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INDEX. 



Suspensory muscle of the e5'e, description 



of, the, 99. 

 Sweating bUster, composition of, 387. 

 Swedish horse, description of the, 20. 

 Swelled legs, cause and treatment of, 276. 

 most frequently connected with 



debility, 276. 

 Sweet-bread, description of the, 214. 

 Sweet spirit of nitre, a mild stimulant and 



diuretic, 397. 

 Sybarite horses, anecdote of, 43. 

 Sympathetic nerve, description of the, 7G. 



Tail, anatomy of the, 328. 



the setting on of the, a character of 



breeding, 328. 



Tapetum lucidum, beautiful colour and de- 

 sign of the, 9 1 . 



Tar, its use in veterinary practice, 401. 



Tares, a nutritive and healthy food, 357. 



Tartary horses, description of the, 8,18. 



' descent of, traced to the siege 



of Azoph, 5. 



Tarsee horse, description of the, 15. 



Team, disadvantages of draught in, ex- 

 plained, 414. 



I their united power, not equal to the 



calculation of so many horses, 414. 



Tears, the secretion and nature of the, 86. 



how conveyed to the nose, 87. 



• sometimes shed by the horse from 



pain and grief, 86. 



Teeth, description of the, as connected with 

 age, 137 



at birth, 137. 



2 months, 137. 



12 months, 138. 



18 months, 139. 



2 years, 140. 



the front sometimes pushed out,'that 



the next pair may sooner appear, and the 

 horse seem to be older than he is, 141. 



3 years, 141. 



31 years, 141. 



4 years, 142. 



4i years, 142. 



5 years, 143, 



6 years, 143. 



7 years, 144. 



8 years, 144. 



change of the, 140. 



■ enamel of the, 138. 



irregular, inconvenience and dan« 



ger of, 146. 



mark of the, 138. 



frauds practised with regard to the, 



140. 



diseases of the, 147. 



Temper denoted by the eye, 84. ] 



by the ear, 77. 



Temperature, sudden change of, injurious 



etiect of, 345. 

 Temporal bones, description of the, 70. 

 Tendons of the leg, the, should be distinct 



and far from the shank bone, 245. 

 Tetanus, symptoms, causes and treatment 



of, 107. 



Tliick wind, natm-e and treatment of, 193. ' 

 often found in round chested 



horses, 193. 

 Thigh and haunch bones, advantage of the 



oblique direction of the, 257. 

 lower bone of the, description of 



the, 263. 

 should be louiT 



and muscular, 265. 



263. 



the, description of, 257. 



- muscles of the, 



■ upper bone of 



' muscles of the 



outside, 260. 

 mechanical cal- 

 culation of their power, 261. 

 the horse should be wider at it than 



insideof the,259. 



at the haunch, 262. 

 Thirst, strange effect of, on horses, 8. 

 Thorough-bred horses, the quality of has 



not degenerated, 49. 

 Thorough-pin, nature and treatment of, 



265. 

 constitutes unsoundness, 366. 



the 



Thrush, nature and treatment of, 309. 

 the consequence, rather than 



cause of contraction, 295. 

 ■ its serious nature and consequences 



not sufficiently considered, 308. 

 constitutes unsoundness, 366. 



Thyroid cartilage of the wind-pipe, descrip- 

 tion of the, 160. 



Tied in below the knee, nature and disad- 

 vantage of, 52, 245. 



Tips, description and use of, 318. 



Toe, bleeding at the, described, 181. 



Tongue, anatomy of the, 147. 



diseases of it, 147. 



bladders along the underpart of it, 



147. 



Tonics, an account of the best, 401. 



their use and danger in veterinary 



practice, 401. 



Toorkoman horse, description of, 17. 



Toorky horse, description of the, 15. 



Towing, power of the horse, how diminished 

 in, 414. 



Traces, the direction of them, very impor- 

 tant in draught, 417. 



proper angle of the, 419, 424. 



the proper inclination of them, de- 

 pending on the kind of horse and the 

 ■ road, 419, 424. 



the, should be inclined downward 



on rough roads, 420. 



inclined downward, the same as 



throwing a part of the w^eight on the 

 shafts, 420. 



direction of them, rarely attended 



to, 221. 

 the 



manner of affixing them 



South America, 422. 

 Track, importance of both wheels running 



in the same, 441. 

 Traction, the force of, explained, 404, 



