CONTENTS, 



PAET riEST. 



Section I. 



Introduction — Early Eecords of the Horse —The "Wild Horse — 

 The Domestication of the Horse — Horses of Diiferent 

 Countries — The Teeth Characterizing Age .. . ... ... 3 



Section II. 



Breeding of Horses — How to Buy a Horse — Training of 

 Horses — Stable Management and Feeding — Dressing or 

 Grooming — The Feet — Exercise 33 



Section III. 



Names of Medicines used for Horses — Various Forms of 

 Medicine — Balls, and how they act — Powders — Drenches — 

 Clysters — Ointments — Fomentations — Poultices — Bleed- 

 ing — Physicing — Firing — Blistering — Gelding — Eowels 

 and Setons — Shoeing ... ... ... ... ... ... 52 



Section IY. 



]S"atm'e and Properties of the Blood — Xature and Properties 

 of the Limgs — Inflammation of the Lungs — Natm-e and 

 Properties of the Kidneys — Natui-e and Properties of the 

 Stomach — Nature of the Heart — Natm-e of the Liver — 

 Nature of the Bladder— Natm-e of the Pidse — What is 

 Inflammation? — Digestion— rThe Ai'teries — The Nerves ... 77 



