t CONTENTS. 



b'lOJTION v.— Dentition and Diet. 



(Page 127-146.) 



The Horse'u Ag;e as shown by his Teeth — On the Diet of Horses — The 

 effects of various kinds of Food — As regards the quantity of Food required 

 —As regaifia ciiarges in Diet — Conclusion. 



.SECTION" VI.— Glanders and Farcy. 



(Page 147-159.) 



Glandefs — Glanders can be communicated to 3Ian — Contagiousness of 

 Glanders— Suspected Glanders — How came the Disease to be called Glan- 

 ders ?— Diagnostic Symptom of Glanders— Treatment of Glanders — Farcy 

 (Disease oi the Absorbents). 



SEOTIOX VII.— Diseases of the Digestive Organs. 



(Page 160-223.) 



Lampas— Spontaneous Salivation— Bots — Inflammation of Stomach — Rup- 

 ture of Stomach— Gorged, or over-distended Stomach— Meteorization — Flat- 

 ulent Colic- Spasmodic Colic— Inflammation of the Peritoneum — Ascitis^ 

 Inflammation of the Intestines- Strangulation of Intestines — Wounds 

 penetrating the Abdominal Cavity— Splenic Apoplexy — Functional Disease 

 of tUti Liver— Pancreas ; its Function— Parasites which afiiect tUe Intestines. 



SECTION VIII.— Diseases of the Urinary Organs. 



(Page 223-237.) 



Inflammation of the Kidneys — Inflammation of the Bladder — Stone in the 

 Bladder — Suppression of the Urine— Retention of the Urine— Diabetes, or 

 Profuse Stalling— Rupture of the Bladder— Albuminous Urine— Haematuria, 

 or Bloody Urine. 



SECTION IX. -Surgical Operations. 



(Page 239-273.) 



Of Surgical Operations and the various Restraints it is sometimes necessary 

 to phice the Horse under for their performance— Casting— Slinging— Cas- 

 tration— French method of Castration— Castration by Ligature— Lithotomy 

 —Tracheotomy— (Esophagotomy— Neurotomy— Mode of Performing Neu- 

 rotomy— Periosteotomy- Division of the Flexor Tendons— Amputations- 

 Amputation of the Penis— Amputation of the Tail— Nicking— Firing— Blis- 

 tering— Ammoniacal Blister— Ro welling— Setons— Abstraction of Blood, or 

 Bieeding— Division of the Temporal Artery— Bleeding by the Palate- 

 Bleeding by the Toe— Phlebotomy— Bleeding by the Jugular Vein. 



