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INDEX. 



ROL 



Rollers, calculation of the draught of, 550; liow 

 probably first invented oi brought into use, 

 550; comparison of their power with that of 

 wheels, 555; mechanism and principle of, 

 553; particular circumstances in which their 

 use is advantageous, 553; the weight moves 

 with double the velocity of them, and there- 

 fore fresh rollers must be supplied in front, 

 553; the immense block of marble at St. 

 Petersburg, description of its being moved on 

 them, 553 



Rolling, danger of, remedy for, 513 



Roman nose in the horse, what, 196 



Rome, the ancient races at, 15 



Round-bone, the, can scarcely be diblocated, 

 383 



Rowels, manner of inserting, and their opera- 

 tion, 494; comparison between them, blisters, 

 and setons, 466 



Running away, method of restraining, 509 



Rupture, treatment of, 332 ; of the suspensory 

 Hgament, 375 



Russian horse, account of the, 49 



Rye- grass, considered as an article of food, 

 136 



SADDLES, the ancient, 11; the proper con- 

 struction of, 252, 253 

 Saddle-backed, what, 250; galls, treatment of, 



253 

 Saddling the colt, 115 

 Safety coaches, the heavy draught of, 570 

 Sagacity of the horse, 90 

 Sainfoin used as an article of food, 136 

 Sal ammoniac, the medical use of, 478 

 Saliva, its nature and use, 232 

 Salivary gland?, description of the, 232 

 Sallenders, nature and treatment of, 357 

 Salt, use of in veterinary practice, 496; value 



of, mingled in the food of animals, 136 

 Sandal, Mr. Percival's, 440 

 Sand-crack, nature and treatment of, 413; most 



dangerous when proceeding from tread, 414; 



liable to return, unless the brittleness of the 



hoof is remedied, 415; constitutes unsound- 

 ness, 522 

 Sardinian horse, account of the, 46 

 Savin, dangerous, 500 

 Scapula, description of the, 359; fracture of 



the, 449 

 Sclerotica, description of the, 161 

 Secale cornutum, the effect of, 495 

 Sedatives, a list of them, and their mode of 



action, 495 

 Serratus major muscle, description of the, 244, 



359 

 Sesamoid bones, admirable use of, in obviating 



concussion, 378 ; fracture of, 453 

 Setons, mode of introducing, 465; cases in 



wliich they are indicattd, 465; comparison 



between them and rowels and blisters, 466 

 Shank-bone, the, 369 

 Shetland pony, description of the, 106 

 Shins, sore, 372 

 Shoe, the concave-seated, cut of, 434; described 



and reconmicnded, 434; the manner in which 



SOU 



the old one should be taken off, 430; the 

 putting on of the shoe, 431; it should be 

 fitted to the foot, and not the foot to the shoe, 

 431 ; description of the hinder, 433; the uni- 

 lateral, or one side nailed shoe, 435; the bar 

 slioe, 437; the tip, 438; the hunting, 437; 

 the jointed, or expansion, 438 

 Shoeing, not necessarily productive of contrac- 

 tion, 410; preparation of the .foot for, 429, 

 the principles of, 430 

 Short-bodied horses, when valuable, 83 

 Shoulder, anatomical d'jscription of the, 359; 

 slanting direction of the, advantageous, 359, 

 when it should be oblique, and when up- 

 right, 361; sprain of the. 3,63; lameness, 

 method of ascertaining, 363; fracture of the, 

 449 

 Shoulder-blade, muscles of the, 359; why 

 united to the chest by muscle alone, 3."9; 

 lower bone of the, description of, 362; 

 muscles of the, 365 

 Shying, the probable cause of, 165, 513; treat- 

 ment of, 515; on coming out of the stable, 

 description of, 516 

 Side-bones, or ossification of the cartilages, 426 

 Side-line, description of the, 456 

 Sight, the acute sense of, in the horse, 154 

 Silver, the nitrate of, an excellent caustic, 479 

 Singeing, recommendation of, 348 

 Sitfasts, treatment of, 253 

 Skeleton of the horse, description of the, 140 

 Skin, anatomical description of the, 342; func- 

 tion and uses of it, 342; pores of it, 345; 

 when the animal is in health, is soft and 

 elastic, 343; colour of the skin, 345; hide- 

 bound, 349; diseases of the skin, 342 

 Skull, anatomical description of the, 146; 

 arched form of the roof, 150; fracture of 

 the, 168,444 

 Sniithfield market, early account of, 57 

 Sledges, calculation of the draught of, 548; de- 

 scription of the mechanism and use of, 549 ; 

 where more advantageous than wheels, and 

 where very disadvantageous, 550; calcula- 

 tion of the power of, 550; their advantage in 

 travelling over ice and snow, 550; Esqui- 

 maux, an account of the, 551 

 Slipping the collar, remedy for, 516 

 Smell, the sense and seat of, 197; very acute 



in the horse, 197 

 Snewing, Mr., his advocacy of clipping, 348 

 Soap, its use in veterinary practice, 496 

 Soda, chloride of, its use in ulcers, 496; sul 



phate of, 496 

 Sole, the horny, description of, 398; descent of, 

 398; proper form of, 398 ; management of, 

 in shoeing, 399; in sensitive, 401 ; felt or 

 leather, their use, 438 

 Solomon imported horses frorn Egypt, 6 

 Sore-throat, symptoms and treatment of, 266 

 Soundness, consists in there being no disease or 

 alteration of structure that does or is likely 

 to impair the usefulness of the horse, 517; 

 considered with reference to the principal 

 causes of unsoundness, 518 

 South American horse, description of it, 37; 

 manaOTment of it, 39 



