PART II. 



Section I. 



ON THE DISEASES OF THE HOESE, AND ON CEE- 

 TAIN GENERALITES IN CONNECTION WITH 

 ITS TREATMENT. 



DISEASE AND ITS CAUSES. 

 EXAilljrATION. 

 DIAGNOSIS. 

 PULSE. 



OEGANS OE EESPIEATION. 

 OEGAIJ^S OF DIGESTION". 

 DEPUEATING OEGANS. 

 PATHOGNOMONIC SYMPTOMS. 

 SELECTION OF A EEMEDT. 

 MEDICINE AND ITS ADMINISTEA- 

 TION. 



LIQUID MEDICINES. 



BALLS.— POWDEES. 



ACCIDENTS. — SUDDEN ILLNESS. 



POULTICES. 



FOMENTATIONS. 



INJECTIONS. 



BLISTEEING. — FIEING. — SETONS. 



— EOWELS. 

 PUEGATITES. — DIUEETIC9. 

 BLEEDING. 



The Diseases incidental to tlie horse are numerous and 

 diversified. Many of them bear a close resemblance to those of 

 the human being. More extended observations upon the 

 maladies common to the two would prove highly beneficial to 

 both surgeon and veterinary surgeon ; and it is much to be 

 regretted that comparative investigations of the nature spoken 

 of are not more common than at present. 



Equine diseases possess a twofold relation to the animal 

 economy. Some involve the organism at large ; others are of a 

 local character; and do not produce the least effect beyond the 



