 486 

 Digitalis, highly recommended in colds and all 



inflammatory complaints, 486 

 Dilator magnus lateralis muscle, description of 



the, 200; naris lateralis muscle, description 



of the, 200 

 Dishing of wheels described, and effect of, 560; 



both inward and outward effect of, 564 

 Distressed horse, treatment of the, 85 

 Diuretic medicines, the use and abuse of, 486 

 Docking, method of performing, 466 

 Dogs, danger' of encouraging them about the 



stable, 176 



