X CONTENTS 



SECTION V.— Dentition ane Dim 



(Page 127-146.) 



The Horse's Age as shown by his Teeth — On the Diet of Horses— The effects of 

 various kinds of Food — As regards the quantity of Food required — As regard! 

 ehanges in Diet — Conclusion. 



SECTION VI.— Glanders and Fabot. 



(Page 147-159.) 



Glanders — Glanders can be communicated to Man — Contagiousness of Gland- 

 ers — Suspected Glanders — How came the Disease to be called Glanders ? — Diag- 

 nostic Symptom of Glanders — Treatment of Glanders — Farcy (Disease of the 



Absorbents). 



SECTION VII. — Diseases of the Digestive Organs. 



(Page 160-222.) 



Lampas — Spontaneous Salivation — Bots — Inflammation of Stomach — Rupturt, 

 of Stomach — Gorged, or over-distended Stomach — Meteorization — Flatulent 

 Colic — Spasmodic Colic — Inflammation of the Peritoneum — Ascitis — Inflamma- 

 tion of the Intestines — Strangulation of Intestines — Wounds penetrating the 

 Abdominal Cavity — Splenic Apoplexy — Functional Disease of the Liver — Pan- 

 areas; its Function — Parasites which affect the Intestines. 



SECTION VIII. — Diseases of the Urinary Organs. 



(Page 223-237.) 



Inflammation of the Kidneys — Inflammation of the Bladder — Stone in the 

 Bladder — Suppression of the Urine — Retention of the Urine — Diabetes, or Pro- 

 fuse Stalling — Rupture of the Bladder — Albuminous Urine — Hematuria, or 

 Bloody Urine. 



SECTION IX.— Surgical Operations. 



(Page 239-273.) 



Of Surgical Operations and the various Restraints it is sometimes necessary 

 to place the Horse under for- their performance — Casting — Slinging — Castra- 

 tion — French method of Castration — Castration by Ligature — Lithotomy — 

 Traceotomy — OZsophagotomy- -Neurotomy — Mode of Performing Neurotomy — 

 Periosteotomy — Division of the Flexor Tendons — Amputations — Amputation ot 

 the Penis — Amputation of the Tail — Nicking — Firing — Blistering — Ammoniacal 

 Blister — Rowelling — Setons — Abstraction of Blood, or Bleeding — Division of the 

 Temporal Artery — Bleeding by the Palate— Bleeding by the Toe— Phlebotomy- 

 Bleeding by the Jugular Vein. 



