284 DICTIONARY OF THE VETERINARY ART. 



Whirl Bone, or Round Bone. The hip joint is thus named. 



Wind. The most effectual method of bringing a horse to, 

 is to give him regular exercise. . (See Feeding, Exercise, &c, 

 part first.) 



Windgalls. Elastic tumors on each side of the back sin- 

 ews, immediately above the fetlock joint ; they are often 

 caused by hard work, or trotting on hard roads, at too early an 

 age. There are various operations recommended, such as 

 firing, blistering, &c. ; but the remedy is generally worse than 

 the disease. Rest, bandaging, and the occasional use of lini- 

 ment, is all that can be done with safety. 



Withers. The part where the mane ends is thus named 

 in the horse. 



Yorms. The stomach and bowels of horses are liable to 

 be infested with different kinds of worms ; but as the same 

 treatment is proper, of whatever kind they may be, it is 

 needless to enter into a particular description of them. (See 

 Botts.) Many articles are recommended by veterinary writ- 

 ers, for the purpose of ridding the animal of these pests, viz., 

 antimony calomel, turpentine, either of which would be just 

 as likely to kill the horse as the worms. The true indica- 

 tions to be fulfilled are to tone up the stomach and digestive 

 organs. (See Worm Powder, in the Appendix.* 



Yard, Fallen. (See Falling of the Yard.) 



Yard, Foul. The horse's penis sometimes requires to be 



washed with soap and water, in order to free it from mucous 



matter and dirt. 



* Dr. J. Hinds says, " Since the worms are not always to be killed, even 

 by strong poisons, (calomel,) nor brought away by brisk purgatives, reason 

 dictates, and nature beckons us to follow her course in affording to the horse 

 a run at grass ; if that is impossible, adopt the means nearest thereto that 

 lie within our reach." If calomel is a poison, — and thousands declare it is, 

 — then it must entail a disease more formidable than the one it is intended 

 to cure. 



