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INDEX. 



Prick, in the foot, treatment of, 396 ; in- 

 jurious method of removing the horn in 

 searching for, 397. 



Prussian horse, account of the, 53. 



Prussic acid, treatment of poisoning by, 291. 



Puffing the glims, a trick of fraudulent 

 horse-dealers, 111. 



Pulling, the action of, explained, 525. 



Pulse, the natural standard of the, 242 ; 

 varieties of the, ib. ; importance of 

 attention to the, 243 ; the most con- 

 venient place to feel it, ib. ; the finger 

 on the pulse during the bleeding, ib. 



Pumiced feet, description and treatment of, 

 383 ; do not admit of cure, ib. ; consti- 

 tute unsoundness, 489. 



Pupil of the eye, description of the, 131 ; 

 the mode of discovering blindness in it, 

 131. 



Purchase, to complete the, there must be a 

 memorandum, or payment of some sum, 

 however small, 491. 



Purging, violent, treatment of, 301. 



Quarters of the horse, description of the, 

 356 ; importance of their muscularity 

 and depth, ib. ; foot, description of, 374 ; 

 the inner, crust thinner and weaker at, 

 375 ; folly of lowering the crust, ti. 



Quidding the food, cause of , 452 ; unsound- 

 ness while it lasts, 489. 



Quinine, the sulphate of, 500. 



Quittor, the nature and treatment of, 394 ; 

 the treatment often long and difficult, exer- 

 cising thepatience both of the practitioner 

 and owner, 395 ; is unsoundness, 489. 



Rabies, symptoms of, 143. 



Race-courses, different lengths of, 74. 



Races, early, mere running on train scent, 

 63 ; frequent cruelty of, 73, 77 ; differ- 

 ent kinds of, described, 73 ; regular, 

 first established at Chester and Stamford, 

 63 ; regulations for, established by James 

 I., 63 ; patronised by Charles I., 64 ; 

 Persian, description of, 29 ; the great 

 length of the old courses, 73; conse- 

 quences of the introduction of short 

 races, 74, 75 ; the different lengths that 

 are run, 75 ; the races at Smitbfield, 56. 



Race-horse, his history, 66; form, 67; 

 action, 73 ; emulation, 76. 



Racks, no openings should be allowed 

 above them, 457. 



Radius, description of the, 333. 



Ragged-hipped, what, 353 ; no impediment 

 to action, ib. 



Railways, mechanical advantage of, 97, 

 542 ; they immensely increase the power 

 of the horse, 563. 



Raking, the operation of, 514. 



Rearing, a dangerous and inveterate habit, 

 447. 



Recti muscles, of the neck, description of, 

 213 ; of the thigh, 355. 



Rectum, description of the, 295, 296. 



Reins, description of the proper, 1 89. 



Resin, its use in veterinary practice, 514 



Resistance in draught, observations on, 

 528. 



Respiration, description of the mechanism 

 and effect of, 236. 



Respiratory nerves, the, 120. 



Restiveness, a bad habit, and never cured, 

 440 ; anecdotes in proof of its inveterate- 

 ness, 441. 



Retina, description of the, 133. 



Retractor muscle of the eye, description of 

 it, 134. 



Rheumatism, 155. 



Ribbed-home, advantage of being, 226. 



Ribs, anatomy of the, 222, 224. 



Richard Coeur-de-Lion, account of his 

 Arabian horses, 57. 



Richmond, Duke of, his method of breeding 

 good carriage horses, 99. 



Riding, directions for, 87. 



Ringbone, the nature and treatment of, 35 1 , 

 352 ; constitutes unsoundness, 489. 



Roach-backed, what, 228. 



Roads, how affected by different wheels, 

 550 ; how influencing the proper breadth 

 of the wheels, 560 ; the great extent to 

 which they affect the draught, 561 ; soft 

 and yielding, far more disadvantageous 

 than rough ones, ib. ; slight alterations 

 in their level advantageous, ib. ; hard- 

 ness, the grand desideratum in, ib. ; 

 should be nearly flat, ib. ; necessity of 

 constant repairs and attention to them, 

 562 ; calculation of the degree by which 

 the resistance is increased by bad ones, ib. 



Roan horses, account of, 480. 



Roaring, the nature of, '254, 279 ; curious 

 history of, 255 ; constitutes unsoundness, 

 487; from tight reining, 256; from 

 buckling in crib-biting, 256 ; treatment 

 of, 257. 



Rollers, calculation of the draught of, 541 ; 

 how probably first invented or brought 

 into use, ib. ; comparison of their power 

 with that of wheels, 545; mechanism 

 and principle of, 543 ; particular circum- 

 stances in which their use is advanta- 

 geous, ib. ; the weight moves with double 

 the velocity of them, and therefore fresh 

 rollers must be supplied in front, 543 ; 

 the immense block of marble at St. Pe- 

 tersburg, description of its being moved 

 on them, ib. 



Rolling, danger of, and remedy for, 452. 



Roman nose in the horse, what, 169. 



Rome, the ancient races at, 15. 



Round-bone, the, can scarcely be dislocated, 

 357. 



Rowels, manner of inserting, and their 

 operation, 515 ; comparison between 

 them, blisters, and setons, 437. 



Running away, method of restraining, 448. 



Rupture, treatment of, 308 ; of the sue. 

 pensory ligament, 252. 



Russian horse, account of the, 48. 



Rye-grass considered as an article of food. 

 470. 



