XI. 



PAET II. 



SECTION I. 



On the Diseases op the Horse, and on certain Generalities 

 CONNECTED WITH HIS TREATMENT. — On the Causes of Disease, 123 and 

 127. Knowledge relating to Horses which amateurs should possess, 123 and 

 124. Examination of the patient, how to do it, 125. Diagnosis of Disease, 

 125 and 126. The Pulse, and its importance in disease, 127. Convenient 

 locahties to feel the pulse, 128. Natural character of the pulse in health, 

 128 and 129. Registration of the natural pulse, necessity of, 129. The 

 Organs of Respiration, 129 and 130. Distvu-bance of the Respiratory Organs, 

 130 and 131. Digestive Organs, general symptoms in diseases of, 132. 

 Depurating Organs : the Skin and the Kidneys, examination of, 132 and 

 133. Organs of Locomation, examination of, 133 and 134. Pathognomonic 

 Symptoms, their value and importance in diagnosing disease, 134 and 135. 

 How to distinguish Pathognomonic Symptoms, 135 and 136. Selection of a 

 remedy for Disease, and Genuineness of Drvigs, 136. Amendment of 

 patient. Simple Remedies, and Repetition of Medicine, 137 and 138. Medi- 

 cine in Clu-onic Disease, 139. Sohd and Liquid Medicines, 139, 140, and 



141. Rules to observe in giving Drenches, 140 and 141, Danger attending 

 the giving of Hquids, 141. Pourmg medicine down the nostrils, danger of, 



142. Medicine mixed with Food, 142. Administration of Balls, 143. 

 Balling Irons, 144. Medicines in Powder, 145. Accidents and Sudden 

 lUness to Horses, 146. Cohc, 147. Drivers of Teams, and Gentlemen 

 when travelling long distances with Horses, should go prepared for accidents, 

 1 47, 148, and 149. ^Vhat to prepare for in cases of emergency, 149. Poultices, 

 149, 150, and 151. Poultices, how made, 151. How to fix a poultice to 

 the neck, 152, 153, and 154 : how to the abdomen, 155. Fomentations, 155 : 

 to the limbs and to the neck, 155 and 156. Temperature of Fomentations, 

 156. Injections, temperature of, 158. Use and importance of Injections, 

 157 and 158. BHsters : value of Blisters, and when to apply them, 158. 

 Articles to use for BHstering, Mustard and Cantharides, 159. James's 

 BUster, 161. Use of Firing, and necessity for, 162. Action of the Fire in 

 different forms of disease, 163. Direction of the lines and depth of do., 164. 



