CONTENTS. IX 



PA«B 



Congestion of the Lungs — Pleurisy — Pleurc lynia — Phthisi?- Broken 

 Wind — Thick Wind — Spasm of the Diaphragm — Diseases of the Heart — 

 Diseases of the Blood Vessels in the Chest and Nose .... 326 



CHAPTER XXir. 



DISEASES OP THE ABDOMINAL VISCERA AND THEIR APPEN'JAGES. 



General Remarks — Diseases of the Mouth and Throat — Gastritis — Stomach 

 Staggers — Dyspepsia — Bots — Inflammation of the Bowels — Colic — Diar- 

 rhoea and Dysentery — Strangulation and Rupture — Calculi in the Bowels 

 — Worms — Disease of the Liver — Of the Kidneys — Of the Bladder — Of 

 the Organs of Generation 350 



CHAPTER XXIIL 



DISEASES OP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 



Phrenitis, or Mad Staggers — Epilepsy and Convulsions — Megrims — Rabies, 

 Hydrophobia, or Madness — Tetanus, or Lock-jaw — Apoplexy and 

 Paralysis — String Halt — Coup de Soleil, or Sun-stroke .... 375 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



DISEASES AND INJURIES OF CERTAIN SPECIAL ORGANS. 



Diseases of the Ear — Inflammation of the Eye — Cataract — Amaurosis — 

 Buck-eye — Surfeit — Hidebound — Mange — Lice — Mallenders and Sallen- 

 ders — Warbles, Sitfasts, and Haruess-Galls — Grubs — Bites and Stings of 

 Insects — Swelled Legs — Chapped Heels — Grease, or Scratches — Warts 

 — Corns — Sanderack — False Quarter — Quittor — Thrush — Canker — La- 

 minitis — Seedy Toe — Contraction of the Foot — Navicular Disease — Acci- 

 dents to the Legs and Feet . . . 383 



CHAPTER XXV. 



CONSTITUTIONAI XISEASES. 



Fevers — Anasarca — Glanders — Farcy 417 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



SHOEING 422 



CHAPTER XXVIL 



OPERATIONS. 



Administration of Chloroform— Methods of Confining the Horse— Bleeding 

 —Firing— Setons and Rowels— Blistering— Castration— Docking and 

 Nicking— Unnerving— Reduction of Hernia— Administration cf Physic 

 — Clysters— Back-Raking 432 



