INDEX. 



465 



Neurotomj', or nerve operation, object and 



effect of it, 110. 



manner of performing it, 111. 



cases in which it should or should 



not be performed, 112, 



a vestige of the performance of it, 



constitutes unsoundness, 3G4, 

 Newcastle, the Duke of, his opposition to 



the introduction of the Arabian blood, 



28. 

 New-forester, description of the, 58. 

 Ni'Avmarket, races established at, by Charles 



I., 28. 

 description of the different courses 



at, 50. 

 Nicking, method of performing, 328. 

 useless cruelty often resorted to in 



it, 329. 

 Nitre, a valuable cooling medicine, and 



mild diuretic, 397. 

 Nitrous ajther, spirit of, a mild stimulant 



and diuretic, 397. 

 Norman horse, description of the, 21. 

 Norwegian horse, description of the, 20. 

 Nose, description of the bones of the, 117. 

 of the horse slit to increase his 



wind, 20, 118. 

 Nostrils, description of the, 117. 



chronic discharge from the, 121. 



how distinguished 



from glanders, 121. 

 ■ the membrane of, important in 



ascertaining disease, 120. 



— importance of an expanded one, 1 18. 



■ slit by some nations to increase the 



wind of the horse, 1 18. 

 Not lying down, the consequence of and 



cm-e for, 341. 

 Nutriment, the quantity of, contained in 



the different articles of food, 359. 



Oats, the usual food of the horse, 353. 



should be old, heavj^, dry, and 



sweet, 354, 



. kiln-dried, injurious to the horse, 



354, 



proper quantity of, for a horse, 355. 



bruised preferable to whole, 353. 



Oatmeal, excellent for gruel, and sometimes 

 used as a poultice, 355. 



Obelisk at Rome, the curious method of 

 moving it, 431 



Occipital bone, description of the, 72. 



CEsoi)hagus, description of the, 162. 



O'Kelly, Colonel, anecdotes of him, and 

 Eclipse, 47. 



Old Marsk, the sire of many of the new 

 foresters, 58. 



Olive oil, as a purgative, 212, 397. 



Omentum, description of the, 214. 



Opacity of the eye, nature and treatment 

 of, 116. 



Operations, description of the most import- 

 ant, 320. 



Opium, its great value in veterinary prac- 

 tice, 397. 



adulterations of, 397. 



Orbicvdaris muscle of the eye, description 



of the, 85, 119. 

 • • oris muscle, description of the, 



120,131. 

 Orbit of the eye, fracture of, 101. 

 Ossification of the cartilages, cause and 



treatment of, 310. 

 Ouseley, Sir Gore, his account of the ruins 



of Persepolis, 3. 

 Over-physicking, treatment of, 209. 

 Over-reach, nature and treatment of, 301, 



341. 

 ■ often producing sandcrack or 



quittor, 301. 

 Oxygen of the air unites with the carbon of 



the blood in respiration, 181. 



Pace, theeffectof, in straining the horse, 37. 

 Pachydermata, an order of animals, 62. 

 Pack-horse, description of the, 59. 

 Pack-wax, description of the, 73, 153. 

 Palate, description of the, 133. 



bleeding place in the, 133. 



Palatine artery, description of the, 134. 

 Palm-oil, the best substance for making up 



balls, 398. 

 Palsy, the causes and treatment of, 109. 

 Pancreas, description of the, 214. 

 Panniculus carnosus muscle, description of 



the, 370. 

 Parietal bones, description of the, 70. 

 Paring out of the foot for shoeing, direc- 

 tions for, 314. 

 neglect 



of, a cause of contraction, 294. 

 Parkinson on Live Stock, extracts from, 60. 

 Parotid gland, description of the, and its 



diseases, 120, M8. 

 Parthenon, description of the chariots on 



the frieze of, 433. 

 Pasterns, description of the, 248, 253. 



bones of the, 253. 



cut of the, 249, 254. 



proper obliquity of the, 31, 52,251. 



Patella or stifle bone, description of the, 252. 



Pawing, remedy fur, 342, 



Payment of the smallest sum completes the 



purchase, 366. 

 Peas, sometimes used as food, but should 



be crushed, 356. 

 Pectorales muscles, description of the, 1 54, 



168, 170,224. 

 Pericardium, description of the, 171. 

 Peronseus muscle, description of the, 264. 

 Persian horse, description of the, 16. 

 , celebrated before the Arabian 



was knOwn, 16. 



management of, 16. 



race, description of a, 17. 



Perspiration, insensible, no medicines will 



certainly increase it, 373. 

 Peter the Great, the immense block of 



marble, constituting the pedestal of his 



statue, how moved, 430. 

 Pharynx, anatomy of the, 151. 

 Physic ball, method of compounding the 



best, 382. 



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