CONTENTS. 



THE HORSE. 



PA OK 



Introduction — The Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse . 1 



The Head 2 



The Nostrils 3 



The Eye 5 



The Ears ib. 



The Teeth 8 



The Neck 10 



The Chest ib. 



The Withers, Spine, and Back 12 



The Stomach 15 



Tlie Intestines 16 



The Liver 17 



CHAP. 



1. Inflammation, and its Treatment 19 



2. Inflammation of the Brain (Phrenitis) . . . .29 



3. Vertigo (Megrims) 34 



4. Stomach Staggers (Indigestion) . .... 36 



5. Rabies, or Hydrophobia (Madness) 39 



6. Inflammation of the Eye, or Common and Specific Ophthal- 



mia 41 



7. Inflammation of the Tongue — Blain or Aptha ... 53 



8. Inflammation of the Palate — Lampas .... 55 



9. Inflammation of the Membrane of the Nose — Corvza . 5G 



10. Glanders .57 



11. Inflammation and Ulceration of the Superficial Absorbents 



— Farcy 65 



12. Inflammation and Suppuration of the Cellular Substance 



under the Jaw — Strangles . . . . . .71 



13. Inflammation of the Glands and Throat . . . .76 



14. Bronchitis — Inflammation of the Bronchial Tubes . . 84 



15. Epidemic Catarrh — Mucous Fever — Distemper — Influenza 87 



16. Pneumonia, or Inflammation of the Lungs — Thick Wind — 



Broken Wind — Chronic Cough— Roaring ... 92 



17- Pleurisy— Hydrothorax 110 



