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INDEX. 



HOW 



ment of, in South America, 38; Spanish, 42 

 Swedish, 51; Tartarian, 34; Thessalian, 9 

 Toorkoman, 36; Turkish, 36; wild, 34, 37 

 English, improved under William the Con- 

 queror, 56; zoological description of, 107; 

 immense number of, in the armies of some 

 ancient eastern monarchs, 3; numerous in 

 Britain at the invasion of the Romans, 54 

 Howell the Good, his laws respecting the horse, 



55 

 Humerus, description of the, 362 

 Hungarian horse, description of the, 48 

 Hunter, the, general account of, 81; proper de- 

 gree of blood in, 81; form of, 82; spirit of, 

 83; anecdotes of, 85; management of, 84 

 symptoms of dangerous distress in, 85 

 management of the, when distressed, 86 

 summering of, 86; shoe, description of the, 

 437 

 Hydatids in the cranial cavity, 168 

 Hydrocyanic acid, its occasional good service, 



475 

 Hydrops pericardii, or dropsy of the heart, 301 

 Hydrothorax, symptoms and treatment of, 291 



rCELAND horse, description of the, 51 

 ■*- Ileum, description of the, 316 

 Inflammation, nature of, 305; treatment of, 

 306; hot or cold applications to guide in the 

 ciioice of, 307; importance of bleeding in, 

 306, 459; when proper to physic in, 306; of 

 the bowels, 325; ditto, distinction between 

 it and colic, 323; brain, 172; eye, 189 ; 

 foot, 403; kidneys, 337; larynx, 266; lungs,' 

 283; trachea, 267; veins, 241; heart, 301; 

 liver, 334 



Influenza, nature and treatment of, 272 



Infusions, manner of making them, 489 



Intercostal muscles, description of the, 246 



Intestines, description of the, 315, 316, 317; 

 inflammation of the, 325 



Introsusception of the intestines, treatment of, 

 330 



Invertebrafed animals, what, 139 



Iodine, usefulness of, in reducing enlarged 

 glands, 490 



Tranee horse, description of the, 30 



Iris, description of the, 163 



Irish horse, description of the, 107 



Iritis, 190 



Iron, the carbonate of, a mild and useful tonic, 

 487; sulphate of, a stronger tonic, 487; 

 ditto, recommended for the cure of glanders 

 487 



Italian horse, description of the, 46 



Itchiness of the skin should always be regarded 

 with suspicion, 353 



TAMES I. established the first regulations for 

 " racing, 64; introduction of the Arabian 



blood by him, 64 

 James's powder, 479 



Jaundice, symptoms and treatment of, 335 

 Jaw, the lower, admirable mechanism of, 219, 



220; upper, description of, 217 



LIM 



Je'unum, description of the, 316 



John, tlie breed of horses improved by, /iS 



Jointed shoe, the description and use of, 4.S,S 



Jugular vein, anatomy of the, 460 



Jumper, the horse-breaker, anecdotes of his 



power over animals, 502 

 Juniper, oil of, use of, 490 

 Juno, her chariot described, 556 



T7ADISCHI, an Arabian breed of horses, 23 

 -*-*• Kicking, a bad and inveterate habit, 508 

 Kidneys, description of the, 336; inflammation 



of, symptoms and treatment of, 337 

 King Pippin, anecdotes of him as illustrating the 



inveterateness of vicious habits, 503 

 Knee, an anatomical description of the, 366: 



broken, treatment of, 367, 518 

 Kochlani, an Arabian breed of horses, 23 

 Knowledge of the horse, how acquired, 1 44 



LABYRINTH of the ear, description and use 

 of the, 155 



Lachrymal duct, description of the, 158; gland, 

 description and use of the, 1 58 



Lamellae or laminae, horny, account of the, 398; 

 fleshy, account of the, 398; weight of the 

 horse, supported by the, 398 



Lameness, shoulder, method of ascertaining, 

 363; from whatever cause, unsoundness, 521 



Lampas, nature and treatment of, 219; cruelty 

 of burning the bars for, 219 



Laminas of the foot. See Lamellae. 



Lancet and fleam, comparison between them 

 458 



Lapland horse, account of the, 51 



Laryngitis, chronic and acute, 266, 267 



Larynx, description of che, 257; inflammation 

 of the, 266 



Lasso, description of the, 39 



Laudanum, the use of in veterinary practice, 

 493 



Lead, the compounds of, used in veterinary prac- 

 tice, 490 



Leather soles, description and use of, 438 



Leg, cut of the, 470; description of the, 369; 

 fracture of the, 452 



Legs, fore, the situation of, 358; hind, anatomi- 

 cal description of the, 358; of the hackney, 

 should not be lifted too high, 88; swelled, 

 393 



Levator humeri muscle, description of the, 239, 

 247 



Lever, muscular action explained on the prin- 

 ciple of it, 360 



Ligament of the neck, description and elasticity 

 of the, 149; suspensory, lesions of the, 

 375 

 Light, the degree of, in the stable, 126 

 Lightness in hand, of essential consequence in a 



hunter, 82 

 Limbs, fracture of the, 449 

 Lime, the chloride of, exceedingly useful forbad 

 smelling wounds, &c., 491; the chloride of, 

 valuable in cleansing stables from infection, 

 491 



