INDEX. 



583 



LIN 



NER 



Lincolnshire, the largest heavy black horses 



bred in, 102 

 Liniments, the composition and use of, 491 

 Linseed, an infusion of used in catarrh, 135, 



491; meal forms the best poultice, 491, 



494 

 Lips, anatomy and uses of the, 215; lips the 



hands of the horse, 215 

 Litter, the, cannot be too frequently removed, 



125; proper substances for, 126; contraction 



not so much produced by it as some imagine, 



410 

 Liver, the anatomy and use of it, 318; diseases 



of the, 334; so'ftening and rupture, 334; in- 

 flammation of the, 334 

 Liverpool, account of the course at, 75 

 Locked jaw, symptoms, cause, and treatment of, 



178 

 Loins, description of the, 250 

 Lombardy horse, the, when introduced into 



England, 58 

 Longissimus dorsi muscle, description of the, 



252 

 Lucern, considered as an article of food, 136 

 Lumbricus teres, the, 331 

 Lunar caustic, a very excellent application, 



479 ^ , 



Lungs, description of the, 260; symptoms of 

 inflammation of the, 283; causes of, 284; 

 consequences of, 286; treatment of, 287; 

 bleeding in, 288; blisters preferable to rowels 

 or setons in, 289 



1\ f ADNESS, the symptoms and treatment of. 



IVi 



175 



Magnesia, the sulphate of, 491 



Mahratta horse, account of the, 31 



Mallenders, the situation of, 357; the nature 



and treatment of, 357 

 Mammalia, the, an important class of animals, 



139 

 Manchester, account of the course at, 75 

 JIane, description and use of the, 2, 239 

 Mange, description and treatment of, 350; 

 causes of, 351; ointment, recipes for, 352; 

 highly infectious, 352; method of purifying 

 the stable after, 356 

 Manger-feeding, the advantage of, 130 

 Mare, put to the horse too early. 111 ; deteriora- 

 tion in, 109; her proper form, 109; breeding 

 in-and-in, 109; time of being at heat, HI; 

 time of going with foal, 111; best time for 

 covering, HI; management of, when with 

 foal, 111; management of, after foaling. 111; 

 more concerned than the horse in breedint;, 

 92; preferable to gelding for the farmer, 92: 

 selection of, for breeding, 93 

 Mark of the teeth, what, 222 

 Markhani's Arabian, an account of, 64 

 Mar.^k, the sire of many of the New-foresters, 



104 

 Mashes, importance of their use, 491; best 



method of making them. 492 

 Masseter muscle, description of the, 199, 221 

 Masillarv bones, anatomy of the. 217; fractures 

 of, 445 



Meadovf grasses, the quantity of nutritive 



matter in, 137 

 Jlechanical power, objections to the use of, 



533 

 Mecklenburg horses, account of, 52 

 Medicines, a list of the most useful, 474 

 Medullary substance of the brain, its nature 



and function, 150, 151 

 Megrims, cause, 174; symptoms, 174; treat- 

 ment, 174; apt to return, 174 

 Melt, description of the, 319 

 Memory of the horse, instances of, 90 

 Mercurial ointment, the use of, in veterinary 



practice, 489 

 Mercury, its use in epidemic catarrh, 279 

 Merlin, the sire of many of the Welsh ponies, 



104 

 Mesentery, description of the, 316 

 Moisture, want of, a cause of contraction, 409 

 Mojinniss horse, description of the, 30 

 Moon-blindness, the nature of, 1 90 

 Moulting, the process of, 348; the horse usually 

 languid at the time of, 348; no stimulant or 

 spices should be given, 348 ; mode of treat- 

 ment under, 348 

 Mouth of the horse, description of the bones of, 

 217; should be always felt lightly in riding, 

 217; importance of its sensibility, 216, 217 

 Mowburnt hay injurious, 135 

 Muriatic acid, its properties, 475 

 Muscles, description of the, 141 

 Muscles of the back, description of the, 252; 

 breast, ditto, 251 ; eye, ditto, 166; face, ditto, 

 199; neck, ditto, '237; ribs, ditto, 246; 

 shoulder-blade, 359 ; lower bone of the 

 shoulder, 359; the advantageous direction of, 

 more important than their bulk, 359, 361 

 Muscular action, the principle of, 362 

 Mustard, the use of, 492 



Myrrh, the use of, for canker and wounds, 

 492 



NASALIS labii superioris muscle, description 

 of the, 200 

 Nasal bones, fracture of, 444 

 „ gleet, 201 

 „ polypus, 200 

 Naves, cast-iron, to wheels, advantage of, 564 ; 



description of the best construction of, 564 

 Navicular bone, description of the, 402 ; the 



action and use of it, 492 

 Navicular disease, nature and treatment of the, 

 412; how far connected with contraction, 

 413; the cure very uncertain, 413; fracture 

 of, 456; unsoundness, 521 

 Neapolitan horse, description of the, 46 

 Neck, anatomy and diseases of the, and neigh- 

 bouring parts, 236; description of the blood- 

 vessels of the, 239 ; description of the veins 

 of the, 240; bones of the, 237; muscles and 

 proper conformation of the, 237; comparison 

 between long and short, 237; loose, what, 238 

 Nephritis, nature and treatment of, 337 

 Nerves, the construction and theory of, 145; 

 spinal, the compound nature of, 153; of the 

 face, 199 



