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INDEX. 



Coach-horse, description of the, 93 ; best 

 breed of, 94. 



Coat, fine, persons much too solicitous to 

 procure it, 461. 



Cocktail horse, mode of docking, 439. 



Coffin-bone, description of the, 377 ; the 

 lamellae, or leaves of, 378 ; fracture of, 

 417. 



Coffin-joint, sprain of, 350. 



Cold, common, description and treatment 

 of, 251. 



Colic, flatulent, account of,300 ; spasmodic, 

 description and treatment of, 299. 



Collar, the best method of attaching the 

 traces to the horse, 537 ; proper adapta- 

 tion of to the shoulder, 532. 



Colocynth, is poisonous, 291. 



Colon, description of the, 295, 296. 



Colonel, portrait of, 66 ; account of his 

 performances, 77. 



Colour, remarks on, 479. 



Colt, aarly treatment of the, 320. 



Com plexus major, description of the, 213 ; 

 minor, description of the, to. 



Concave-seated shoe, the, described and 

 recommended, 422. 



Conestoga horses, description of the, 42. 



Conical wheels, compared with flat ones, 

 550 ; extreme absurdity of, 551 ; strange 

 degree of friction and draggingwith them, 

 ib. j afford great resistance and destroy 

 the road, ib. ; are in fact travelling 

 grindstones, 552. 



Conium maculatum, poisonous, 291. 



Conjunctiva, description of the, 128 ; ap- 

 pearance of, how far a test of inflamma- 

 tion, ib. 



Consumption, account of, 279. 



Contraction of the foot, nature of, 384, 

 486 j the peculiarity of the lameness 

 produced by, 387 ; how far connected 

 with the navicular disease, 386 ; is not 

 the necessary consequence of shoeing, 

 ib. ; produced by neglect of paring, 385 ; 

 wearing the shoes too long, 384 ; want of 

 natural moisture, ib. ; the removal of the 

 bars, 385 ; not so much produced by litter 

 as imagined, 386 ; the cause rather than 

 the consequence of thrush , 384 ; best mode 

 of treating, 388 ; rarely permanently 

 cured, ib. ; does not necessarily imply 

 unsoundness, 486 ; although not neces- 

 sarily unsoundness, should* have a spe- 

 cial warranty against it, 486 ; blood 

 horses very subject to, 387. 



Convexity of the eye, the proper, not suf- 

 ficiently attended to, 129. 



Copaiba, account of the resin, 504. 



Copper, the combinations of, used in vete- 

 rinary practice, 504. 



Corded veins, what, 185. * 



Cordials, the use and abuse of, in the horse, 

 504. 



Cornea, description of the, 128 ; mode of 

 examining the, ib. ; its prominence or 

 flatness, ib. ; should be perfectly trans- 

 parent, 129. 



Corns, the nature and treatment of, 398 ; 

 produced by cutting away the bars, ib. ; 

 not paring out the foot between the crust 

 and bars, ib. ; pressure, ib. ; very dif- 

 ficult to cure, 399 ; constitute unsound- 

 ness, 486. 



Coronary ligament, description of the, 374 ; 

 the crust principally produced from, ib. ; 

 ring, description of the, ib. 



Coronet, description of the, ib. 



Corrosive sublimate, treatment under poi- 

 son by, 292 ; a good tonic for farcy, 292, 

 510. 



Corsican horse, account of the, 45. 



Cortical substance of the brain, description 

 and fraction of, 119. 



Cossack horse, description of the, 48 ; 

 beaten in a race by English blood horses, 

 48. 



Cough, the nature and treatment of, 273 ; 

 constitutes unsoundness, 486 ; the occa- 

 sional difficulty with regard to this, 491. 



Cow hocks, description of, 367. 



Cradle, a safe restraint upon the horse when 

 blistered, 433. 



Cramp, the nature and treatment of, 151. 



Cream-coloured horses, account of, 480 ; 

 peculiarity in their eyes, 130. 



Cream of tartar, a mild diuretic, 513. 



Creasote, its use in veterinary practice, 505. 



Crib-biting, description of, 449 ; causes and 

 cure, 450 ; injurious to the horse, 450 ; 

 constitutes unsoundness, 450, 487. 



Cricket ball, the action of catching a, 529. 



Cricoid cartilage of the windpipe, the, 217. 



Cromwell, Oliver, his stud of race-horses, 

 64. 



Cropping of the ear, absurdity of, 121. 



Croton, the farina of, used as physic, 505. 



Crusaders, the improvement of the horse 

 neglected by them, 57. 



Crust of the foot, description of the, 372 ; 

 composition of the, 373 ; consisting 

 within of numerous horny plates, 375 ; 

 proper degree of it, slanting, 373 j pro- 

 per thickness of the, ib. ; brittleness of, 

 remedy for, 375; the cause of sandcrack, 

 390. 



Crystalline lens, description of the, 132. 



Cuboid bones, description of the, 360. 



Cuneiform bones, description of the, 117, 

 360. 



Curbs, nature and treatment of, 362 ; 

 hereditary, 92 ; constitute unsound- 

 ness, 487. 



Cuticle, description of the, 473. 



Cutis, or true skin, account of the, 474. 



Cutting, cause and cure of, 349, 451 ; con- 

 stitutes unsoundness, 488 ; away the foot, 

 unfounded prejudice against, 385. 



Dandriff, the, nature of, 473. 

 Darley Arabian, account of the, 68. 

 Dartmoor ponies, description and anecdote 



of, 104. 

 Deacon, Mr., his opinion on the forms 



of wheels, 518, 553. 



