INDEX. 575 



L. 



Lacteals, indicate state of health, 141 ; structure and uses of, 142 ; 

 how offended, 145. 



Lafosse's opinion, 29. 302. 358 ; as to glanders, 364 ; on flat chest, 

 113; on spavin, 477 5 on shoeing, 506; manner of prescrib- 

 ing, xii. 



Lameness, remarks on, 455-8. 554 ; from strains, 471 ; tests for 

 ascertaining seat of, 457- 464. 474 ; rest indispensable for curing, 

 456. 



Lampas, or Lampers, causes, 360 ; cure, 361. 



Law (the) relating to glandered horses, 374. 



Lawler (Denis) the horse-bather, his last feat, 476. 



Lawrence (John) his imbecility and destructiveness, 2, note. 



■ (Richard) 218 ; controversy with White, 235 ; mistakes 



inflammation for colic, 266 ; denounces Taplin's books, 2, note. 



Laxatives always preferable, 211 ; laxative drenches, 194 200. 257. 

 355 ; powders, 416, 417 ; balls, 211. 230. 280. 355. 414. 416. 



Leaping defined, and how performed, 52. 59 



Lee (James) the artist, his precision, 448. 550. 



Leg and foot, structure of the, 438. 454 ; position of, explained 

 mechanically, 30; stiffness of the, 287 > disorders of the, 455. 



Lentor, how occasioned, 93. 101. 150. See Fever, low. 



Ligaments, their uses explained, 67 ; suspensory, of the neck, 68. 



Liver, ulcered, tendency to, 124. 283 ; natural process, 122 ; its 

 office, 124. 146—152; obstructed, 137. 149. 275; enlarged, 

 15, 151 ; inflammation of, 275. 



Locked-jaw, principles of, 67 ; how incurred, 101 ; an effect, 421 ; 

 case of, ib. ; Wilkinson's cases, 423. 



Lotion, the cold, 345. 362. 



Lungs (the) described, 99 — 113; appearance of, in disease, 103. 

 107. 111. 121 ; inflammation of the, 108. 111. 208 ; how de- 

 tected, 109; cause of, 221; cured, 210; restoratives, 217; 

 the size of affected, 236. See Respiration. 



Lymphatics, structure of, 92, 93. 95 ; curative aid, 97. 126. 129. 



M. 



MaMng-up a horse, its effects, 268. 



Madness (canine). See Rabid animals, Staggers, Staghounds. 



Mallenders and Sallenders, treatment of, 470. 



Mange, 401 ; ointments for, 402 ; cause of, 401-3. 



Mares, draw their legs underneath, 31 ; adaptation of, to horse, 61 ; 



bladder of, 159 ; liable to affections of the kidneys, 284. See 



Breeding. 

 Medicine, discrimination in the employment of, 176. 183. 191. 195. 



202. 238. 271. 355. 393. 415 ; very few required, x. 

 , the practice of, uncertain, 364 ; mistakes in the, 189. 253. 



265. 287, 288. 292. 302, 303. 384. 415. 458. 



