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INDEX. 



Physic ball, should never be given in in- 

 flammation of the lungs, 382. 



half doses of, objectionable, 3S2. 



Pied horses, account of the, 376. 

 Pigmentium nigrum, account of the, 91. 

 Piper, description of the, 196. 

 Pit of the eye, indicative of the age, 67. 

 Pitch, its use for charges and plasters, 398. 

 Pithing, a humane method of destroying 



animals, 153. 

 Pleura, description of the, 171. 

 Pleurisy, nature and treatment of, 188. 

 Pneumonia, nature and treatment of, 182. 

 Poisons, account of the most frequent, 200. 

 Poll evil, cause and treatment of, 152. 

 importance or the free escape of the 



matter, 153. 

 Poney, varieties of the, 58. 

 Popletseus muscle, description of the, 264. 

 Porter's, Sir R. Ker, account of the Persian 



horse, 16. 

 Post, the first establishment of it, 36. 

 Post-chaises, grasshopper springs would 



be advantageously adopted in, 447, 448. 

 Postea spinatus muscle, description of the, 



234. 

 Potatoes, considered as an article of food, 



358. 

 Poultices, their various compositions, man- 

 ner of acting and great use, 398, 176. 

 Powders, comparison between them and 



balls, 399. 

 Power of draught in the horse, illustrations 



of, 37. 

 ' calculation 



of, 403. 

 »— compared 



with that of the human being, 411. 



compared 



with that of a steam-engine on railways, 



405. 



- ■■• on common roads, 407. 



• on bad roads, 409. 



dependent on Iris weight and 



muscular force, 411. 

 how diminished when towing 



a boat on a canal, 414. 

 greater when close to his 



work, 414. 

 depends on his strength, and 



the time he can exert it, 415. 

 ■ diminution of, according to 



his speed, table of, 416, 417. 

 Preparation of the foot for shoeing, 313. 

 Pressure on the brain, effect of, 101. 

 Priam's chariot, a description of, 432. 



harnesses his own horses, 43 i. 



Prices of horses at different periods, 23, 25, 



26. 

 Prick in the foot, treatment of, 303. 

 in searching for, injurious 



method of removing the horn, 305. 

 Profuse staling, cause and treatment of, 



217. 

 Puffing the. glims, a trick of fraudulent 



horse-dealers, 67. 

 Pulling, the action of explained, 410. 



Pulse, the natural standard of the, 172. 



varieties of the, 173. 



importance of attention to the, 173. 



the inost convenient place to feel it. 



173. 



the, should be watched during bleed- 



ing, 174. 



Pumiced feet, description and treatment of, 

 291. 



do not admit of cure, 292. 



constitute unsoundness, 364. 



Pupil of the eye, description of the, 93. 



mode of discovering blind- 

 ness by, 93. 



Purchase, to complete the, there must be a 

 memorandum, or payment of some sum, 

 however small, 366. 



Pm-ging, violent, treatment of, 209. 



Quarters of the horse, description of the, 



261. 

 importance of their 



muscularity and depth, 26 1 . 



foot, description of, 280. 



inner, crust thin- 



ner and weaker at, 281. 



folly of lowering the, 281 



Quidding the food, cause of, 342. 



' unsoundness while it lasts, 



364. 



Quitter, nature and treatment of, 302. 



the treatment of, long and difficult, 



exercising the patience both of the prac- 

 titioner and owner, 302. 



is unsoundness, 342, 



Rabies, symptoms of, 109. 



Races, early, mere running on train scent, 28. 



frequent cruelty of, 49. 



different kinds of described, 50. 



reo-ular, first estal)lished at Chester 



and Stamford, 



regulations for, established by 



James I., 28. 



patronised by Charles I., 28. 



Persian, description of, 17. 



short, consequences of their intro- 

 duction, 49. 



at Smithfield, 24. 



Race horse, the, history of, 43. 



form of, 44. 



action of, 49. 



emulation of, 49. 



whether exclusively of foreign 



breed, 44. 



Racks, no openings should be allowed above 

 them, 346. 



Radius, description of the, 236. 



Ragged hipped, what, 256. 



no impediment to action, 257. 



Railways, mechanical advantage of, 38, 

 451. 



comparison of horse and mechani- 

 cal power on, 405. 



description of, 451. 



Railways increase the power of the horse 

 tenfold; 452. 



