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INDEX. 



of the, 162; inflammation of, common, 

 163 ; ditto, specific, 164 ; ditto, causes, 



165 ; ditto, medical treatment of, 164, 



166 ; ditto, untractable nature of, 166 ; 

 ditto, consequences of, 165, 166 ; ditto, 

 marks of recent, 488 ; ditto, consti- 

 tutes unsoundness, 488 ; ditto, here- 

 ditary, 165 ; method and importance 

 of examining it, 129, 132 ; indicative of 

 the temper, 123 ; the pit above, indicative 

 of the age, 111 ; muscles of the, 134. 



Eyebrows, substitute for, 124. 

 Eyelashes, description of, 124 ; folly of 



singeing them, 125. 

 Eyelid, description of, 124, 125. 

 Eyelids, diseases of the, 162. 

 Exostosis on the orbit of the eye, 136. 



Face, description of the, 169 ; cut of the 

 muscles, nerves, and blood-vessels of, 172. 



Falling in of the foot, what, 383. 



False quarter, nature and treatment of, 393. 



Farcy, a disease of the absorbents of the 

 skin, 185, 186; connected with glan- 

 ders, 185 ; both generated and infectious, 

 187 ; symptoms of, 187 ; treatment of, 

 187; buds, what, 186; the effect of 

 cantharides in, 188 ; diniodide of copper, 

 188. 



Farmer's horse, description of the, 91 ; fit 

 for riding as well asdraught,»6. ; the gene- 

 ral management of, ib.; no blemished or 

 unsound mare to be used for breeding, 92. 



Feeding, high, connected with grease, 371; 

 regular periods of, necessity of attending 

 to, 471; manner of, has much influence 

 on broken wind, 278. 



Feeling of the mouth, constant, indispen- 

 sable in the good rider, 87. 



Feet, good, importance of, in the hunter, 

 82 ; the general management of, 473 ; 

 attention to, and stopping at night, re- 

 commended, ib. 



Felt soles, description and use of, 427. 



Femur, fracture of the, 412. 



Fetlock, description of the, 348. 



Fever, idiopathic or pure, 246 ; symptoms 

 of, ill. ; symptomatic, 247. 



Fibula, description of the, 358. 



Finland horse, description of the, 51. 



Firing, the principle on which resorted to, 

 434 ; mode of applying, lb. ; should not 

 penetrate the skin, 436; absurdity and 

 cruelty of blistering after, 435-; horse 

 should not be used for some months 

 after, 436. 



Fistula lacrymalis, 125 ; in the poll, 210. 



Fits, symptoms, causes, and treatment of, 

 154. 



Flanders horse, description of the, 101 ; 

 our heavy draught horses advantageously 

 crossed with it, 101. 



Fleam and lancet, comparison between 

 them, 248. 



Flemish horse, account of the, 53. 



Fleur-de-Lis, account of her performances, 

 78. 



Flexor of the arm, description of the, 33* ', 

 metatarsi muscle, description of the, 

 359 ; pedis perforatus, the perforated 

 muscle, description of the, 335, 359 ; 

 pedis perforans, the perforating muscle, 

 description of the, 336, 342, 359. 



Flying Childers, an account of him, 67, 68. 



Foal, early treatment of, 320 ; early hand- 

 ling of, important, ib. ; importance of 

 liberal feeding of, ib. ; time for weaning, 

 ib. 



Fomentations, theory and use of, 508. 



Food of the horse, observations on, 463 ; 

 a list of the usual articles of, 466 ; 

 should be apportioned to the work, 465. 



Foot, description of the, 372 ; the original 

 defence of, 11 ; diseases of the, 380 ; 

 canker, 401; corns, 398; contraction, 

 384 ; false quarter, 393 ; founder, acute, 

 380 ; chronic laminitis, 382 ; inflam- 

 mation, 380 ; navicular joint disease, 

 389 ; overreach, 392 ; prick, 396 ; 

 pumiced, 383 ; quittor, 394 ; sandcrack, 

 390 ; thrush, 400 ; tread, 392 ; weakness, 

 403 ; wounds, 396. 



Forceps, arterial, the use of, 249. 



Forehead, the different form of, in the ox 

 and horse, 118. 



Fore-legs, description of, 325 ; diseases of 

 them, 340 ; proper position of them, 352. 



Forge- water occasionally used, 508. 



Forrester, an example of the emulation of 

 the horse, 76. 



Founder, acute, symptoms, causes, and 

 treatment of, 380 ; chronic, nature and 

 treatment of, 382. 



Foxglove, strongly recommended in colds, 

 and all fevers, 506. 



Fracture of the skull, treatment of, 136 ; 

 general observations on fractures, 404 ; 

 of the skull, 406 ; orbit of the eye, ib. ; 

 nasal bones, ib. ; superior maxillary or 

 upper jaw-bone, 407 ; inferior ditto, ib. ; 

 spine, 408 ; ribs, 409 ; pelvis, 410 ; tail, 

 ib. ; limbs, 411; shoulder, ib. ; arm, 

 ib. ; elbow, 412; femur, ib. ; patella, 

 41 3 ; tibia, ib. ; hock, ib. ; leg, 414 ; 

 sessamoid bones, ib. ; pastern, ib. ; lower 

 pastern, 415 ; coffin bone, 417 ; navicu- 

 lar bone, ib. 



French horse, description of the, 43. 



Friction, comparison of, in the wheel and 

 roller, 540 ; on the axle, dependent on 

 the material employed, 56 1 ; is not ma- 

 terially increased by the velocity, ib. ; 

 reduced, as the diameter of the axle is 

 diminished, ib. ; inversely as the diameter 

 of the wheel, ib. 



Frog, horny, description of the, 376 ; sen- 

 sible, description of the, 376, 378 ; ditto, 

 action and use of the, 376 ; pressure, 

 question of the, ib. ; proper paring of, 

 for shoeing, 377 ; diseases of the, ib. 



Frontal bones, description of the, 110; 

 sinuses, description of the, 112 ;■ ditto, 

 perforated to detect glanders, 113. 

 Furze, considered as an article of food, 471. 



