INDEX. 



529 



Dressing of horses before work, 1S3 ; 



after work, 186. 

 Duct, the thoracic, 280. 

 Ducts, the lacrymal, 2S9. 

 Duroc (thorough-bred) 474, 483. 

 Dysentery, nature of 302; treatment 



of, 362 ; remedies for, 453. 

 Dyspepsia, nature of, 354; symptoms 



of, 354; treatment of, 355. 



Ear, anatomy of the, 289 ; diseases of, 

 383 ; scratching the, remedy for, 

 204. 

 Early maturity of the thorough-bred, 



57. 

 East, the horses of the, 30. 

 Eclipse (American thorough-bred), in- 

 fluence upon trotting stock, 474. 

 Eclipse (English thorough-bred), de- 

 scription of, 27 ; Percival's descrip- 

 tion of, 28. 

 Ecraseur, the, 443. 

 Egyptian horse, the ancient, 16; the 



modern, 32. 

 Elbow-joint, treatment of capped, 316. 

 Embrocations, action of, 457; recipes 



for, 457. 

 Engineer, by Messenger, 472. 

 Enteritis, nature of, 357; symptoms of, 



358. 

 Epilepsy, symptoms of, 375; treatment 



of, 376. 

 Ericsson (trotter), by Mambrino Chief, 



483, 484, 

 Eruptions of the skin, 3S8 et seq. 

 Essentials in the thorough-bred, 60. 

 Ethan Allen (trotter), 49, 4S2, 505 

 Excretion, physiology of, 2S1. 

 Exercise, daily, 200. 

 Exhaustion, after work, treatment of, 



221. 

 Exostosis, nature of, 297 ; of the hu- 

 merus and scapula, treatment of, 305. 

 External form as indicated by points, 

 19; formation of the thorough-bred, 

 61. 

 Extremities, anatomy of the anterior, 

 254; of tbe hind, 253; considered as 

 organs of support, 255; of locomo- 

 tion, 256. 

 Eye, anatomy of the, 2S7 ; appendages 



45 2 



of, 289 j simple inflammation of, 383 ; 

 symptoms of simple inflammation of, 

 287; treatment of simple inflamma- 

 tion of, 3S4; treatment of purulent 

 ophthalmia, 384 ; irites, 3S4 ; injuries 

 of, 3S6 ; treatment of injuries, 3SG ; 

 cataract, 386 ; amaurosis, 387; buck- 

 eye, 387 ; wash for the, 459. 



Face, anatomy of the, 254. 



Fair Rachel (thorough-bred), 472. 



False quarter, nature of, 399; treat- 

 ment of, 400. 



Farcy, symptoms of, 421 ; treatment 

 of, 421 ; remedies for, 451. 



Fearnought (imp.), 53. 



Febrifuges, action of, 45S ; recipes for, 

 458. 



Feeding, theory and practice of, 177. 



Feeling, 290. 



Feet, accidents to the, 413; manage- 

 ment of, 197 ; dryness of the, 19S. 



Femur, treatment of fracture of tbe, 

 310. 



Fetlock, remarks on tbe strain of the, 

 318; treatment of the strain of the, 

 318. 



Fevers, remarks on, 417 ; symptoms of 

 simple, 417; symptoms of typhoid, 

 417 ; treatment of simple, 417 ; treat- 

 ment of typhoid, 41S. 



Fever balls and powders, 458. 



Fibre, muscular, 270. 



Fibrous tissue, nature of, 268 ; chemi- 

 cal composition of, 269. 



Firing, method of performing, 43S ; 

 remarks on, 437. 



Fisherman (English thorough -bred), 

 portrait of, 62. 



Fistula of the withers, nature of, 306; 

 symptoms of, 306 ; treatment of, 306. 



Flatbusb Maid (trotter), 4S0. 



Flatulent colic, symptoms of, 361; 

 treatment of, 362. 



Flora Temple (trotter), 50, 4S9, 490, 

 504, 505 ; portrait of, 4S9. 



Flying gallop, the, 92. 



Foal, the, 125; after treatment of the, 

 127; early treatment of the, 125; 

 weaning of the, 127. 



Foals, rheumatic inflammation peculiar 



