INDEX. 597 



Feces, impaction of rectum 170 



Feet, interfering, causes, symptoms, and treatment 373 



Femur, fracture, cause, symptoms, and treatment 323 



Fetlock— 



and ankle skin, note 371 



and foot bones, description 369 



ankle, and foot, diseases, chapter by A. A. Holcombe 369-430 



joint, description 370 



knuckling, causes, symptoms, and treatment 347 



sprain, causes, symptoms, and treatment 376 



Fetus — 



adherent to walls of womb, description, cause, and treatment 171 



excessive size 171 



general dropsy, description and treatment 173 



or foal, prolonged retention, cause and treatment 160 



swelling with gas, or emphysema, description and treatment 173 



tumors, or inclosed ovum, description and treatment 174 



Fever, description, causes, and treatment 493-^98 



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

 ment 170 



Fibrous constriction of vagina or vulva, cause and treatment 171 



Filaria — 



conjunctivx, parasite of eye 273 



equina, parasite of eye 273 



hemorrhagica, threadworm causing skin disease 441 



irritans, parasite causing summer sores, description and treatment 442 



mvMipajnUosa, threadworm causing bleeding skin eruptions ^ 441 



palpetralis, parasite of eye 273 



Fistulas, causes, symptoms, and treatment 477-481 



Fits, falling, or epilepsy, symptoms and treatment 207 



Flatf oot, description 372 



Flatulent coUc, cause, symptoms, and treatment 57 



Flea, or pulex, prevention and treatment of bite 454 



Flesh fly {Sarcophaga camaria), note 453 



Flexor — 



metatarsis, rupture, description, cause, symptoms, and treatment 352 



pedis perforans, description 371 



pedis perforatus, description 371 



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

 toms, and treatment 345 



Flies, method of attacking horses, prevention and treatment for bite 453 



Flooding, or bleeding from womb, treatment - 184 



Flyblow, or grubs in skin, description and treatment 453 



Foal- 

 contractions of muscles, description and treatment 173 



monstrosities, description of kinds, causes, and treatment 174 



natural presentation - 1*'* 



prolonged retention, cause and treatment 160 



water in head, or hydrocephalus, description and treatment 172 



Foals, newborn, cyanosis affecting, description 240 



Food— / • 



kinds to give \ ^° 



musty and moldy, effect on digestive organs 38 



preparation * 



