PART II. 



Section I. 



ON THE DISEASES OF THE HOESE, AND ON CER- 

 TAIN GENEEALITIES IN CONNECTION WITH 

 THEIE TEEATMENT. 



DISEASE AND ITS CAUSES. 

 EXAMINATION. 

 DIAGNOSIS. - 

 PULSE. 



ORSANS OV EESPIKATION. 

 ORGANS OP DIGESTION. 

 DEPUKATING ORGANS. 

 PATHOGNOMONIO SYMPTOMS. 

 SELECTION OP A KEMBDT. 

 MEDICINE AND ITS ADMINISTBA- 

 TION. 



LIQUID MEDICINES. 



BALLS. — POWDERS. 



ACCIDENTS. — SUDDEN ILLNESS. 



POULTICES. 



EOMENTATIONS. ' 



INJECTIONS. 



BLISTERING. — PIRING. — SET0N8. 



— ROWELS. 

 PURGATIVES. — ^DIURETICS. 

 BLEEDING. 



The Diseases incidental to the horse are numerous and 

 diversified. Many of them bear a close resemblance to those 

 of the human being. More extended observations upon the 

 maladies common to the two would prove highly beneficial to 

 both surgeon and veterinary surgeon; and it is much to be 

 regretted that comparative investigations of the nature spoken 

 of are not more common than at present. 



Equine diseases possess a twofold relation to the animal 

 economy. Some involve the organism at large ; others are of a 

 local character, and do not produce the least eiFect beyond the 



