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MODERN HORSE MANAGEMENT 



[CHAP, x 



arnica, asafcetida, chirclta, gentian, soda chlor- 

 ide, ginger ; External Stimulants (see " Rnbe- 

 facients," " Pustulants," " Caustics," " Deriva- 

 tives,", " Discutients," " Traumatics "). 



STOMACHICS : drugs that improve appetite and assist 

 digestion. (See " Stimulants Stomachic.") 



STRAPPING : thorough grooming, such as a horse 

 should get after he returns from work. 



STYPTICS : drugs that arrest haemorrhage and con- 

 tract mucous membrane, etc., e.g. acetic acid, 

 carbolic acid, tannic acid, gallic acid, alum, 

 collodion, copper sulphate, ergot, iron perchloride, 

 lead subacetate, zinc sulphate, cautery, cold 

 applications. (See also " Haemostatics.") 



SUBCUTANEOUS : situated or occurring beneath the 

 skin. 



SUDOHIFICS : drugs that increase the secretion of the 

 sudoriferous or sweat glands. (See " Diapho- 

 retics.") 



SULCUS : a groove, trench, or furrow. 



SUPPURANTS : drugs that cause the formation of 

 pus (see " Pustulants "), e.g. ammonia, croton oil, 

 cautery, setons. 



SUPPURATION : the formation of pus. 



SYMPATHETIC : pertaining to, caused by, or exhibit- 

 ing sympathy ; the sympathetic nerve system, 

 which includes all the nerves except those of 

 cranial or spinal origin, which supply the in- 

 voluntary muscles. 



TABLE OF MOLAR : the grinding surface of the molar 

 tooth of a horse. 



TJENIAFUGES : drugs that act on tapeworms, e.g. 

 male fern, turpentine. 



THERAPEUTICAL : pertaining to the art of healing ; 

 curative. 



THERAPEUTICS : the science and art of healing. 



THERAPY : the treatment of disease ; therapeutics. 



TISSUE : an aggregation of cells, fibres, and various 

 cell-products, forming a structural element. 



TONICS : drugs that improve the quality of blood 

 and give tone to the nervous, vascular, and 

 digestive systems. Used in debility, fever, in- 

 digestion, anaemia, epilepsy. Blood tonics 

 arsenic, iron, animal, and vegetable oils, fresh 

 air ; Nervous tonics arsenic, silver nitrate, 

 caffein, cinchona, copper salts, iron salts, digi- 

 talis, phosphorus, quinine, nux vomica, or 

 strychnine ; Stomachic tonics stomachic stimu- 



lants, vegetable bitters, mineral and vegetable 



acids, pepsin. 



TOXICOLOGY : the science of poisons. 

 TOXIN : any poisonous albumin produced by bacterial 



action. 



TRAUMATIC : pertaining to an injury. 

 TRAUMATICS : drugs that are applied to wounds, such 



as antiseptics, astringents, caustics, emollients, 



protectives, desiccanls. 

 TROCAR : a sharp instrument used with a cannula for 



piercing a cavity wall. 

 TROCHANTER : a large bony process, such as that 



below the neck of the femur. 

 TROCHLEA : a pulley-shaped prominence on a bone, 



such as that on the astragalus. 

 TUBERCLE : a nodule on a bone ; a mass of small 



rounded nodules produced by the tuberculosis 



bacillus. 



TUBEROSITY : a broad eminence situated on a bone. 

 TUMOUR : a neoplasm ; a mass of new tissue that has 



no physiological use. 

 TYMPANITES : distension of the abdomen due to the 



presence of gas. 



ULCER : an open sore other than a wound. 

 URETHRA : membranous canal that leads from the 



bladder to the surface. 

 URINATE : to void or discharge urine. 

 VAGINA : the canal from the slit of the vulva to the 



neck of the uterus, or womb. 



VASCULAR : pertaining to or full of vessels ; well sup- 

 plied with blood. 

 VEHICLE : a substance used in making ointments, 



liniments, emulsions, etc., such as lard, vaseline, 



oil, etc. It is itself inert and is used to produce 



the correct consistency. 

 VEIN : a vessel which conveys the blood towards the 



heart. 

 VERMICIDE : a drug that destroys intestinal worms. 



(See "Anthelmintics.") 

 VERMIFUGE : a drug that expels intestinal worms. 



(See "Anthelmintics.") 

 VESICANTS : drugs that produce blisters or vesicles 



of serum when applied to the skin, e.g. acetic 



acid, ammonia, cantharides, croton oil, mercury 



blisters, turpentine, steam. 

 VIRULENT : exceedingly noxious. 

 VULVA : the external part of the organs of generation 



of the female (mare). 



