475 



Extensor pedis muscle, description of 

 the, 267. 



Eye, desunptiou of the, 89 ; cut of the, 

 62 ; fracture of the orbit of the, 68 ; 

 healthy appearance of the, 64; dis- 

 eases of the, 91 ; inflammation of, 

 common, 93 ; ditto, specific, 94; ditto, 

 causes, 95 ; ditto, medical treatment 

 of, 94, 95 ; ditto, untractable nature of, 

 95, 96 ; ditto, consequences of, 95 ; 

 ditto, marks of recent, 425 ; ditto, con- 

 stitutes unsoundness, ib. ; ditto, here- 

 ditary, 95 ; method and importance of 

 examining it, 62, 64 ; indicative of the 

 temper, 59 ; the pit above, indicative 

 of the age, 48 ; muscles of the, 66. 



Eyebrows, substitute for, 60, 



Eyelashes, description of, 60 ; folly of 

 singeing them, tb. 



Eyelid, description of, GO. 



Eyelids, diseases of the, 91. 



Exostosis on the orbit of the eye, 68. 



Face, description of the, 99 ; cut of the 

 muscles, nerves, and blood-vessels of, 

 102. 



Falling in of the foot, what, 306. 



False quarter, nature and treatment of, 

 320, 321. 



Farcy, a disease of the absorbents of the 

 skin, 114, 115 ; connected with glan- 

 ders, 114 ; both general and infectious. 

 1 16 ; symptoms of, 115 ; treatment of, 

 116 ; buds, what, 115 ; the efie^t of 

 cantharides in, 117 ; diniodide of cop- 

 per, ib. 



Feeding, high, connected with grease, 

 291 ; regular periods of, necessity of 

 attending to, 402; manner of, has 

 much innaence on broken wind, 197. 



Feet, the general management of, 403 ; 

 attention to, and stopping at night, re- 

 commended, ib. 



Felt soles, description and use of^ 353. 



Femur, fracture of the, 339. 



Fetlock, description of the, 267. 



Fever, idiopathic or pure, 163 ; symp- 

 toms of, ib. ; symptomatic, 164. 



Fibula, description of the, 276. 



Firing, the principle on w^hich resorted 

 to, 364 ; mode of applying, 365 ; should 

 not penetrate the skin, ib. ; absurdity 

 and cruelty of blistering after, ib. ; 

 horse should not be used for some 

 months after, ib. 



Fistula lacrymalis, 60 ; in the poll, 136. 



Fits, symptoms, causes, and treatment 

 of, 64. 



Fleam and lancet, comparison between 

 them, 166. 



Flexor of, the arm, description of the, 

 253 ; jnetatarsi muscle, description of 

 the, 276 : pedis peribratus, the perfora- 

 ted muscle, description of the, 253, 

 iiT6 ; p-^dis perforans, the perforating 



muscle, description of the, 2.'53, 258 

 276. 



Flying Chiiders. the ne plus nltra of 

 success reached in his days, 29. 



Foal, early treatment of, 239 ; early 

 handling ot) important, 240 ; impor- 

 tance of liberal feeding of, ib. ; time 

 for weaning, ib. 



Fomentations, theoiy and use o^ 454. 



Food of the horse, observations on, 392 ; 

 a list of the usual articles of, 395, et sea. 

 should be apportioned to the work, 

 393. 



Foot, description of the, 293 ; diseases 

 of the, 302 ^ canker, 330 ; corns, 326 , 

 contraction, 307 ; false quarter, 320 ; 

 founder, acute, 302 ; chronic laminitis, 

 305 ; inflammation, 304 ; navicular 

 joint disease, 311 ; overreach, 319 , 

 prick, 324 ; pumiced, 305 ; quittor, 

 321 ; eandcrack, 317 ; thrush, 329 ; 

 tread, 319 ; weakness, 331 ; wounds, 

 324. 



Forceps, arterial, the use of, 168. 



Forehead, the different form of, in the 

 ox and horse, 56. 



Fore-legs, description of, 246 ; diseases 

 of them, 254 ; proper position of 

 them, 270. 



Forge-water occasionally used, 454. 



Form, on the improvement of, 25. 



Founder, acute, symptoms, causes, and 

 treatment of, 302 ; chronic, nature and 

 treatment of. 305. 



Foxglove, strongly recommended in 

 colds, and all fevers, 451. 



Fracture of the skuil, treatment of, 68 ; 

 general observations on fractures, 333 ; 

 of the skull, 335 ; orbit of the eye, ib. , 

 nasal bones, ib. ; superior maxillary 

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

 336 ; spine, ib. ; ribs, ib. ; pelvis, 

 337 ; tail, ib. ; limbs, ib. ; shoulder, 

 338 ; arm ib. ,- elbow, ib. ; femur, 330 ; 

 patella, ib. ; tibia, ib. ; hock, zb. ; leg, 

 340 ; sessamoid bones, ib. ; pastern, 

 ib. ; lower pastern, 341 ; coiBn-bone, 

 342 ; navicular bone, ib. 



Frog, horny, description of the, 298 , 

 sensible, description of the, 293, 300 ; 

 ditto, action and use of the, 298 ; 

 pressure, question of the, 299 ; proper 

 paring of, for shoeing, ib. ; diseases 

 of the, ib. 



Frontal bones, description of the, 47 ; 

 sinuses, description of the, 48 ; ditto, 

 perforated to detect glanders, ib. 



Furze, considered as an article of food, 

 401. 



Gall, account of the, 213 ; bladder, the 



horse has none, ib. 

 Gall-stones, 229. 

 Gentian, the best t/mic for the horsa. 



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