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Opacity of the eye, the nature and 



treatment of, 94. 

 Operations, description of the 'most im- 

 portant, 359. 

 Ophtlialmia, 94. 

 Opium, its great value in veterinary 



practice, 461 ; adulterations of it, 



462. 

 Orbicularis muscle of the eye, descrip- 



tiou of it, 67. 

 Orbit of the eye, fracture of, 68. 

 Os femoris, account of, 275. 

 OssiHcatioD of the cartilages, cause and 



tret-tmeat of, 332. 

 Over-reach, the nature and treatment of, 



319, 380 ; often producing aandcrack 



or quitter, 380. 

 Ozena, account ef, 105. 



Pachydermata, an order of animals, 

 44. 



Pack-wax, or ligamentum colli, descrip- 

 tion of the, 53, 136. 



Palate, description of the, 143. 



Palm-oil, the best substance for making 

 up balls, 462. 



Palsy, the causes and treatment of, 84. 



Pancreas, description of the, 230. 



Paps or barbs, 133. 



Parietal bones, description of the, 51. 



Paring out of the foot for shoeing, direc- 

 tions for, 343 ; neglect of, a cause of 

 contraction, 309. 



Parotid gland, description of the, and its 

 diseases, 103, 333. 



Pastern, upper, fracture of, 340 ; lower, 

 fracture ofi 341 ; description of the, 

 263, 267 ; bones of the, ib. ; cut of the, 

 ib. ; proper obliquity of the, 264. 



Patella or stifle bone, description of the, 

 275 ; fracture of, 339. 



Pawing, remedy for, 331. 



Payment of the smallest sutti completes 

 the purchase of a horse, 431. 



Peas, sometimes used as food, but should 

 be crushed, 398. 



Pectineua muscle, the, 273. 



Pectorales muscles, description of the, 

 251. 



Pedigrees of American trotters, 40. 



Pelvis, fracture of the, '337. 



Pericardium, description of the, 155. 



Perspiration, insensible, no medicines 

 will certainly increase it. 410. 



Pharynx, anatomy of the, 135. 



Phrenitis, 74. 



Phthisis pnlmonalis, description of, 199. 



Physic balls, method of compounding the 

 best, 442; should never be given in 

 inflammation of the lungs, 154. 



Physicking, rules for, 224. 



Pia mater, description of the, 56. 



Pied horse, account of the, 412. 



Pigmentum uigrum, account of the, 63. 



Pipar description of the, 198. 



Pit of the cye,the,indicative of the age,4« 



Pitch, its use for charges and plasters. 

 462. 



Pleura, description of the, 154. 



Pleurisy, the nature and treatment of, 

 154, 200. 



Pneumonia, the nature and treatment of, 

 186. 



Poll-evil, the cause and treatment of, 131 

 importance of the free escape of thi 

 matter, 137. 



Poslea spiuatus muscle, description of 

 the, 251. 



Potash, the compound of, 462. 



Potatoes, considered as an article of 

 food, 401. 



Poultices, their various compositions, 

 manner of acting, and great use, 463. 



Powders, comparison between them and 

 balls, 464. 



Pressure on the brain, effect of, 69. 



Prick, in the foot, treatment of, 324 ; in- 

 jurious method of removing the horn 

 in searching for, 326. 



Pulse, the natural standard of the, 158 ; 

 varieties of the, ib. ; importance of at- 

 tention to the, ib. ; the most conveni- 

 ent place to feel it, ib. ; the finger on 

 the pulse during the bleeding, 159. 



Pumiced feet, description and treatment 

 of, 305 ; do not admit of cure, 306 ; 

 constitute unsoundness, 427. 



Pupil of the eye, description of the, 64, 

 the mode of discovering blindness in 

 it, ib. 



Purcha.se, to complete the, there must be 

 a memorandum, or payment of some 

 sum, however small, 431. 



Purging, violent, treatment of, 222, 223. 



ftUARTEBS of thehorie, description of 

 the, 272 ; importanori of their muscu- 

 larity and depth, ib. , foot, description 

 of, 293 ; the inner, cr ast thinner ano. 

 weaker at, 295 ; folly of lowering tht 

 crust, ib. 



Q.uidding the food, ca",se of, 381 ; un- 

 soundness while it lasts, 427. 



Cluinine, the sulphate of, 443. 



(^aittor, the nature and treatment of, 

 321 ; the treatment ofte^» Jong and dif- 

 ficult, exercising the patience both of 

 the practitioner and owner, 322, 323 ; 

 is unsoundness, 428. 



Rabies, symptoms of, 76. 



Race-horse, English, pedigree of, 17 ; 



excels the Arabian, 18 ; form of, 19 ,■ 



examples of, 19, 20, 21. 

 Racers may beget trotters, 40. 

 Racks, no openings should be allowed 



above them, 386. 

 Radius, description of the, 252. 

 Ragged-hipped, what, 272 ; no impedi. 



ment to action, ib 



