CONTENTS OF EQUINE DEPAKTMENT. Xl 



SECTION X. — Diseases of the Skin and Sub-tissues. 



(Page 274-301 ) 



Itch and Mange— Lice on Animals— Grease and Scratches— Surfeit — Drop- 

 sical Limbs— Scarlatina— Ringworm— Prurigo— Poll-evil— Fistulous "Withers 

 — "Warls on the Skin— Purpura Hemorrhagica- Out of condition— Hide- 

 bound— Herpes. 



SECTIOX XL— Breeding, and the Principles of the same. 



(Page 302-318.) 



Breeding- The Principles of Breeding— In-and-in Breeding— Permanent 

 Varieties— Animals become Parents too early— Objections to In-and-in 

 Breeding answered— The Advantage of In-and-in Breeding— The Importance 

 of Studying Anatomy and Physiology. 



SECTIOX XIL— Lameness from Various Causes. 



(Page 319-885.) 



Curbs— Elbow Tumor— Capped Hnck— Varix, or Bog Spavin— Atrophy, 

 or Wasting of Muscles— Thorough-pin— Navicular Disease, or Lameness— 

 Plcuro-dynia — Acute Rheumatism — Chronic Rheumatism- Ring-bone— 

 gplint- Spavin — Osteo Poresis — Curvature of the Spine — Hnof bound — 

 Laminitis— Sand-crack— Quarter-crack— Navicular Thritis— Stifle Out— Con- 

 traction of the Hoof— Bowed Legs— Corns— Lameness. 



SECTIOX XIIL— Horse Management, etc. 



(Page .387-415.) 



Prolapsus Ani— Hemorrhoids, or Piles— Pricking and Nicking Horses' 

 Tails— Docking Horses— Anaemia— The Use and Abuse of the Curry-comb 

 — Horses and Cattle should have a supply of Pure Water— Galled Back— 

 The Heart— Tlie quantity of Blood contained in a Horse's Body— Rapidity 

 of the Circulation— The transfusion of Blood— Management of the Horses 

 put in the Stable— Strangles. 



