INDEX. 



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Speedy-cut, account of, 245. 

 Sphenoid-bone, description of the, 74. 

 SpinaUs dorsi muscle, description of the, 168. 

 Spine, description of the, 163. 

 Spleen, description of the, 214. 

 Splenius muscle, description of the, 119, 



154, 234. 

 Splent-bones, description of the, 243. * 

 Splint, nature and treatment of, 243, 244. 



is misoundness, 365. 



Sprain of the back sinews, treatment of, 246. 

 . . sometimes requires 



firing, 247. 



. any thickening re- 

 maining after, constitutes unsoundness 

 of, 365. 



Spring steel-yard, the force of traction illus- 

 trated by, 405. 



Springs to carriages, theory of their effect, 

 446, 447, 449. 



with some modifications might be 



adapted to the heaviest waggons, 447. 



great advantages of, in rapid travel- 

 ling, 447. 



. grasshopper, description of, 447. 



C, disadvantages of, 445, 447. 



Stables, hot and foul, highly injurious, 346. 

 , dark, occasional cause of inflam- 

 mation of the eye, 115. 



hot and foul, frequent cause of in- 



flammation of the eye, 115. 



lungs, 345. 



. glanders, 125. 



should be large compared with the 



number of horses, 346. 



the management of, too much neg- 

 lected by the owner of the horse, 347. 

 ceiling of, should be plastered, if 



there is a loft above, 347. 

 should be so contrived that the 



urine will run off, 348. 



the stalls should not have too much 



declivity, 348. 



should be sufficiently light, yet 



without any glaring colour, 349. 



importance of coolness and cleanli- 



ness in, 115, 125, 183 

 infection of, removed by the chloride 



of lime, 395. 

 Staggers, stomach, symptoms, cause, and 



treatment of, 103. 



generally fatal, 103. 



producing blindness, 104. 



, sometimes epidemic, 104. 



mad, symptoms and treatment, 105. 



Staling, profuse, cause and treatment of, 2 1 7 

 Stallion, description of the proper, for 



breeding, 221. 

 Stamford, races first estabUshed at, 27. ' ~ 

 Stanhopes, advantage of the construction of, 



445. 

 Starch, useful in superpurgation, 400.' 

 Stargazer, the, 156. 

 Steam-engine, comparison of the, with the 



exertion of animal power on railways, 405. 

 ■ common roads, 407. 



Steam, small, little advantage in expense 



over horse power, 408. 

 Steeple-hunt, description and censure of 



tlie, 57. 

 Stifle, description of the, 262. 



accidents and diseases of the, 265. 



Sterno-maxillaris muscle, description of the, 



119,156,234. 

 Sternvim, or breast-bone, description of the, 



169. 

 Stirrups, not used in South America, 7. 

 Stomach, description of the, 198. 



very small in the horse, 190. 



inflammation of the, 200. 



pump, recommended, 103. 



Stone in the bladder, symptoms and treat- 

 ment of, 218. 



kidney, „ 218. 



Stoppings, the best composition of, and 

 their great use, 400. 



Straddlers, wheels so called, description of, 

 440,441. 



— objection to, 440. 



curious method of evading the law 



concerning, 441. 

 Strain, uniform and constant in draught, 



bad consequences of, 417. 

 Strangles, symptoms and treatment of, 149. 



distinguished from glanders, 1 23. 



the importance of blistering early 



in, 123. 

 Strangury produced by blistering, 323. 



treatmeiit of, 323. 



Strawberry horse, account of the, 376. 

 Stringhalt, nature of, 274. 



is not unsoundness, 365. 



Structure of the horse, importance of a 



knowledge of, 65. 

 Stylo-maxillaris muscle, description of the, 



119, 234. 

 Sublingual gland, description of the, 149. 

 Submaxillary glands, description of the, 148. 



artery, description of the, 120. 



Sub-scapulo hyoideus muscle, description of 



the, 119. 



Suffolk punch, description of the, 39. 

 honesty and continuance of 



the old breed, 39. 

 Sugar of lead, use of, 394. 

 Stdlivan, the Irish whisperer, anecdotes of 



his power over the horse, 333. 



the yovmger did not inherit the 



power of his father's, anecdote of this, 333. 



Sulphate of copper, use of in veterinary 



practice, 384. 

 iron, „ 394. 



magnesia, 

 zinc, 



395. 

 402. 



calculation of the expense of, 407. 



Sulphur, an excellent alterative and ingre- 

 dient in all applications for mange, 401. 



Summering of the hunter, consideration of, 

 56. 



Surfeit, description and treatment of, 378. 



importance of bleeding in, 378, _ 



Suspensory ligament, beautiful mechanism 

 of the, 250. 



rupture of the, 252. 



