CONTENTS OF EQUINE DEPARTMENT. X 



SECTION X. — Diseases op the Skin and Sub-tissues. 



(Page 274-301.) 



Itch and Mange — Lice on Animals — Grease and Scratches — Surfeit — Dropsical 

 Limbs — Scarletina — Ringworm — Prurigo — Poll-evil— Fistulous Withers — Warts 

 »n the Skin — Purpura Hemorrhagica — Out of condition — Hide-bound — Herpes. 



SECTION XI. — Breeding, and the Principles of the same. 



(Page 302-318.) 



Breeding — The Principles of Breeding — In-and-in Breeding — Permanent Va- 

 rieties — Animals become Parents too early — Objections to In-and-in Breeding 

 answered— -The Advantage of In-and-in Breeding — The Importance of Studying 

 Anatomy and Physiology. 



SECTION XII.— Lameness, from Various Causes. 



(Page 319-385.) 



Curbs — Elbow Tumor — Capped Hock — Varix, or Bog Spavin — Atrophy, or 

 Wasting of Muscles — Thorough-pin — Navicular Disease, or Lameness — Pleuro-dy- 

 nia — Acute Rheumatism — Chronic Rheumatism — Ring-bone — Splint — Spavin — 

 Osteo Poresis — Curvature of the Spine — Hoof-bound — Laminitis — Sand-crack — 

 Quarter Crack — Navicular Thritis — Stifle Out — Contraction of the Hoof— Bowed 

 l*gs- Corns — Lameness. 



SECTION XIII.— Horse Management, etc. 



(Page 387-416.) 



Prolapsus Ani — Hemorrhoids, or Piles — Pricking and Nicking Horses' Tails — 

 Docking Horses — Anaemia — The Use and Abuse of the Curry-comb — Horses and 

 Cattle should have a supply of Pure Water — Galled Back — The Heart — The 

 quantity of Blood contained in a Horse's Body — Rapidity of the Circulation — 

 The transfusion of Blood — Management of the Horses put in the Stable — Stran- 

 gles 



