INDEX. 



Abdomen, viscera of, 64 ; wounds of, 

 292. 



Abscess, 290 ; serous, 290. 



Absorbents, 401. 



Acute founder, 335. 



Age of a horse, mode of judging, 379. 



Air, atmospheric, composition of, 57. 

 409 ; properties of, changes effected 

 in, by respiration, and its effects on 

 the blood, 58. 



Air passages, diseases of, 115; chronic 

 diseases of, 131. 



Alteratives, 415. 



Amaurosis, 265. 



Anasarca, 235. 



Animal heat, production of, 61. 



Anodynes, 419. 



Anthelmintics, 420. 



Antispasmodics, 424. 



Appetite, loss of 145; inordinate, and 

 depraved, 147. 



Argand lamp, recommended for stables, 

 5. 



Ass, inoculation of, as a test for glan- 

 ders, 225. 



Astringents, 428. 



Authors, Veterinary, English, iv. xvi ; 

 French, vii. 



Back sinews, strain of, 272. 



Bags, or washes, 196. 



Balling iron, 430. 



Balls, see Materia Medica, 432 ; the 



tongue sometimes injured by, 199; 



caution to be used in giving, 201. 

 Bar shoe, 317. 

 Bathing, 438. 

 Beans, 7. 



Bitting, 197 ; Injuries produced by, 197. 

 Bladder, structure and functions of, 78; 



inflammation of, 190. 

 Bleeding, 342; local, 341. 

 Blisters, 349. 438. 

 Blood, circulation of, 50; its nature and 



composition, 54. 

 Body founder, 202. 

 Bog-spavin, 285. 

 Bone-spavin, 284. 

 Bones of the head, 23 ; of the spine 



and chest, 27; of the extremities, 29 ; 



injuries of, 291. 

 Botts, 175. 



Bowels, structure of, 66 ; inflammation 



of, 160. 

 Brain, 43; inflammation of, 104; 



dropsy, 105. 

 Breaking down, 273. 

 Breeding, principles and practice of, 88. 

 Broken knees, 293. 

 Broken wind, 133. 

 Bronchial passages, diseases of, 122, 

 Bronchitis, 122. 

 BroncViotomy, 1 40. 

 Bruises, 287 ; of the foot, 324. 

 Bursautee, 240. 



Caecum, structure of, 68. 



Calculi in the intestines, 170; in the 



kidneys, 192; in the bladder, 192. 

 Canker, 333. 

 Capped hock, 290. 

 Capulet, 290. 

 Carditis, 143. 

 Cartilages, ossified, 281. 

 Casting, or throwing a horse down, 352. 

 Castration, 367 ; by caustic clam, 369 ; 



by ligature, 370; by torsion, 371. 

 Cataract, 264 ; partial, 264. 

 Catarrh, 125. 

 Cerebellum, 43. 

 Cerebrum, 43. 

 Chaff, remark on, 8. 

 Chapped heels, 238. 

 Chest, 45; diseases of, 115. 

 Chill, 202. 

 Chloroform, 355. 

 Chronic cough, 131. 

 Chyle, 75. 

 Chymification, 72. 

 Circulation of the blood, 50 ; in the 



foetus, 87. 

 Clipping, 14. 

 Clysters, 349. 459. 

 Coffin bone, 301. 

 Coffin joint, strain of, 275. 

 Colds, 125. 

 Colic, flatulent, 165. 

 Colon, structure of, 68. 

 Contracted feet, 338. 

 Cordials, 461. 

 Corns, 329. 

 Couching, 264. 

 Cough, 126; chronic, 131. 

 Crib-biting, 174. 



