INDEX. 



587 



SPA 



Spanish horse, description of it, 43 

 Spasmodic colic, nature and treatment of, 322 

 Spavin, blood, the nature and treatment of, 388 ; 

 is unsoundness, 522 ; bog, cause, nature and 

 treatment of, 388; bone, 388; why not always 

 accompanied by lameness, 388; is unsound 

 • ness, 522 



Spavined horses, the kinJ of work they are cap- 

 able of, 390 

 Speed of the horse produces rapid diminution 

 of power, 538; and time of labour, the most 

 advantageous proportion of, 539 — 541 ; the 

 sacrifice of the horse in endeavouring to ob- 

 tain it, 540 

 Speedy-cut, account of, 371 

 Sphenoid bone, description of the, 150 

 Spinalis dorsi muscle, description of the, 252 

 Spine, description of the, 249; fracture of, 446 

 Spleen, description ofthe,31 9; diseases of the, 336 

 Splenius muscle description of the, 237 

 Splint, nature and treatment of, 370; when con- 

 stituting unsoundness, 522; bones, descrip- 

 tion of the, 370 

 Sprain of the back sinews, treatment of, 372; 

 sometimes requires firing, 374; any remain- 

 ing thickening constitutes unsoundness, 522; 

 sprain of the shoulder, 363 

 Spring steel-yard, the force of traction illus- 

 trated by, 528 

 Springs to carriages, theory of their efifect, 568; 

 with some modifications might be adapted to 

 the heaviest waggons, 569; great advantages 

 of, in rapid travelling, 569; grasshopper, de- 

 scription of, 569; C, disadvantages of, 569 

 Spur, the ancient, 11 



Stables, dark, an occasional cause of inflam- 

 mation of the eye, 192; hot and foul, a fre- 

 quent one of inflammation of the eye, 192; 

 ditto, lungs, 122; ditto, glanders, 203, 209; 

 should be large, compared with the number of 

 horses, 122; the management of, too much 

 neglected by the owner of the horse, 123; the 

 ceUing of should be plastered, if there is a 

 loft abm-e, 123; should be so contrived that 

 the urine will run off", 125; the stalls should 

 not have too much declivity, 126; should he 

 sufijciently light, yet without any glaring 

 colour, 126 

 Staggers, stomach, symptoms, cause, aud treat- 

 ment of, 169, 138; sleepy, symptoms and 

 treatment, 170, 171; mad, symptoms and 

 treatment, 172 

 Staling, profuse, cause and treatment of, 338 

 Stallion, description of the proper, for breeding, 



109 

 Stamford, races first established at, 63 

 Starch, useful in superpurgation, 496 

 Star-gazer, the, 238 



Steam-engine, comparison of the, with the exer- 

 tion of animal power on railways, 532; com- 

 mon roads, 532; calculation of the expense, 

 531 ; small, has little aJtantage in expense 

 over horse power, 533 

 Steeple-chase, description and censure of it, 87^ 

 Sternum, or breast-bone, description of the, 245 

 Stifle, description of the, 383 ; sprain of the, 384 

 Stirrup, the ancient, 1 1 



TEA 



Stomach, description of the, 313, 314; very 

 small in the horse, 314; ruptured, 320; pump 

 recommended in apoplexy, 142 

 Stone in the bladder, symptoms and treatment 



of, 340; kidney, 339 

 Stoppings, the best composition of, and their 



great use, 497 

 Straddlers, wheels so called, description of, 563; 

 objection to them, 563 ; method of evading 

 the law concerning, 563 

 Strain, uniform and constant in draught, bad 



consequences of, 542 

 Strangles, symptoms and treatment of, 234; dis- 

 tinguished from glanders, 206 ; the importance 

 of blistering early in, 235 

 Strangury, produced by blistering, 462; treat- 

 ment of, 462 

 Strawberry horse, account of the, 346 

 Stringhalt, nature of, 183; is decidedly unsound- 

 ness, 186, 522 

 Structure of the horse, importance of a know- 

 ledge of, 144 

 Strychnia, account of, 496 

 Stylo-maxillaris muscle, description of the, 199 

 Sublingual gland, description of the, 234 

 Submaxillary glands, description of the, 233; 



artery, description of the, 200 

 Sub-scapulo hyoideus muscle, description of the, 



199 

 Suffolk punch, description of the, 99 ; honesty 



and continuance of the old breed, 99 

 Sugar of lead, use of, 490 

 Sullivan, the Irish whisperer, anecdotes of his 

 power over the horse, 502 ; the younger, did 

 not inherit the power of his father, anecdote 

 of this, 505 

 Sulphate of copper, use of in veterinary prac- 

 tice, 484; iron, 487; magnesia, 491; zinc, 

 498 

 Sulphur, an excellent alterative and ingredient 



in all applications for mange, 496 

 Summering of the hunter, consideration of, 86 

 Surfeit, description and treatment of, 350; im- 

 portance of bleeding in, 350 

 Suspensory ligament, beautiful mechanism of 



the, 375; rupture of the, 375 

 Suspensory muscle of the eye, description of the. 



166 

 Swallowing without grinding, 511 

 Swedish horse, description of the, 51 . 

 Swelled legs, cause and treatment of, 393 ; 

 most frequently connected with debility, 

 394 

 Sweetbread, description of the, 319 

 Sympathetic nerves, description of the, 153 



TAIL, anatomy of the, 243; fracture of the, 

 449; docking, 466; nicking, 467 



Tar, its use in veterinary practice, 497 



Tares, a nutritive and healthy food, 136 



Tartar, cream of, 493 



Tartarian horse, description of the, 34 



Tazsee horse, description of the, 34 



Team, disadvantages of draught in, explained, 

 537 ; their united power not equal to the 

 calculation of so many horses, 537 



