CONTENTS 



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Introduction ........ i 



SECTION I 



OF THE HORSE, ITS DISEASES AND STRUCTURE 



CHAP. 



I. Diseases of the Head, including the Brain, Ears, 



Mouth, Nostrils, Eyes, Etc, .... 5 



Megrims — The Staggers, or Apoplexy — Mad Staggers — Rabies, 

 or Madness — Tetanus, or Locked-Jaw — Epilepsy, or Fits- 

 Palsy — Glanders — Fare)' — Nasal Gleet — Polypus — Lampas 

 — Strangles — Canker and Wounds in the Mouth — Diseases of 

 the Tongue ; Tongue Bladders ; Bitten Tongue ; Vives, or 

 Swellings in the Submaxillary Glands ; Barbs, or Paps ; Gigs 

 — Diseases of the Teeth — Diseases of the Lips — Diseases of 

 the Eye; Common Inflammation of the Eye; Ophthalmia; 

 The Haw ; Eruption on the Eyelids ; Warts ; Gutta Serena ; 

 General Blindness and Imperfect Vision — Fracture of the 

 Skull. 



II. Diseases of the Neck and Contiguous Parts . . 46 



Poll-Evil — Roaring — Obstruction of the Gullet — Inflammation 

 of the Jugular Vein. 



III. Diseases of the Chest and its Contents . . , 46 



Inflammation of the Lungs — Pleurisy — Fever — Stomach-Stag- 

 gers — Catarrh, or Common Cold — Bronchitis — Thick Wind 

 — Broken Wind — Chronic Cough — Influenza, Epidemic 

 Catarrh, Distemper — Fistulous Withers — Warbles, Saddle- 

 Galls, Etc. 



IV. Diseases of the Abdomen and Intestines . . .68 



Inflammation of the Liver — The Jaundice, or Yellows — Hernia, 

 or Rupture — Inflammation of the Kidneys — Inflammation of 

 the Bladder — Stone in the Bladder — Diabetes — Staling of 

 Blood — Inflammation of the Bowels ; Inflammation of the 

 Mucous Membrane ; Spasmodic Colic ; Entanglement of the 

 Bowels ; Stones in the Intestines ; Intussusception of the 

 Intestines — Intestinal Worms — The Bots. 



V. Disorders of the External Parts of a Horse . . 84 



The Fore Legs — Sprain of the Shoulder — Complaints and 

 Injuries of the Arm ; Fracture of the Elbow ; Enlargement 

 of the Elbow — Complaints and Injuries of the Knee ; Broken 

 Knees — Splent, or Splint — Speedy Cut — Knee-tied — Sprain 

 of the Back Sinews — Wind-Galls — Rupture of the Suspen- 

 sory Ligament — Grogginess — Sprain of the Fetlock — Cutting 

 of the Fetlock — Sprain of the Coffin-Joint — Ringbone — 

 Ossification of the Back Sinew. 



