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INDEX. 



TEA 



Tears, the secretion and nature of the, 158; 

 how conveyed to the nose, 158; sometimes 

 shed by the liorse from pain and grief, 158 

 Teeth, description of the, as connected witii 

 age, 221; at birth, 221; 2 months, 222; 12 

 months, 223; 18 montiis, 223; the front 

 sometimes pushed out, that the nest pair 

 may sooner appear, and the horse seem to be 

 older than he is, 224; 3 years, 224; 3| 

 years, 225; 4 years, 225; 4^ years, 226; 5 

 years, 226; 6 years, 227; 7 years, 228; 8 

 years, 228; change of the, 224; enamel of 

 the, 222; irregular, inconvenience and danger 

 of, 230; mark of the, 232 ; frauds practised 

 with regard to the, 225 ; diseases of, 230 

 Temper denoted by the eye, 156; by tlie ear, 



154 

 Temperature, sudden change of, injurious in its 



efiect, 122 

 Temporal bones, description of the, 146 

 Tendons of the leg, 370 

 Tetanus, symptoms, causes and treatment of, 



178 

 Thessalian horses, account of, 10 

 Thick wind, nature and treatment of, 296; 



often found in round-chested horses, 297 

 Thigh and haunch bones, description of, 382; 

 form of, 383; should be long and muscular, 

 383; description of the muscle, of the inside 

 of the upper bone of, 383; do. of the outside, 

 383; mechanical calculation of their power 

 377 

 Thorough-bred horses, the quality of, has not 



degenerated, 67 

 Thorough-pin, the nature and treatment of, 



384; is not unsoundness, 523 

 Thrush, nature and treatment of, 423 ; the 

 consequence, rather than the cause of con- 

 traction, 424; its serious nature and conse- 

 quences not sufficiently considered, 424; 

 constitutes unsoundness, 523 

 Thyroid cartilage of the windpipe, description of 



the, ?57 

 Tibia, a„oount of the, 383, 368; fracture of, 427 

 Tinctures, account of the best, 497 

 Tips, description and use of, 438 

 Tobacco, when used, 497 

 Toe, seedy, 406 

 Tongue, anatomy of the, 231; diseases of, 231 ; 



bladders along the under part of, 232 

 Tonics, an account of the best, 497; their use 



and danger in veterinary practice, 497 

 Toorkoman horse, description of, 36 

 Torsion, the mode of castration by, 357; for- 

 ceps, description of, 357 

 Traces, the direction of them, very important 

 in draught, 541, 642: proper angle of the, 

 542; the proper inclination of them, depend- 

 ing on the kind of horse and the road, 543; 

 they should be inclined downward on rough 

 roads, 543; inclined downward, the same as 

 throwing a part of the weight on the shafts, 

 542; direction of them rarely attended to, 

 548; the manner of affixing them' in South 

 America, 545 

 Trachea, or windpipe, description of, 258; iu- 

 flainmation of, 2G7 



VIC 

 Tiacheotomy, 472; operation of, 473 

 Traction, the force of, illustrated by reference to 

 the spring steelyards, 528 ; tlie proper line of, 

 very important in draught, 547 

 Trapezium bone, description of the, 367 

 Travelling, different rate of, at different times, 



94; comparison of rapid and slow, 540 

 Tread, nature and treatment of, 41 5; often pro- 

 ducing sand-crack or quittor, 415 

 Tredgold, Mr., his comparison of moving power 



in draught, 540 

 Tripping, an inveterate habit, 516 

 Trochanter of the thigh, description of the, 383 

 Trochlearis muscle, the, 167 

 Trotter, the perfonnance of the hackney as, 90 

 Trotting, cruel exhibitions of, 91 ; action of the 

 horse during, 535; position of the limbs in, 

 unfaithfully represented in the Elgin marbles. 

 and the churcii of St. Mark, 535 

 Turbinated bones, description of tlie, 197 

 Turkish horse, description of the, 36 

 Turner, Mr. T., on clipping, 348 

 Turnips, considered as an article of food, 137 

 Turpentine, the best diuretic, 336; a useful in- 



gredient in many ointments, 497 

 Tushes, description of the, 226 

 Twitch, description of the, 457 



ULCERS in the mouth, treatment of 207 

 231, 232 



Ulna, description of the, 364 



Unguiculata, a tribe of animals, 139 



Ungulata, a tribe of animals, 139 



Unilateral shoe, 435 



Unsoundness, contraction does not always cause 

 it, 410; being discovered, the animal should 

 be tendered, 524; ditto, but the tender or re- 

 turn not legally necessary, 524; the horse 

 may he returned and action brought for de- 

 preciation in value, but this not advisable, 

 524; medical means may be adopted to cure 

 the horse, they are, however, better declined, 

 lest in an unfortunate issue of the case they 

 should be misrepresented, 524 



Unsteadmess, whilst mounting, remedy for, 509 



Urine, albuminous, 339 ; bloody, 339 



VASTUS muscle, description of the, 383 



Vatican, the obelisk in the, curious method 

 of moving it, 554 



Vehicles of draught, comparison of the best, 

 565, 567 



Veins, description of the, 303; inflammation of 

 the, treatment of, 241 



Velocity, calculation of, 539, 540 



Vena portarum, the, 318 



Ventilation, importance of attention to, in sta- 

 bles, 122 



Verdigris, an uncertain medicine, when given 

 internally, 484; a mild caustic, 434 



Vermin, account of, 357 



Vertebrje, the dorsal and lumbar, 246 



Vertebrated animals, what, 139 



Vices of horses, account of the, 502 



Vicious to clean, a bad habit that should be con- 



