614 DISEASES OF THE HOESE. 



Fetus— ^'■S*; 



adherent to walls of womb, description, cause, and treatment 192 



excessive size 192 



general dropsy, description and treatment 193 



or foal, prolonged retention, cause and treatment 181 



swelling with gas, or emphysema, description and treatment 194 



tumors, or inclosed ovum, description and treatment 194 



Fever, description, causes, and treatment 38-43 



Fibrous bands constricting and crossing neck of womb, description and treat- 

 ment 191 



Fibrous constriction of vagina or vulva, cause and treatment 191 



Filaria — 



conjunctivae, parasite of eye 297 



equina, parasite of eye 297 



haemorrhagica, threadworm causing skin disease 469 



irritans, j)aragite causing summer sores, description and treatment 469 



multipapillosa, threadworm causing bleeding skin eruptions 469 



palpebralis, parasite of eye 296 . 



Fistulas, causes, symptoms, and treatment 502-506 



Fits, falling, or epilepsy, symptoms and treatment 227 



Flatfoot, description 398 



Flatulent colic, cause, symptoms, and treatment 73 



Flea, or pulex, prevention and treatment of bite 482 



Flesh fly (Sarcophaga carnaria), note 481 



Flexor — 



metatarsis, rupture, description, cause, symptoms, and treatment 377 



pedis perforans, description 397 



pedis perforatus, description .^ 397 



tendons or their sheath, and suspensory ligaments, sprains, cause, symp- 

 toms, and treatment 371 



FUes, method of attacking horses, prevention and treatment for bite 481 



Flooding, or bleeding from womb, treatment 205 



Flukes, occurrence in horses, note 90 



Flyblow, or grubs-in skin, description and treatment 481 



Foal- 

 contractions of muscles, description and treatment 194 



monstrosities, description of kinds, causes, and treatment 194 



natural presentation 185 



prolonged retention, cause and treatment 181 



water in head, or hydrocephalus, description and treatment 192 



Foals, newborn, cyanosis affecting, description 263 



Foot- 

 anatomical review 395, 583 



and fetlock bones, description 395 



canker, causes, symptoms, and treatment 418 



conformation, faults 398 



fetlock, and ankle, diseases, chapter by A. A. Holcombe 395-457 



mange, description and treatment 480 



punctured wounds, description, symptoms, and treatment 426 



sand-cracks, causes, symptoms, and treatment 432 



sole description 397 



Ssee also Hoof. 



Forage poisoning, or cerebro-spinal meningitis, symptoms and treatment 237 



Forearm, fracture, description, cause, symptoms, and treatment 345 



Founder, or laminitis — 



acute, subacute, and chronic, description 447-^49 



complications 449 



curative measures 455 



description and causes 441 



following parturition, cause 207 



sequel of superpurgation 79 



symptoms 444 



treatment and prevention 453 



Fractures — 



causes and symptoms 322 



description of different kinds 322 



of different bones, description 335 



prognosis and treatment 328 



