INDEX. 



571 



Dressing of horses before work, 183 ; 



after work, 186. 

 Duct, the thoracic, 280. 

 Ducts, the lacrymal, 289. 

 Duroc (thorough-bred) 474, 483. 

 Dysentery, nature of 362; treatment 



of, 362; remedies for, 453J 

 Dyspepsia, nature of, 354; symptoms 



of, 354; treatment of, 355. 



EAR, anatomy of the, 289 ; diseases of, 

 383 ; scratching the, remedy for, 

 204. 



Early maturity of the thorough-bred, 

 57. 



East, the horses of the, 30. 



Eclipse (American thorough-bred), in- 

 fluence upon trotting stock, 474. 



Eclipse (English thorough-bred), de- 

 scription of, 27 ; Percival's descrip- 

 tion of, 28. 



Ecraseur, the, 443. 



Egyptian horse, the ancient, 16; the 

 modern, 32. 



Elbow-joint, treatment of capped, 316. 



Embrocations, action of, 457; recipes 

 for, 457. 



Engineer, by Messenger, 472. 



Enteritis, nature of, 357; symptoms of, 

 358. 



Epilepsy, symptoms of, 375; treatment 

 of, 376 



Ericsson (tro-tter), by Mambrino Chief, 

 483, 484. 



Eruptions of the skin, 388 et aeq. 



Essentials in the thorough-bred, 60. 



Ethan Allen (trotter), 49, 482, 505. 



Excretion, physiology of, 281. 



Exercise, daily, 200. 



Exhaustion, after work, treatment of, 

 221. 



Exostosis, nature of, 297 ; of the hu- 

 merus and scapula, treatment of, 305. 



External form as indicated by points, 

 19 ; formation of the thorough-bred, 

 61. 



Extremities, anatomy of the anterior, 

 254; of the hind, 253; considered as 

 organs of support, 255; of locomo- 

 tion, 256. 



Eye, anatomy of the, 287 ; appendages 



of, 289 ; simple inflammation of, 383; 

 symptoms of simple inflammation of, 

 287; treatment of simple inflamma- 

 tion of, 384; treatment of purulent 

 ophthalmia, 384; irites, 384; injuries 

 of, 386; treatment of injuries, 386; 

 cataract, 386 ; amaurosis, 387 ; buck- 

 eye, 387 ; wash for the, 459. 



FACE, anatomy of the, 254. 



Fair Rachel (thorough-bred), 472. 



False quarter, nature of, 399; treat- 

 ment of, 400. 



Farcy, symptoms of, 421 ; treatment 

 of, 421 : remedies for, 451. 



Fearnought (imp.), 53. 



Febrifuges, action of, 458 ; recipes for, 

 458. 



Feeding, theory and practice of, 177. 



Feeling, 290. 



Feet, accidents to the, 413; manage- 

 ment of, 197; dryness of the, 198. 



Femur, treatment of fracture of the, 

 310. 



Fetlock, remarks on the strain of the, 

 318 ; treatment of the strain of the, 

 318. 



Fevers, remarks on, 417 ; symptoms of 

 simple, 417; symptoms of typhoid, 

 417 ; treatment of simple, 417 ; treat- 

 ment of typhoid, 418. 



Fever balls and powders, 458. 



Fibre, muscular, 270. 



Fibrous tissue, nature of, 268 ; chemi- 

 cal composition of, 269. 



Firing, method of performing, 438 ; 

 remarks on, 437. 



Fisherman (English thorough-bred), 

 portrait of, 62. 



Fistula of the withers, nature of, 306; 

 symptoms of, 306 ; treatment of, 306. 



Flatbush Maid (trotter), 480. 



Flatulent colic, symptoms of, 361; 

 treatment of, 362. 



Flora Temple (trotter), 50, 489, 490, 

 504, 505 ; portrait of, 489. 



Flying gallop, the, 92. 



Foal, the, 125 ; after treatment of the, 

 127 ; early treatment of the, 125 ; 

 weaning of the, 127. 



Foals, rheumatic inflammation peculiar 



