INDEX 



[Numbers with P. preceding tliem refer to photos or drawings in the plates. Other numbers refer to sections, not pages.] 



Abbott Alkaloidal Co., 750, 761 



Abscess, 444 et seq. 



Abuse of drugs, 531 



Achilles, 10 



Acids, 507 



Acknowledgments, 5 



Across country, 84 



Action, 486, P. 43, 44 



, freedom of, 84 



of drugs, 507 



Acts tor protection of animals, 



718 

 Affection, 41, 53 

 African horses, 25 

 Age of horse, 471 

 Aids, 85, 86, 330 et seq. 

 Air, composition of, 361 



space required, 362 



Albumen, 370 

 Alcohol, action of, 37 

 Alexander the Great, 11, 28 

 Alexandra, Queen, 657 

 Alfalfa, 137 



Alfred the Great, 18 



Alimentary canal, 105 



Amaurosis, 588 



Amble, 341 



Ambulance, horse, P. 124a 



American lireeds, 23 



liquid measure, 519 



Ansemia, 580 



Anaesthesia, stages of, 738 

 Anaesthetics Act, 752 



■ , choice of, 738 el seq. 



, history of, 735 



, local, 753 et seq. 



, use of, 736 et seq. 



Anaesthetising, 742 et seq. 



• dogs, 751 



Anatomy of back and forehand, 294 

 et seq. 



of taU, 631 et seq. 



Ancestors of the horse, 32 

 Aneurism, 577 



Angell, Geo. T., 701 

 Animal Guardian, 709, 712 

 Anterior, 403 

 Anthrax, 624, 795 

 Anti-bearing-rein Association, 884 

 Antidotes to poisons, 511, 512 

 Antiphlogistine, 445 

 Antiseptic drinking troughs, 153" 



390 

 Antiseptics, 798-801 

 Anti-tetanic serum, 620 

 Apothecaries' weight, 521 

 Apparatus in pharmacy, 513 

 Appetite, 138 



, depraved, 541 



Approaching a horse, 291 

 Arab, character of, 28 



Arab horses, 21, 22, P. 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 

 11, 18, 19, 92, 93 



mares, 26 



, origin of, 15 



Arabia, early, 10, 17 * 



Arm, 478 



Arresting bleeding, 805 



Arteries of tail, 633 



Articular rheumatism, 585 



Ascites, 564 



Aseptic surgery, 802, 811 



Associations, 46, 68 et seq. 



Assyrians, 9 



Asthma, 602 



Astride riding, 338, P. 63 



Author's introduction, 1 et seq. 



Avoirdupois weight, 523 



Azoturia, 572 



B 



Back, 481 



, anatomy of, 294 et seq. 



, conformation of, 302 



, sprain of, 425 



tendons, 419 



Backs, sore, 320 el seq. 

 Bacteria. (See also Microbes) 

 , action of, 771 



, admission of, 779, 785 



, size of, 781 



, study of, 778 et seq. 



Bacteriology, 769 et seq. 



Balling, 496 



Balls, 509 



Bandages, 217-9, 404, 405 



use of, 219, 404, 405, P. 22e, f 



Bandaging wounds, 810 



Banged tails, P. 28, 29, 79, 80 



Banging the tail, 239 



Barb, African, 25 



Barley, 115 



Baron O'Euchlyvie, P. 131a 



Bar shoes, 850 



Bars of the foot, 829 



Barrel, 481 



Batton, 253 



Baulking, 73 



Beans, 118 



Bearing-reins, 875 et seq., P. 141-3 



, mechanics of, 885 



, opinions on, 887 el seq. 



, use of, 886 



Bedding, 221 et seq. 



down, 225 



Bedouin Arab, 26 

 Beery, 81, 700 

 Bend Or, P. 15a 

 Beringer, 17, 662 



Bill against docking, 695 

 Bishops, 701, 708 



227 



Bites, 455-6 



Bits, 286-8, 346-7, P. 33a, 72a 



, curb, 350 el seq. 



Bitting, 70, 89 



, theory of, 350 et seq. 



Black Beauty, 723 

 Bladder diseases, 566 et seq. 

 Blanketing in the open, 214 

 Blankets, 212-4 



, saddle, 316 



Bleeding, 805 

 Blinders, 287 

 Blinkers, 75, 287 

 Blistering, 408-9 

 Blisters, 410 

 Blood, 358 el seq.' 



circulation, P. 71 



poisoning, 625, 808 



vessels, diseases of, 577 



Bloomfleld, 662 

 Boadicea, 15 

 Bolting food, 145 

 Bone diseases, 426 el seq. 



, histology of, 401 el seq. 



Bonnie Buchlj'vie, P. 1231) 



Bot fly, 638 



Box-stalls, 385 



Brain, 37, 729 



Bran, 121 



Breast cloths, 285 



collars, 279 



Breath, 818 

 Breathing, 786 

 Bridle lameness, 396 

 Bridles, 286 

 Bridling, 70, 89 

 Brittle feet, 869 

 Broken wind, 604 

 Bronchitis, 605 

 Browbands, 286 

 Bruises, 446 

 Brushes, use of, 195-7 

 Brushing, 447 



manes and tail, 201, P. 22 



Bucephalus, 11 



Bulk in food, 141 

 Bull fighting, 712 

 Bullet places, P. 138a 

 Burns, 454 

 Bushel, the, 113 



C^SAR, Julius, 14 

 Caesaresco, 41 

 California penal code, 715 

 CaUgula, P. 58 

 Calkins, 848 

 Camp, horses in, 179 

 Camphor liniment, 404 

 Canadian breeds, 23 



