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INDEX. 



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Neurotomy, or nerve operation, object and effect 

 of it, 469; manner of performing it, 470; 

 rases in which it should or should not be 

 performed, 471 ; a vestige of tlie performance 

 of it, constitutes unsoundness, 472 



Newcastle, the Duke of, his opposition to the 

 introduction of the Arabian blood, 64 



New-forester, description of the, 104 



Newmarket, races established at, by Charles I., 

 64; descriptionof the different courses at, 110 



Nicking, the method of performing, 467; useless 

 cruelty often resorted to, 468 



Nitre, a valuable cooling medicine, and mild 

 diuretic, 493 



Nitric acid, for what employed, 475 



Nitric ether, spirit of, a mild stimulant and 

 diuretic, 492 



Norman horse, description of the, 44 



Norwegian horse, description of the, 52 



Nose, description of the bones of the, 196; the 

 importance of its lining membrane, 197, 256; 

 the nose of the horse slit to increase his wind^ 

 199; importance of the colour of the mem- 

 brane of the, in judging of many diseases, 

 198 ^ J , 



Nosebag, importance of the, 138 



Nostrils, description of the, 196; the mem- 

 brane of, important in ascertaining disease, 

 200, 54; importance of an expanded one, 

 lyS ; slit by Some nations to increase the 

 wind of the horse, 198 



Nubian horse, account of the, 17 



Nutriment, the quantity of, contained in the 

 different articles of food, 137 



A ATS, the usual food of the horse, 132, 137; 



^ should be old heavy, dry, and sweet 132- 



kiln-dried, injurious to the horse, 137; proper 



quantity of, for a horse, 137 



Oatmeal, excellent for gruel, and sometimes used 



as a poultice, 133 

 Occipital bone, description of the, 146 

 (Enanthe fistulosa, poisonous, 499 

 (Esophagus, description of the, 312 

 O'Kelly, Colonel, anecdotes of him, and Eclipse 

 70 ^ ' 



Olfactory nerves, the importance of them, 197 

 Olive oil, an emollient, 492 

 Olympia, tlie races at, 13 

 Omentum, description of the, 319 

 Opacity of the eye, the nature and treatment of, 



191 

 Operations, description of the most important 

 456; the dreadful ones caused by cruel treat- 

 ment and driving, 97 

 Ophthalmia, simple, 189; specific, or moon- 

 blindness, 190 

 Opium, its great value in veterinary practice, 



492; adulterations of it, 493 

 Orbit of the eye, fracture of, 168 

 Ossification of the cartilages, cause and treat- 

 ment of, 426 

 Over-reach, the nature and treatment of, 415; 

 often producing sand-crack or quittor. 415. 

 414,417 

 pzena, account of, 202 



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PACE, the effect of, in straining the horse. 

 97 ' 



Pachydermata, an order of animals, 140 



Pack-horse, description of the, 105 



Pack- wax, description of the, 149 



Palate, the, 218 



Palsy, the causes and treatment of, 186 



Pancreas, description of the, 319 



Panniculus carnosus muscle, 343 



Paps or barbs, 233 



Paracentesis thoracis, operation of, 473 



Parietal bones, description of the, 146 



Paring out of the foot for shoeing, directions for, 

 429 ; neglect of, a cause of contraction, 408 



Parutid gland, description of the, and its diseases 

 200, 232 



Parsnips, the nutritive malter in, 137 



Parthenon, description of the chariots on the 

 frieze of it, 556 



Pastern, upper, fracture of, 453; lower, fracture 

 of, 454; description of the, 377; bones of 

 the, 378; cut of the, 378; proper obliouity 

 of the, 378 r 1- . / 



Patella or stifle bone, description of the, 383; 

 dislocation of the, 384 



Pawing, remedy for, 513 



Payment of the smallest sum completes the 

 purchase of a horse, 523 



Peas, sometimes, used as food, but should be 

 crushed, 134, 137 



Pecturales muscles, description of the, 251 



Pelvis, fracture of the, 448 



Pereostitis, or sore shins, 372 



Pericarditis, 301 



Pericardium, description of the, 300 



Persian horse, description of the, 28; manage, 

 ment of, 29 



Persian race, description of a, 29 



Perspiration, insensible, no medicines will cer- 

 tainly increase it, 345 



Peter the Great, the immense block of marble 

 constituting the pedestal of his statue, how 

 moved, 567 



Pharynx, anatomy of the, 311 



Phrenitis, 172 



Phthisis pulmonalis, description of, 293; treat- 

 ment of, 294 

 Physic balls, method of compounding the best. 

 477 r o , 



Physicking, rules for, 328 



Pia mater, description of the, 150 



Pied horse, account of the, 346 



Pigmentum nigrum, account of the, 162 



Pit of the eye, the, indicative of the age, 



146 

 Pitch, its use for charges and plasters, 493 

 Pithing a humane method of destroying animals. 



236 ^ a , 



Pleura, description of the, 261 

 Pleurisy, the nature and treatment of, 289 

 Pneumonia, the nature and treatment of, 283 

 Poisons, account of the most frequent, 498; 



tests of the different ones, 501 

 Poll- evil, the cause and treatment of, 240; im- 

 portance of the free escape of the matter, 

 241 



