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INDEX. 



Fever, idiopathic or pure, 308 ; symptoms of, 308 ; 

 syii'ptomatic, 309 



Fibula, description of the, 383 



Fiiihind horse, description of the, 52 



Firir.f;, the principle <in which resorted to, 462; 

 mode of applying, 462; should not penetrate 

 tlie skin, 465; absurdity and cruelty of blister- 

 ing after, 464; horse should not be used for 

 some months after, 465 



Fistula lacrymalis, 158; in the poll, 240; fis- 

 tulous withers, 252 ; flatulent colic, 324 



Fits, symptoms, causes, and treatment of, 174 



Flanders horse, description of the, 103; our 

 heavy draught horses advantageously crossed 

 with it, 103 



Fleam and lancet, comparison between them, 458 



Flemish horse, account of the, 54 



Fleur-de-Lis, account of her performances, 77 



Flexor of the arm, description of the, 365; 

 metatarsi muscle, description of the, 384; 

 pedis perforatus, the perforated muscle, de- 

 scription of tlie, 372; pedis perforans, the 

 perforating muscle, description of the, 372; 

 sprain of tlie flexor tendons, 372 



Flying Childers, an account of him, 68 



Foal, early treatment of, 112; early handling 

 of, important, 113; importance of liberal feed- 

 ing of, 1 12 ; time for weaning, 112 



Fomentations, theory and use of, 488 



Food of the horse, observations on, 130; a list of 

 the usual articles of, 132, 133; should be ap- 

 pwtioned to the work, 132 



Foot, description of the, 395 ; the original defence 

 of, 11; diseases of the, 403; canker, 425; 

 corns, 421; contraction, 407; false quarter, 

 416; founder, acute, 403; chronic laminitis, 

 405; inflammation, 403; navicular joint 

 disease, 412; overreach, 415; prick, 419; 

 pumiced, 405; quittor, 417; sandcrack, 413; 

 thrush, 423; tread, 415; weakness, 427; 

 wounds, 419 



Forehead, the dififerent form of, in the ox and 

 horse, 151 



Fore-legs, description of, 358; diseases of them, 

 370; proper position of them, 358 



Forrester, an example of the emulation of the 

 horse, 76 



Founder, acute, symptoms, causes, and treatment 

 of, 403; chronic, nature and treatment of, 405 



Foxglove, strongly recommended in colds, and all 

 fevers, 486 



Fracture of the skull, treatment of, 168,442; 

 general observations on fractures, 441 ; of the 

 skull, 443; orbit of the eye, 444; nasal bones, 

 444; superior maxillary or upper jaw-bone, 

 445; inferior ditto, 446; spine, 446; ribs, 447; 

 pelvis, 448 ; tail, 449 ; limbs, 449 ; scapula, 

 449; humerus, 449; radius, 450; ulna, 450; 

 femur, 450; patella, 451; tibia, 451; bones of 

 the hock, 452; leg, 452; sesamoid bones, 453; 

 pastern, 453; lower pastern; 454; coffin bone, 

 455; navicular hone, 456 



French horse, description of the, 44 



Friction, comparison of, in the wheel and roller, 

 549 ; on the axle, dependent on the material 

 employed, 571 ; is not materially increased by 

 the velocity, 571; reduced, as the diameter 



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of the axle is diminished, 571; inversely as 



the diaiTieter of the wheel, 571 

 Frog, horny, description of the, 402; sensitive, 



description of the, 402; ditto, action and use 



of the, 402 

 P'rontal bones, description of the, 145; sinuses, 



description of tlie, 146 

 Furze, considered as an article of food, 137 



GALL, account of the, 319; bladder, the 

 horse has none. 318 



Galloping, the action of the horse during, 536 



Galloway, description of the, 103; anecdotes 

 and performances of the, 103 



Gall-stones, 335 



Gaiicho, the South American, description of, 39;- 

 his method of taking and breaking the wild 

 horse, 39; his boots, curious manufacture of, 

 39 



Gentian, tha best tonic for the horse, 488 



Gibbing, a bad habit, cause of, and means of 

 lessening, 505 



Gigs, formation of, 234 



Ginger, an excellent aromatic and tonic, 488, 497 



Glanders, nature of, 203, 206 ; symptoms, 206, 

 208, 210; slow progress of, 203, 206; ap- 

 pearances of the nose in, 203, 206; how dis- 

 tinguished from catarrh, 206; ditto from 

 strangles, 206; connected with farcy, 205, 

 208; treatment of, 211; causes, 208; both 

 generated and contagious, 210; oftenest pro- 

 duced by improper stable management, 208, 

 209; mode of communication, 210,211; pre- 

 vention of, 212; account of its speedy ap- 

 pearance, 208 



Glands, enlarged, it depends on many circuin 

 stances whether they constitute unsoundness, 

 520 



Glass-eye, nature and treatment of, 194 



Glauber's salt, its effect, 496 



Glaucoma, nature of, 194 



Glutei muscles, description of the, 377 



Godolphin Arabian, an account of the, 73 



Goulard's extract, the use of it much over- 

 valued, 490 



Grains, occasionally used for horses of slow 

 work, 133 



Grapes on tlie heels, treatment of, 356 



Grasses, neglect of the farmer as to the proper 

 mixture of, 135 



Grasshopper springs, description of 568; would 

 be advantageously adopted in post-chaises, 568 



Grease, nature and treatment of, 354; cause of, 

 354 ; farmer's horse not so subject to it as 

 others, 355; generally a mere local complaint, 

 355 



Greece, early domestication of the horse in, 9; 

 the horse introduced there from Egypt, 9 



Grey horses, account of the different shades of, 

 346 



Grinders, construction of the, 222 



Grinding, of the food, accomplished by the me- 

 chanism of the joint of the lower jaw, 220; 

 swallowing without, 511 



Grogginess, account of, 379 



Grooming, as important ; s exercise to the horse, 



