INDEX. 



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Raking, the operatlon'of, 399, 

 Rat-tails, nature and treatment of, 275. 

 Rearing, a dangerous and inveterate habit, 



337. 

 Recti muscles of the neclc, description of 

 the, 156. 



■ — thigh, description of, 



258. 

 Rectus muscle, description of the, 258. 

 Rectum, description of the, 203, 205. 

 Reducing speed, and prolonging exertion, 



advantage of in horse labour, 415. 

 Refraction of light, the theory of, 96. 

 Refractive power of the eye, account of the, 



97. 

 Reins, description of the proper, 132. 

 Repositories, account of the principal in 



London, and their regulations, 369. 

 Resin, its use in veterinary practice, 399. 

 Resistance in draught, principally caused 



by the ruts, 441. 

 Respiration, description of the mechanism 



and effect of, 181. 

 Respiratory nerves, the, 76. 

 Restif'ness, a bad habit, and never cured, 

 330. 



anecdotes in proof of its inveterate- 



ness, 33 1 • 

 Retina, description of the, 93, 95. 

 Retractor muscle of the eye, description of 



the, 99. 

 Ribbed-home, advantage of being, 164. 

 Ribs, anatomy of the, 169. 

 Richard Coeur de Lion, account of his 



Arabian horses, 24. 

 Richmond, Duke of, his method of breeding 

 good carriage horses, 39. 



• anecdote concerning, 54. 



Riding, directions for, 31. 

 Ringbone, nature and treatment of, 254, 

 255. 



constitutes unsoundness, 365. 



Roach-backed, what, 166. 

 Roads, how affected by different wheels, 

 441. 



. how influencing the proper breadth 



of the wheels, 440. 

 -— — — the great extent to which they affect 



the draught, 449. 

 soft and yielding, far more disad- 

 vantageous than rough ones, 450. 

 slight alterations in their level ad- 



Roarlng proceeding from tight reining, 160. 

 . buckling in crib- 

 biting, 161. 



treatment of, 161. 



vantageous, 450. 

 hardness, the grand desideratum in. 



450. 



450. 



should be nearly flat, 450. 

 absurdity of much curvature in, 



necessity of constant repairs and 



attention to them, 451. 

 . calculation of the degiee by which 



the resistance is increased by bad ones, 



451. 

 Roan horses, account of, 376. 

 Roaring, the nature of, 160. 



■ constitutes unsoundness, 362. 



. proceeding from inflammation, 160, 



Rollers, calculation of the draught of, 



426, 427. 

 how probably first invented or 



brought into use, 426. 



comparison of their power with that 



of wheels, 426. 



mechanism and principle of, 427. 



particular circumstances in which 



their use is advantageous, 429. 



the weis2rht moves with double the 



velocity of them, and therefore fresh 

 rollers must be supplied in front, 429. 



the immense block of marble at St. 



Petersburgh, description of its being 

 moved on them, 429. 



a particular construction of, very 



useful, 450. 



Rolling, danger of, and remedy for, 342. 



Roman nose in the horse, what, 1 17. 



Round-bone, the, can scarcely be dislocated, 

 258. 



sprain of, description and treatment 



of, 262. 



Rowels, use of, and method of applying, 186. 



manner of inserting, and their ope- 

 ration, 399. 



comparison between them, blisters, 



and setons, 326. 



Running away, method of restraining, 337. 



horses, first account of, 25. 



Rupture, treatment of, 212. 



of the suspensory ligament, 252. 



Ruts, the cause of three-fourths of the re- 

 sistance in draught, 441. 



Rye-grass considered as an article of food, 

 357. 



Sacrum, description of the, 328. 



Saddle-backed, what, 166. 



galls, treatment of, 169. 



Saddling of the colt, 226. 



Safety coaches, the heavy draught of, 448. 



Sagacity of the horse, 32. 



Sainfoin used as an article of food, 357. 



Saint Domingo, wild horses in, 8. 



Sal ammoniac, the medical use of, 384. 



Saliva, nature and use of the, 148. 



Salivary glands, description of the, 1 48. 



Sallenders, nature and treatment of, 273. 



Salt, use of in veterinary practice, 400. 



. value of, mingled in the food of ani- 

 mals, 357. 



Sandcrack, nature and treatment of, 29 9. _ 



most dangerous when proceeding 



from tread, 300. 



liable to return, unless the brittleness 



of the hoof is remedied, 300. 



constitutes unsoundness, 365, 



Sartorius muscle, description of the, 259, 

 Sclerotica, description of the, 91. 

 Scouring, general treatment of, 209, 

 Semicircular canals of the ear, description 

 and use of the, 83. 



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