INDEX. 579 



Shoeing smith, (the) his duty, 441. 488 — 492 ; a remedy for false 

 tread, 41. 50. 496 ; causes splents, 469; and bone spavin, 465 ; 

 of preparing the hoof, 489. 505, 506, 507 ; for diseased feet, 498. 

 513 ; of fullering, 493. 497 ; punching, 494. 497- 502. 510 ; 

 nailing, 496. 498; driving, 512; clenching and rivetting, 513; 

 French method, 445. 492. 



Shoulder, conformation of the, 40. 308 ; how set on, 333 ; strain of, 

 473 ; how ascertained, 474. shoulder shook, how effected, 78. 525. 



Sitfasts, what? 361; treatment of, 362. 



Skeleton (the) of a horse, described, 22 — 24; pecularity of, 318. 



Skittish horses, posture of, 32 ; how induced, 169. 



Sole, danger of paring too much, 



Spasmodic affections of the intestines, 265 ; how treated, 425 ; ap- 

 pearance of the spinal canal, 427- 



Spavin, various, 463 ; the bog, or blood, ib. ; bone spavin, 458. 464. 



Spavin (bone) and splent, how operating, 70. 



Sprain, how differing from strain, 472-3. 



Splents, cause of, 467 ; remedy for, 468. 



Sponge boot, the, recommended, 540. 



Stable air, affects the lungs, 93. 213 ; and the blood, 120. 212. 176. 

 379 ; how arising, 157. close, renders a horse tender, 267 ; hot, 

 affects the kidneys, 285; cold, causes grease, 389. 392.; in- 

 fected, to cleanse, 375 ; the loose, restorative, 98, note, 475. 485. 



Staggers, cause of, 134. 196. 204. 418 ; remedy, 420. 



Stag hounds, the king's, destroyed for rabies, 435. 



Staling, how affected by retention, 159. See Urine. 



St. Bel, mistaken regarding the cure for glanders, 376. 



Stallions, (of) choice, service, and keep, 61. 456: too much excite- 

 ment destructive, 250. 267- 418 ; die in covering, 62. 268. 



Steaming the head, good for catarrh, 225 ; for strangles, 357. 



Stifle, strain of the, 477 ; remedy, 478. 



Stimulants, harmful, 271. 286. 302. 409. 418. 



Stimulating liniment, 356. 



Stomach, how diseased, 108-9 ; physiology of the, 131-5 ; large, 

 undesirable, 132 ; inflammation of the, 249. 



Stone, cases of, 154. 299 ; and other calculus, 297 ; how con- 

 creted, 298. 



Stopping recommended, 518 ; the cooling, 528. 



Strains, what? 457- 471; of the back sinew, i. e. of coffin joint, 

 481. 532; of ligaments, 68; of shoulder, 473; treatment, 

 475 ; whirl-bone, 477 ; stifle, ib. ; the back, 478 ; cause of, 

 479 ; treatment, 480 ; violent ones, 483. 



Strain of coffin joint, the principle objected to, 43. 



Strangles (the), what? 351; inoculation for, ib. 358; bastard 

 strangles, 359 ; strangles of the gullet, 358. 



Stone, how formed, 160 ; case of, 155, note. See Concretion. 



Stringhalt, how incurred, 33 ; motion of, 478. 



Structure, how affecting pace, and health, 3. 25. 27- 36. 39. 61. 64. 

 438; valvular, 117. 133; internal, 5. 



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