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INDEX. 



medical means may tie adopted to cure 

 the horse, they are, however, better 

 declined, lest in an unfortunate issue 

 of the case they should be misrepre- 

 sented, 492. 



Unsteadiness whilst mounting, remedy for, 

 447. 



Urine, albuminous, 314 ; bloody, ib. 



Vastus muscle, description of the, 355. 

 Vatican, the obelisk in the, curious method 



of moving it, 545. 

 Vehicles of draught, comparison of the 



best, 556, 557. 

 Veins, description of the, 247 ; of the arm, 



description, &c. 360; of the neck, ditto, 



215; of the face, ditto, 172; of the 



shoulder, ditto, 326 ; inflammation of 



the, treatment of, 215. 

 Velocity, calculation of, 529, 531. 

 Vena portarum, the, 297. 

 Verdigris, an uncertain medicine, when 



given internally, 504 ; a mild caustic, ib. 

 Vermin, account of, 485. 

 Vertebrae, the dorsal and lumbar, 221. 

 Vertebrated animals, what, 106. 

 Vices of horses, account of the, 440. 

 Vicious to clean, a bad habit that should 



be conquered, 448 ; to shoe, a bad habit 



that may also be conquered, ib. 

 Vinegar, its nse in veterinary practice, 



495. 

 Vines, Mr., his use of the Spanish fly .in 



glanders, 502. 

 Viper, account of the bite of, 290. 

 Vision, theory of, 130. 

 Vitreous humour of the eye, account of the, 



133. 

 Vitriol, blue, use of, in veterinary practice, 



504. 



Waggon horse, the, 98. 



Waggons, inferior horses may be used in 

 them, compared with carts, 555 ; horses 

 drawing, not so fatigued as in carts, 555 ; 

 require fewer drivers, and are not so 

 liable to accidents, ib. ; with inferior 

 roads and ordinary horses preferable to 

 carts, ib. ; with large front wheels, ad- 

 vantage of, 554; particularly with two 

 horses abreast, ib. ; reason why they 

 have more draught than two-wheeled 

 carts, 556. 



Walking, movement of the legs in, 527 ; 

 different when drawing a load, ib. 



Wall- eyed horses, what, 131 ; whether they 

 become blind, ib. 



War-horse, description of the ancient, 57. 



Warbles, treatment of, 230. 



Warranty, the form of a, 491 ; breach of, 

 how established, ib. ; no price will imply 

 it, ib. ; when there is none, the action 

 must be brought on ground of fraud, ib. 



Warts, method of getting rid of, 484. 



Washing of the heels, productive of grease, 

 271. 



Washy horses, description and treatment 

 of, 303. 



Wasps, treatment of the sting of, 290. 



Water, generally given too sparingly, 472 ; 

 management of on » journey, ib. ; the 

 difference in effect, between hard and 

 soft, ib. ; spring, principally injurious 

 on account of its coldness, ib. ; stomach 

 of the horse, the, 295. 



Water farcy, nature and treatment of, 

 187. 



Water conveyance, smallness of power 

 required in, 538 ; resistance to, increases 

 with the square of the velocity, 539 

 power to be exerted in, increases as the 

 cube of the velocity, ib. 



Water-dropwort, poisonous, 291 ; hemlock, 

 poisonous, ib. ; parsley, poisonous, ib. 



Wax used in charges and plasters, 517. 



Weakness of the foot, what, 403. 



Weaving indicating an irritable temper 

 and no cure for it, 456. 



Weight, calculation of the power of the 

 horse to overcome, 97, 525, 528. 



Wellesley Arabian, account of the, 72. 



Welsh pony, description of the, 103. 



Wheat, considered as food for the horse, 

 467, 471 ; inconvenience and danger of 

 it, 467. 



Wheels, the principle on which they act 

 explained, 518 ; effect of increasing the 

 diameter of the, 560 ; no'record of the 

 time of their invention, 545 ; spoked, 

 known to Homer, ib. ; little improvement 

 of the principle of, from the earliest 

 times, ib. ; principle of, on a level sur- 

 face, 546 ; theory of the degree of friction 

 attending them, 547 ; friction of on the 

 axle, dependent on the material employed, 

 ib. ; consideration of the various forms 

 of, 549 ; dishing of, described, 550 ; ad- 

 vantages of, ib. ; conical and flat, calcu- 

 lation between the effects of, 555, 562 ; 

 obliquely placed, ill consequences of, 

 551 ; narrow and broad, comparison be- 

 tween, 550 , conical, strange degree of 

 friction and dragging with, 551 ; travel- 

 ling grindstones, 551 ; cylindrical, the 

 best form, ib. ; description of, and proper 

 rounding of the edges, 553 ; but influ- 

 enced by the state of the road, ib. ; hind, 

 should follow the precise track of the 

 fore ones, ib. ; considered as to their 

 effect on the road, 553 ; straddlers, 

 description of, and their effect, 553; 

 proper breadth of, in proportion to the 

 load, 554 ; with cast-iron naves, 554 ; 

 size of, ib. ; advantage of large front 

 ones, ib. ; should have the spokes so 

 arranged as to present themselves against 

 the greatest force, 558. 

 Wheezer, description of the, 279 ; is un- 

 sound, 487. 

 Whipping, sound, cruelty of, 97. 

 Whisperer, the, anecdotes of his power 

 over the horse, 441. 



