INDEX 



455 



Breeding, peculiarity of form and constitu- 

 tion inherited, 220. 

 influence of good keep on the 



in and in, observations on, I'l I . 



districts, the same formerly as 



now, 26. 



Brittleness of the hoof, remedy for, 282. 



Broad and narrow wheels, comparison be- 

 tween, 437. 



Broken back, what, 65, 



Broken knees, treatment of, 241. 



method of judging of the 



danger of, 242. 



when healed, not unsound- 

 ness, but the form and action of the 

 horse shoidd be carefully examined, 361. 



Broken wind, nature and treatment of, 194. 



influenced much, and often 



caused by the manner of feeding, 195. 



distinguished from thick wind, 



194. 



Bronchitis, nature and treatment of, 189. 

 Bronchotomy, the operation of, .' 62. 

 Brood mare, description of the, 221. 



should not be too old, 221. 



. treatment of, after covering, 



222. 



Brown horses, description of, 377. 

 Buccinator muscle, description of the, 119. 

 Burleigh, Lord, his opinion of hunting, 54. 

 Busbequius, his interesting account of the 



Turkish horse, 19. 

 Butyr of antimony, the best liquid caustic, 



3a5. 



Calculi in the intestines, 207. 



Calkins, advantages and disadvantages 



of, 316. 



should be placed on both heels, 316. 



Calmuck horse, description of the, 18. 

 Calomel, the use of in veterinary practice, 



396. 

 Camphor, the medical use of, 386. 

 Canadian horse, description of the, 21. 

 Canals, advantages and disadvantages 



of, 424. 

 smallness of power requisite for the 



transmission of goods by them, 424. 

 Canal boat, calculation of the draught of, 



425. 

 ease of draught of, might be in- 

 creased by a different mode of applying 



the power, 425. 

 Canker of the foot, nature and treatment 



of, 309. 

 Cannon, or shank-bone, description of 



the, 243. 

 Canter, action of the horse during, 413. 

 Cantharides form the bes't blister, 386. 



given for the cure of glanders, 387. 



Capillary vessels, the, 174. 

 Cappaducian horses sent to Arabia, 4. 

 Capped hock, nature and treatment of, 255. 



description of, 268. 



althoxigh not always unsound- 



ness, there should be a special warranty 

 against it, 261. 



Carbon of the blood got rid of in respira- 

 tion, 181. 



Carbonate of iron, a mild tonic, 394. 



Carraways, a good aromatic, 387. 



Carriage horses produced by crossing the 

 Suffolk with a hunter, 39. 



Carriages, wheel, first introduction of, 35.^ 



Carriages, two and four wheeled, compari- 

 son between, 443. 



ligl^t, should have no longitudinal 



elasticity in the hanging or springs, 445. 



disadvantage of C springs in, 445. 



. hung on straps or springs in the 



time of Homer, 432. 

 Carrots, excellent effects of in disease, 192, 



195, 213, 358. 

 Cart, two-wheeled, computation of the 



friction of, 435. 

 Carts, two-wheeled, can perform propor 



tionably more work than waggons, 443. 

 easier loaded, and do 



not so much injure the roads, 443. 



require better horses 



and more attendants, 443. 

 — the horse 



knocked up, and injured by the shocks of 

 the shafts, 443. 



on good roads and 



for short distances superior to waggons, 

 444. 

 with two horses, disadvantage of, 



444. 

 have less draught than waggons, 



reason why, 445. 

 Cartilages of the foot, description and 



action of the, 288. 

 — ossification of 



the, 310. 

 Castley, Mr., on the restifness of the horse, 



331. 

 Castor-oil, not a purgative for the horse, 



212, 387. 

 Castration, method of, 227. 



■ proper period for, 226. 



Cataract in the eye, nature of, 95, 111. 

 ■ cannot be operated on, 



in the horse, 95, 116. 

 , method of examination 



for, 95. 

 Catarrh, description and treatment of, 188. 



distinguished from glanders, 123. 



distinguished from inflammation of 



the lungs, 183. 

 Catarrhal fever, nature and treatment of, 189. 



infectioiis, 191. 



distinction between it and 



inflammation of the lungs, 183. 

 Catechu, a good astringent, method of 



giving, and adulterations of, 387. 

 Caustic, an account of the best, 387. 

 Cavalry horse, description of the, 42. 



anecdotes of the, 43. 



Cawl, description of the, 214. 

 Cerebrum, description of the, 75. 

 Chalk, its medical use in the horse, 388. 



