CONTENTS. 



Chapter IX. 



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THE NECK . . . 152 



Description of the neck : poll-evil : proper form of the neck : the splenius muscle : 

 neck should be muscular at the bottom: the complexus major: ewe-necked: the 

 muscles of the neck generally : arteries and veins of the neck : inflammation of the 

 vein after bleeding: the wind-pipe: the larynx: roaring: the oesophagus or 

 gullet. 



Chapter X. 



THE CHEST— ITS CONTENTS AND THEIR DISEASES 163 



The proper form of the chest: forTia of as much importance as capacity : depth of 

 chest, importance of : ribbed home. Anatomy of the spine : the bones of the spine 

 connected by highly elastic substance : consequent ease in riding : contrivances for 

 strength: broken-backed: comparison between the long and short-backed horse; 

 saddle-backed: weak-backed. The loins: should be broad and muscular. The 

 withers : advantage of high withers. The muscles of the back. Fistulous withers : 

 warbles: sitfasts : saddle-galls. The ribs. The breast: muscles of the breast: 

 being all abroad. Chest-founder : dropsical swellings between the fore-legs. Inside 

 of the chest, diaphragm : the pleura : the mediastinum. The heart and its action : 

 inflammation of the heart. The arteries. The pulse : its standard number : when 

 quick, hard, small, weak, or oppressed : necessity of attending to the pulse. The 

 capillaries. Inflammation, an increased flow of blood to and through the part : 

 local and general : treatment of: cold or warm applications. Fever, or general in- 

 creased arterial action: pure fever: symptomatic fever: treatment. The veins: 

 bog and blood spavin. Bleeding; directions for: the fleam and lancet; bleeding 

 places. The lungs: description of: change of blood in passing through them : 

 capacious chest, advantage of. Inflammation of the lungs : symptoms : causes : 

 treatment : consequences. Pleurisy. Catarrh, or common cold. Bronchilis. Ca- 

 tarrhal fever. The malignant epidemic. Chronic cough. Thick-wind : broken-wind : 

 the piper : wheezer : whistler : highblower : grunter. 



Chapter XI. 

 THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES— THEIR DISEASES 197 



The diaphragm. The stomach : stomach staggers : inflammation • poisons : bots. 

 The intestines: the mesentery, duodenum, jejuiium, ileum, coecum, colon, rectum: 

 spasmodic colic: calculi: intussusception: entanglement: inflammation of the 

 bowels : over-purging : washy horses : worms : physicking : the best purgatives : 

 rupture. The liver : inflammation of the liver : jaundice. The spleen. The pan- 

 creas. The omentum. The kidneys : diuretic medicines, use and abuse of : inflam- 

 mation of the kidney : profuse staling. The bladder : inflammation of the bladder ; 

 stone in the bladder. 



Chapter XII. 

 PRINCIPLES OF BREEDING . 219 



Form, constitution, diseases inherited : causes of deterioration of half-bred horses : 

 the mare of as much importance in breeding as the horse : shape of mare and horse : 

 breeding in and in : age at which mare is capable of breeding : time of heat : time of 

 going with foal : management of mare with foal : when she has foaled : weaning 

 foal : treatment of foal : importance of good feeding : process of breaking in begun 

 from the period of weaning: actual breaking in: difi'erent steps of: necessity of 

 implicit obedience, yet not enforced by cruelty : breaking in for the road or chase : 

 bitting the colt : saddling : castration. 



