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CHAPTER XXIV. 

 Nervous Diseases : 



Kumree — Paralysis of the loins from spinal congestion — String- 

 halt — Australian stringhalt — Crib-biting and wind-sucking — 

 Shivering — Immobilite — Paralysis of the face^Megrims, 

 staggers, and epilepsy — Sunstroke ..... 542 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 Parturition ...... ... 574 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

 Poisoning in Horses ........ 588 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



Nursing : 



The sick box — Clothing — Feeding sick horses — Laxative food — 



Nourishing food — Water — Salt — Grooming^Exercise . . 602 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

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 Veterinary Medicines ..... . . 606 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

 Administration of Medicines : 



Different methods and respective proportions of medicines — By 

 the mouth — By the rectum — By subcutanebus (hypodermic) 

 injection — By the windpipe — By puncture into the large 

 intestine — By a vein — By the skin — By the mucous mem- 

 brane and cornea . . . . . . . .639 



CHAPTER XXX. 

 Operations : 



Backraking — Bandaging — Bleeding — Blistering — Casting a horse 

 — Castration — Cathetpr, Passing the — Chloroform, Giving — 

 Control, horse — Docking horses — Firings — Fomenting — Hand- 

 rubbing and massage-»-Killing a horse — Neurotomy — Perio- 

 steotomy — Pulse, Feeling the — Puncture oi the intestine — 

 Setons — Slinging — Steaming the nostrils — Sutures — Thermo- 

 meter, Clinical — Tourniquet and Esmarch bandage — Tracheo- 

 tomy — Trephining — Twitching ...... 649 



CHAPTER XXXI. 

 Soundness : 



Differences of opinion as to soundness — Definition of unsound- 

 ness — Practical soundness — Modifying circumstances — 

 Duties of veterinary surgeons when examining horses — Certifi- 

 cates — Price — Special warranty — ^Vices and blemishes — Abso- 

 lute unsoundnesses — Defects which are not necessarily 

 unsoundness — Hereditary unsoundness .... 705 



