CONTENTS. 



Part I. — Medical Diseases of the Horse. 



Introduction ... ... ... ... ... ... xxiii, 



CHAPTER I. 



General Diseases of the Horse ... ••• 3 



Influenza or Distemper ... ... ••• ••• ••• 3 



Strangles or Colt-Ill ... ... ... 7 



Glanders and Farcy ... ... ••. .•• ••• n 



Anthrax or Charbon : Anthracoid Diseases ; Glossanthrax, and Anthra- 



coid Angina ... ... ... ... 15 



Scarlet Fever and Purpura ... ... ... .•• 21 



General Diseases due to errors in Dieting and Management 25 



Weed or Lymphangitis ... ... ... ••• 25 



Diabetes Insipidus and Diabetes Mellitus ... 27 



Oxaluria ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 28 



Azoturia ■ ... ... ... ... 28 



Lock-jaw or Tetanus ... ... ... ... ..• 29 



Rheumatism ... ... ... ... 32 



Rabies, or Hydrophobia ... ... ... ... ... 34 



CHAPTER II. 



Diseases of the Breathing and Circulatory Organs 36 



Coughing, Grunting, and Whistling... ... ... ... 36 



Roaring ... ... ... ... ... 38 



Asthma and Broken-wind ... ... ... ... 41 



Chill, Common Cold, and Chronic Catarrh ... 44 



Sore Throat, or Laryngitis ... ... ... ... 46 



Bronchitis, or Inflammation of the Bronchial Tubes ... 47 



Congestion of the Lungs ... ... ... ... 49 



Inflammation of the Lungs ... ... ... 51 



Pleurisy ... ••. ... •.. ... ... 52 



Heart Diseases ... ... ... ... 54 



