INDEX. 



481 



Sbppiag the halter, remedy for, 383. 



Smell, the sense and seat o^ 101 ; very 

 acute in the horse, ib. 



Snap, 2. 



Soap, its nse in veterinary practice, 466. 



Soda, chloride of, its use in ulcers, 465 ; 

 sulphate of, ib. 



Sole, the homy, description of, 297 ; 

 descent o^ SS8 ; proper' form of, ib. ; 

 management of, in shoeing^, ib. ; the 

 sensible, 398 ; felt or leather, their use. 

 353. 



Bore-thltiat, sympUhna and treatment 

 ot ITl. 



Soundness, consists in there being no 

 disease or alteration of structure that 

 does or is likely to idipair the usefal- 

 neas of the horse, 420; considered 

 with reference to the priacipal causes 

 of unsoundness, 421. 



Spasmodic colic, nature and treatment 

 of, 815. 



Spavin, blood, the nature and treatment 

 of, 165 ; is unsoundness, 4^ ; bog, 

 cause, nature and treatment of, 164, 

 165, 281 i bone, 283 ; why not (.Iways 

 accompanied by lameness, ib. ; in un- 

 soundness, 428. 



Spavined horses, the kind of work ikey 

 are capable of, 284. 



Speedy-cut, account of, 257. 



Sphenoid bone, description of the, 55. 



Spine, description of the, 145, 14b , 

 fracture of, 336. 



Spleen, description of the, 213, 230. 



Splanius muscle, description of the, 

 138. 



Splint, nature and treatment of, 256, 

 270 ; when constituting unsoundness, 

 429 ; bones, description of the, 256. 



Sprain of the back sinews, treatment of, 

 258, 270; sometimes requires firing, 

 260 ; any remaining thickenine^ consti- 

 tutes unsoundness, 429 ; spram of the 

 shoulder, 246. 



Stables, dark, au occasional cause of in- 

 ilammation of the eye, 95 ; hot and 

 foul, a frequent one of inflammation 

 of the eye, ib. ; ditto, lungs, 385 ; 

 ditto, glanders, 112, 113; should be 

 large, compared with the number of 

 horses, ib. ; the management of, too 

 much neglected by the owner of the 

 horse, ib. ; the ceiling of, should be 

 plastered, if there is a loft above, ib. ; 

 should be sa contrived that the urine 

 will run off, 388 ; the stalls should 

 not have too much declivity, ih. ; 

 should be sufficiently light, yet with- 

 out any glaring color, 388, 389. 



Staggers, stomach, symptoms, cause, and 

 treatment of, 70, 71,' 401 ; generally 

 fatal, 71 ; producing blindness, 73 ; 

 (ometimes epidemic, ib. ; mad, symp- 

 toms and treatment, 74. ai 



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Staling, profuse, cause and treatment oC 

 233. 



Stallion, description of the proper, foi 

 breeding, 237. 



Starch, useful in superpnrgation, 466. 



Stargazer, the, 139. 



Sternum, or breast-bone, description of 

 the, 147, 251. 



Stifle, description of the, 275 ; accidents 

 and diseases of the, ib. 



Stomach, description of the, 206, 207; 

 ver^ small in the horse, 207 ; inflam- 

 mation of the, 207, 208 ; pump recom- 

 mended in apoplexy, 72. 



Stone in the bladder, symptoms and 

 tr<utmeat of, 235 ; kidney, ib. 



Stoppings, the best composition of, and 

 their great use, 466. 



Strangles, symptoms and treatment of, 

 133 ; distinguished from glanders, 

 109 ; tlie importance of blistering 

 early in, 134. 



Strangury, produced by blistering, 363 ; 

 treatment of, 364. 



Strawberry horse, account of the, 412 



Stringhalt, nature o^ 83 ; is decidedly 

 unsoundness, g3, 429. 



Structure of the horse, importance of a 

 knowledge of, 46. 



Strychnia, account of, 467. 



Stylo-maxillaris muscle, description of 

 the, 103. 



Sublingual gland, description of the, 

 133. 



Submaxillary glands, description of the^ 

 133 ; artery, description of the, 103. 



Sub-scapalo hyoideus muscle, descrip- 

 tion of the, 103. 



Sugar of lead, use of| 459. 



Suiphate of copper, use of in veteri 

 nary practice, 449 ; iron, 454 ; mag- 

 nesia, 460 ; zinc, 468. 



Sulphur, an excellent alterative and in- 

 gredient in all applications for mange, 

 467. 



Surfeit, description and treatment of, 

 415 ; importance of bleeding in, 416. 



Suspensory ligament, beautiful mechan- 

 ism of the, 265 ; rupture of the, ib, ; 

 suspensory muscle of the eye, descrip- 

 tion of the, 67. 



Swallowing without grinding, 377. 



Swelled legs, cause and treatment oC 

 287 ; most frequendy connected with 

 debility, ib. 



Sweethread, description of the, 213. 



Sympathetic nerves, description of the, 

 58. 



Tail, anatomy of the, 145 ; fracture of 

 the, 337 ; docking, 367 ; nicking, 368. 



Tar, its use in veterinaiy practice, 4f7. 



Tares, a nutritive and healthy food, 

 399. 



Tartar, cream of, 463. 



