CONTENTS OF EQUINE DEPARTMENT. xi 
SECTION X.—DiIsEAsEs OF THE SKIN AND SUB-TISSUES. 
(Page 274-301 ) 
Itch and Mange-—Lice on Animals—Grease and Scratches—Surfeit—Drop- 
sical Limbs—Scarlatina—Ringworm—Prurigo—Poll-evil—Fistulous Withers 
—Warts on the Skin—Purpura Hemorrhagica—Out of condition—Hide- 
bound— Herpes, 
SECTION XI.—BREEDING, AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SAME, 
(Page 302-318.) 
Breeding—The Principles of Breeding—In-and-in Breeding—Permanent 
Varieties—Animals become Parents too early—Objections to In-and-in 
Breeding answered—The Advantage of In-and-in Breeding—The Importance 
of Studying Anatomy and Physiology. 
SECTION XII.—LAMENESS FROM VARIOUS CAUSES. 
(Page 319-885.) 
Curbs—Elbow Tumor—Capped Hock—Varix, or Bog Spavin—Atrophy, 
or Wasting of Muscles—Thorough-pin—Navicular Disease, or Lameness— 
Pleuro-dynia — Acute Rheumatism — Chronic Rbeumatism—Ring-bone— 
Splint—Spavin—Osteo Poresis—Curvature of the Spine—Hoof-bound— 
Laminitis—Sand-crack—Quarter-crack—Navicular Thritis—Stifle Out—Con- 
traction of the Hoof—Bowed Legs—Corns—Lameness. 
SECTION XIII.—Horsz MANAGEMENT, ETO. 
(Page 387-415.) 
Prolapsus Ani—Hemorrhoids, or Piles—Pricking and Nicking Horses’ 
Tails—Docking Horses—Anemia—The Use and Abuse of the Curry-comb 
—Horses and Cattle should have a supply of Pure Water—Galled Back— 
The Heart—The quantity of Blood contained in a Horse’s Body—Rapidity 
of the Circulation—The transfusion of Blooda—Management of the Horses 
put in the Stable—Strangles, 
